Con Safos

Con Safos
Con Safos
Studio album by Ruben and the Jets
Released	1974
Genre	Rock and roll; R&B;
Length	36:31
Label	Mercury
Producer	Denny Randell
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Con Safos (With Respect^[2]) is an album by Ruben and the Jets. The title of the album is a graffiti tag used by Mexican-American graffiti artists to discourage other graffiti artists from painting over or altering their graffiti, sometimes painted as "c/s".^[3]

Released in 1974, the album is the second and final release to feature the lineup led by musician Rubén Guevara Jr.^[4] The album's eclectic sound draws from genres such as blues, rhythm and blues, progressive rock and rock and roll.^[1]

Track listing

Side one

"Cruisin' Down Broadway" - 3:20
"To Be Loved" - 3:07
"Stronger" (preview) - 0:32
"Speedoo" - 3:31 (Esther Navarro)
"Honky Tonk" - 3:45
"Low Ridin' Cruiser" - 3:27

Side two

"Stronger" - 3:35
"Earth to Buffalo" - 1:09
"I Wanna Know" - 3:08
"Honky Tonk" (replay) - 0:49
"Dust My Blues" - 2:47 (Robert Johnson, credited to Elmore James)
"A Thousand Miles Away/You Send Me" - 3:01
"Durango" - 4:16

Personnel

Personnel adapted from AllMusic.^[1]

Ruben and the Jets

Rubén Guevara Jr. – vocals, tambourine, keyboards
Tony Duran – guitar, keyboards, vocals
Robert "Frog" Camarena – rhythm guitar, vocals
Robert "Buffalo" Roberts – tenor saxophone
Bill Wild – bass guitar, tenor vocals
Bob Zamora – drums
Jim Sherwood – baritone saxophone, tambourine

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Eder, Bruce. Con Safos at AllMusic
^ Carey, Matthew (October 12, 2021). "Doc On "God Of Funk" Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara—Chicano Singer, Activist—Opens New Season Of KCET's 'Artbound'". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
^ Stromberg, Matt (October 13, 2021). "The Many Lives (and Names) of Chicano Icon Rubén Guevara". Lamag - Culture, Food, Fashion, News & Los Angeles. Los Angeles magazine. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
^ Guevara, Rubén Funkahuatl (April 13, 2018). Confessions of a Radical Chicano Doo-Wop Singer. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520297227 – via Google Books.

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[Eder-1] Eder, Bruce. Con Safos at AllMusic

[2] Carey, Matthew (October 12, 2021). "Doc On "God Of Funk" Rubén Funkahuatl Guevara—Chicano Singer, Activist—Opens New Season Of KCET's 'Artbound'". Deadline. Retrieved 2022-07-07.

[3] Stromberg, Matt (October 13, 2021). "The Many Lives (and Names) of Chicano Icon Rubén Guevara". Lamag - Culture, Food, Fashion, News & Los Angeles. Los Angeles magazine. Retrieved 2022-07-07.

[4] Guevara, Rubén Funkahuatl (April 13, 2018). Confessions of a Radical Chicano Doo-Wop Singer. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520297227 – via Google Books.

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Rubén Guevara Tony Duran Robert "Frog" Camarena John Martinez Robert "Buffalo" Roberts Bill Wild Bob Zamora Jim Sherwood Ray Collins Frank Zappa Roy Estrada Jimmy Carl Black Arthur Dyer Tripp III Ian Underwood Don Preston Bunk Gardner
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