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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
  1. “Cruisin’ Down Broadway” – 3:20
  2. “To Be Loved” – 3:07
  3. “Stronger” (preview) – 0:32
  4. “Speedoo” – 3:31 (Esther Navarro)
  5. “Honky Tonk” – 3:45
  6. “Low Ridin’ Cruiser” – 3:27
Side two
  1. “Stronger” – 3:35
  2. “Earth to Buffalo” – 1:09
  3. “I Wanna Know” – 3:08
  4. “Honky Tonk” (replay) – 0:49
  5. “Dust My Blues” – 2:47 (Robert Johnson, credited to Elmore James)
  6. “A Thousand Miles Away/You Send Me” – 3:01
  7. “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

  1. ^ a b c 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.