Tide Was Always High

In 1980, the celebrated new wave band Blondie headed to Los Angeles to record a new album and along with it, the cover song “The Tide Is High,” originally written by Jamaican legend John Holt. Featuring percussion by Peruvian drummer and veteran LA session musician “Alex” Acuña, and with horns and violins that were pure LA mariachi by way of Mexico, “The Tide Is High” demonstrates just one of the ways in which Los Angeles and the music of Latin America have been intertwined since the birth of the city in the eighteenth century. This book gathers together essays, interviews, and analysis from leading academics, artists, journalists, and iconic Latin American musicians to explore the vibrant connections between Los Angeles and Latin America. The book shows how Latin American musicians and music have helped shape the city's culture—from Hollywood film sets to recording studios, from vaudeville theaters to Sunset Strip nightclubs, and from Carmen Miranda to Pérez Prado and Juan García Esquivel.

Archaeology · Art · Art history · Cartography · Drummer · Garcia · Geography · Hollywood · Humanities · Latin Americans · Legend · Performance art · Popular music · Studio · Violin · Visual arts · Cuban History and Society · History · Latin American and Latino Studies · Media, Gender, and Advertising · California · History and criticism · Latin American influences · los angeles · Music

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