Con Safos

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]

Con Safos
Studio album by
Ruben and the Jets
Released1974
Genre
Length36:31
LabelMercury
ProducerDenny Randell
Ruben and the Jets chronology
For Real!
(1973)		 Con Safos
(1974)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

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. 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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