The great East Los Angeles rock and roll band Los Lobos have been signed to Disney owned Hollywood Records for years. And back in 1988, the all-Chicano plus one Jewish guy from Abington (saxophonist Steve Berlin) quintet cut "I Wanna Be Like You," from Jungle Book for Philly-born producer-conceptualist Hal Willner's Disney Stay Awake compilation, and reprised it last year in L.A. at a 20th anniversary concert.

So it's not all that shocking that the David Hidalgo and Cesar Rosas-fronted formidably flexible outfit has recorded an uniformly excellent album of songs from Uncle Walt's entertainment empire, released last month as Los Lobos Goes Disney. Give it a spin, though, and it's quite a kick to realize just how good it is, from Halloween appropriate reggae flavored "Grim Grinning Ghosts," from the Haunted Mansion album, to a jazzy Rosas sung "Cruella DeVil" from 101 Dalmations and a Spanish "Heigh Ho," from Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs.

And since Disney emplyed plenty of superb songwriters over the years, there's a treasure trove of material fro the band to dig into, as they cover songs written by the likes of Randy Newman and Roger Miller, who penned "Not In Nottingham," for an animated Robin Hood film. And Hidalgo and Berlin also let it rip on a fuzztone take on Burl Ives' "Ugly Bug Ball." There's a media player on the LL web site where you can hear the whole album here.

What's a little more surprising than Los Lobos doing Disney is the Wolves doing it this weekend at Harrah's Casino in Chester. Unless I've missed something, this is the first legit rock act to play the slot parlor off of I-95, and as far as I can see it makes for a potentially cosmically mind blowing Saturday night experience too rich to pass up. Details here.

Previously: Weathervane Fundraiser with B.C. Camplight and Danielson