David Hidalgo (born October 6, 1954, Gila County, Arizona) & Louie Pérez (born January 29, 1953, Los Angeles, California) are the principal songwriters of the legendary roots/rock band Los Lobos and are also founding members of the band Latin Playboys.

For over thirty five years the two multi-instrumentalists have been creating songs that have made Los Lobos one of the most innovative and critically acclaimed groups in the world. Rolling Stone recently wrote: “with the exception of U2, no other band has stayed on top of it game as long as Los Lobos.”

Beyond Los Lobos, Hidalgo and Pérez compositions have been recorded by acclaimed artists such as Waylon Jennings and Bonnie Raitt, and have been widely used in films by acclaimed filmmakers including Wim Wenders and Robert Altman.

In 2010 the duo released "The Long Goodbye", a collection of previously unreleased recordings celebrating 40 years of songwriting. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.