Editing David Hidalgo (section)

==Career==
In 1973, Hidalgo was one of the founding members of [[Los Lobos]], for which he wrote most songs together with Louie Pérez. He also participated as a guest musician on albums of other artists, among them David Alvin, [[Buckwheat Zydeco]], [[Paul Burlison]], [[T-Bone Burnett]], [[Peter Case]], [[Toni Childs]], [[Marc Cohn]], [[Ry Cooder]], [[Elvis Costello]], [[Crowded House]], [[The Fabulous Thunderbirds]], [[John Lee Hooker]], [[Rickie Lee Jones]], [[Leo Kottke]], [[Roy Orbison]], [[Dolly Parton]], [[Pierce Pettis]], [[Bonnie Raitt]], [[Paul Simon]], [[Taj Mahal (musician)|Taj Mahal]], [[Suzanne Vega]], [[Bob Dylan]] and [[Tom Waits]].  He is a member of the [[supergroup (music)|supergroup]] [[Los Super Seven]] and of the [[Latin Playboys]], a side project made up of some of the members of Los Lobos. With Mike Halby of [[Canned Heat]], he formed another band, Houndog, as a side project. He also appeared on national television in the U.S., backing Waits.

In 1987, he contributed the song "Will the Wolf Survive?" to the movie ''Promised Land''. For [[Dennis Hopper]]'s ''[[Colors (film)|Colors]]'' (1988), he wrote the song "One Time, One Night". He wrote the songs "Manifold De Amour", "Forever Night Shade Mary" and "Chinese Surprize" for the 1995 action film ''[[Desperado (film)|Desperado]].'' He contributed his melancholic song "La pistola y el corazón" for the movie ''[[The Mexican (film)|The Mexican]]'' (2001).

Hidalgo's songs have been [[cover version|covered]] by the [[Jerry Garcia Band]], [[Waylon Jennings]], [[Bonnie Raitt]] and others. He has performed in [[Eric Clapton]]'s [[Crossroads Guitar Festival]] since its inception in 2004, including a performance with Los Lobos in April 2013 at Madison Square Garden. Clapton joined the band on stage for their song "Burn It Down", from their 2010 album, ''[[Tin Can Trust]]''.