Commonly known as the deer tick, this species is a vector for several diseases, most notably Lyme disease. In most cases, the tick must be attached for at least 36 hours to transmit the disease.
Photos 1-3 by allysonv, 4 (for scale) by adeans, 5 (engorged) by duncan10, and 6 (male - all others are female) by sambiology
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Los Lobos Surprise - Really - with “La Bamba” at Newport
- Nels Cline and John McCauley Give Band a Five-guitar Front Line on Bluesy Rendition
That Los Lobos concluded their Newport Folk Festival set with “La Bamba” is no surprise.
But the howling version the Wolves played was a shocker.
Augmented by Wilco’s Nels Cline and Deer Tick’s John McCauley, Lobos sported a five-guitar front line and put it to good use with a half-speed, blues-infused rendition of their famous Ritchie Valens cover.
The audience-shot video sounds pretty crummy. But it nevertheless crackles with electricity as Cline strangles his axe, coaxing otherworldly colors over David Hidalgo’s drawn-out vocal delivery.
Lobos have played “La Bamba” at most of the 24 gigs Sound Bites has attended. But none of them sounded like this one, which jettisoned the oft-inserted “Good Lovin’” interlude but retained the grimy outro that was recently appended to the track.
Extremely delighted to have designed the upcoming Deer Tick 2022 December tour poster! Shout-out to the band for saying yes to a cute stuffed animal design, obsessed with it, AND there's a t-shirt version you can pre-order from their shop now!