La banda de los caballos cansados es un álbum de León Gieco lanzado en 1974. Grabado en Estudios Phonalex, Buenos Aires. Producción a cargo de Gustavo Santaolalla. Escuchalo completo en LyricStream.
On his second work, León surrounded himself with an electric band to explore a sound closer to rock and country, without abandoning his committed lyrics and his connection to the rural. The album is a showcase of the artist's versatility in adapting his message to different rhythmic formats, always maintaining that interpretive honesty that characterizes him before his followers.
Songs like 'Si ves a mi padre' and 'Dime que las cosas están bien' showed a more mature facet in composition and a sonic search that included more complex instrumental arrangements than in his debut. The recording captured the energy of a band playing together, achieving an atmosphere of camaraderie and freshness that is perceived in every track of the album, despite the difficulties of the time.
Although it did not have the same radio impact as its predecessor, the album consolidated León's figure in the national rock circuit as an artist who was not afraid to experiment and evolve. It is a work that today is valued for its technical quality and for being the record of a fundamental transitional stage towards the more epic and totalizing sound that Gieco would achieve years later.