mhump23
07-10-2008, 01:32 AM
Ry Cooder has quite a body of work. Here are his 3 latest which are being called the California Trilogy. I'll try to get some some of his stuff up soon! He's one of my favorites!
I, Flathead - 2008
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"Drive Like I Never Been Hurt" (Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder) - 4:07
"Waitin' for Some Girl" (Ry Cooder) - 3:48
"Johnny Cash" (Ry Cooder) - 3:08
"Can I Smoke I Here?" (Ry Cooder) - 4:19
"Steel Guitar Heaven" (Ry Cooder) - 3:40
"Ridin' with the Blues" (Ry Cooder) - 3:01
"Pink-O Boogie" (Ry Cooder) - 3:05
"Fernando Sez" (Ry Cooder) - 4:44
"Spayed Kooley" (Ry Cooder) - 2:09
"Filipino Dancehall Girl" (Ry Cooder) - 3:54
"My Dwarf Is Getting Tired" (Ry Cooder) - 3:59
"Flathead One More Time" (Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Smith) - 3:12
"5000 Country Music Songs" (Ry Cooder) - 6:41
"Little Trona Girl" (Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder) - 3:13
Musicians
Gil Bernal - Sax (Tenor)
Ron Blake – Trumpet
Rene Camacho – Bass
Joachim Cooder – Drums, Timbales
Ry Cooder – Bass, Guitar, Mandolin, Piano (Electric), Vocals, Producer, Package Design, Laud
Jesús Guzmán – Arranger, String Arrangements
Jon Hassell – Trumpet
Flaco Jiménez – Accordion
Jim Keltner – Drums
Martin Pradler – Drums, Piano (Electric), Engineer, Mixing, Package Design
Francisco Torres – Trombone
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...from Wikipedia: I, Flathead:The Songs of Kash Buk and the Klowns is a concept album by Ry Cooder. It is the third in his "California trilogy" that began with Chávez Ravine (2005) and was followed by My Name Is Buddy (2007).[1] The album is accompanied by a 104 page novella.
My Name Is Buddy - 2007
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"Suitcase in My Hand" (Ry Cooder) - 2:54
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), Roland White (vocal), Joachim Cooder - drums), Paddy Moloney (whistle, uilleann pipes), Mike Seeger (banjo, fiddle)
"Cat and Mouse" (Ry Cooder) - 5:02
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), van Dyke Parks (piano)
"Strike!" (Ry Cooder) - 5:07
Ry Cooder (vocals, guitar), Joachim Cooder (drums), Mike Seeger (fiddle, harmonica, jaw harp)
"J. Edgar" (Ry Cooder) - 2:37
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), Mike Seeger (banjo), Pete Seeger (banjo)
"Footprints in the Snow" (Traditional with new lyrics by Ry Cooder) - 3:07
Ry Cooder (vocal, bajo sexto), Roland White (vocal, mandolin), René Camacho (bass), Joachim Cooder (drums), Flaco Jiménez (accordion), Van Dyke Parks (piano), Mike seeger (fiddle)
"Sundown Town" (Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder) - 2:57
Terry Evans (vocal), Bobby King (vocal), Ry Cooder (guitar, bass), Jim Keltner (drums)
"Green Dog" (Ry Cooder) - 7:33
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), Juliette Comogere (vocal), Joachim Cooder (drums), Stefan Harris (vibes, marimba), Jacky Terrasson (piano)
"The Dying Truck Driver" (Ry Cooder) - 4:56
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), Roland White (vocal, mandolin), Mike Seeger (harmonica)
"Christmas in Southgate" (Ry Cooder) - 3:27
Ry Cooder (vocal, bajo sexto), René Camacho (bass), Joachim Cooder (drums), Flaco Jiménez (accordion), Van Dyke Parks (piano), Mike Seeger (fiddle), Roland White (mandolin)
"Hank Williams" (Ry Cooder) - 4:09
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), Joachim Cooder (drums), Mike Elizondo (bass)
"Red Cat Till I Die" (Ry Cooder) - 3:08
"The original Cardboard Avenue Jaywalkers": Buddy Red Cat (vocal, guitar), Lefty Mouse (fiddle), The Reverand Tom Toad (tambourine)
"Three Chords and the Truth" (Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder) - 5:02
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar, bass), Joachim Cooder (drums)
"My Name Is Buddy" (Ry Cooder) 3:12
Ry Cooder (vocal, mandolin, guitar, bass, keyboard), Joachim Cooder (drums)
"One Cat, One Vote, One Beer" (Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Jared Smith) - 4:15
Ry Cooder (vocal), Joachim Cooder (keyboard, percussion), Jon Hassell (trumpet)
"Cardboard Avenue" (Ry Cooder) - 4:33
Ry Cooder (vocal, banjo), Joachim Cooder (percussion), Mike Elizondo (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Mike seeger (fiddle), Roland White (mandolin)
"Farm Girl" (Ry Cooder) - 3:54
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), Juliette Commagere (vocal), Mike Elizondo (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Mike Seeger (fiddle), Roland White (mandolin)
"There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (Traditional with new lyrics by Ry Cooder) - 4:49
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), Mike Elizondo (bass), Flaco Jiménez (accordion), Jim Kelter (drums), Paddy Moloney (whistle), Van Dyke Parks (piano), Mike Seeger (fiddle)
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...from Wikipedia: My Name Is Buddy: Another Record by Ry Cooder is a social-political concept album by Ry Cooder. Cooder has described it as the second in a trilogy that began with Chávez Ravine and which he plans to continue with a future album.[2] The album is packaged in a small booklet that includes a brief story and drawing to accompany each song. Both the songs and the stories relate tales from the viewpoint of the characters, Buddy Red Cat, Lefty Mouse, and Reverand Tom Toad. The liner notes ask listeners/readers to join them as they "Journey through time and space in days of labor, big bosses, farm failures, strikes, company cops, sundown towns, hobos, and trains... the America of yesteryear."
Chavez Ravine - 2005
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"Poor Man's Shangri-La" (Ry Cooder, William Garcia, Gene Aguilera) - 5:28
Ry Cooder - vocal, guitar, organ, tres
Juliette Commagere - vocal
Jim Keltner - drums
Mike Elizondo - bass
Joachim Cooder - timbales
"Onda Callejera" (William Garcia, David Hidalgo) - 3:50
Little Willie G. - vocal
Juliette and Carla Commagere - vocal chorus
Ry Cooder - guitar, laud
Joachim Cooder - percussion
Mike Elizondo - bass
Joe Rotondi - piano
Gil Bernal - tenor saxophone
Mike Bolger - trumpet
Ledward Kaapana - guitar
"Don't Call Me Red" (Ry Cooder) - 4:58
Ry Cooder - vocal, guitar
Juliette and Carla Commagere - vocal chorus
Jon Hassell - trumpet
Jim Keltner - bongos
Joachim Cooder - timbales
Mike Elizondo - bass
"Corrido de Boxeo" (Lalo Guerrero) - 3:21
Lalo Guerrero - vocal
Ry Cooder - bajo sexto, guitar
Joachim Cooder - drums
Mike Elizondo - bass
Joe Rotondi - piano
Flaco Jimenez - accordion
"Muy FifÃ*" (William Garcia, Joachim Cooder, Juliette Commagere) - 4:03
Ersi Arvizu - vocal
Little Willie G., Jacob Garcia - vocal chorus
Ry Cooder - guitar
Joachim Cooder - drums, sampling
Mike Elizondo - bass
Chucho Valdes - piano
"Los Chucos Suaves" (Lalo Guerrero) - 3:08
Lalo Guerrero - vocal
Ry Cooder - guitar
Jim Keltner - drums
Mike Elizondo - bass
Joe Rotondi - piano
Gil Bernal - tenor sax
"Chinito Chinito" (Felguerez/Diaz) - 4:52
Juliette Commagere - vocal
Carla Commagere - vocal
Ry Cooder - guitar
Joachim Cooder - drums
Jared Smith - bass
Mike Bolger - organ, trumpet, valve trombone
Joe Rotondi - piano
"3 Cool Cats" (Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller) - 2:57
Little Willie G. - vocal
Rudy Salas, Michael Guerra, Juliette Commagere, Carla Commagere - vocal chorus
Ry Cooder - guitar
Jim Keltner - drums
Joachim Cooder - timbales
Jared Smith - bass
Joe Rotondi - piano
Gil Bernal - tenor sax
Mike Bolger - organ
"El U.F.O. Cayó" (Juliette Commagere, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Jared Smith) - 8:22
Juliette Commagere - vocal
Don Tosti - vocal
Ry Cooder - tres
Mike Elizondo - bass
Joachim Cooder - Sampling
Jared Smith - keyboard
"It's Just Work For Me" (Ry Cooder) - 5:54
Ry Cooder - vocal, guitar
Joachim Cooder - drums
Mike Elizondo - bass
"In My Town" (Ry Cooder) - 5:40
Ry Cooder - vocal, guitar
Sunny D. Levine - drum programming
Jacky Terrasson - piano
"Ejercito Militar" (Rita Arvizu) - 3:16
Ersi Arvizu - vocal
Rosella Arvizu - vocal
Ry Cooder - bajo sexto, guitar
Joachim Cooder - drums
Mike Elizondo - bass
Flaco Jimenez - accordion
"Barrio Viejo" (Lalo Guerrero) - 4:42
Lalo Guerrero - vocal, guitar
Flaco Jimenez - accordion
Joachim Cooder - drums
Mike Elizondo - bass
Ledward Kaapana - guitar
"3rd Base, Dodger Stadium" (Ry Cooder, William Garcia, Joe Kevany) - 5:45
Bla Pahinui - vocal, guitar, ukulele
Ry Cooder - guitar
Joachim Cooder - drums
Mike Elizondo - bass
Joe Rotondi - piano
Gil Bernal - tenor sax
Mike Bolger - trumpet, valve trombone
Ledward Kaapana - guitar
"Soy Luz y Sombra" (The Cloud Forest poem; music by William Garcia, Joachim Cooder, Ry Cooder) - 3:15
Ersi Arvizu - vocal
Little Willie G. - vocal
Juliette Commagere - vocal
Ry Cooder - guitar
Joachim Cooder - drums, sampling
Jared Smith - bass
David Hidalgo - guitar
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...from Wikipedia: Chávez Ravine: A Record By Ry Cooder is a concept album and historical album by Ry Cooder which tells the story of Chávez Ravine, a Mexican-American community demolished in the 1950s in order to build public housing. The housing was never built. Ultimately the Brooklyn Dodgers built a stadium on the site as part of their move to Los Angeles.
Chávez Ravine received a Grammy nomination for "Best Contemporary Folk Album" in 2006.
I, Flathead - 2008
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"Drive Like I Never Been Hurt" (Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder) - 4:07
"Waitin' for Some Girl" (Ry Cooder) - 3:48
"Johnny Cash" (Ry Cooder) - 3:08
"Can I Smoke I Here?" (Ry Cooder) - 4:19
"Steel Guitar Heaven" (Ry Cooder) - 3:40
"Ridin' with the Blues" (Ry Cooder) - 3:01
"Pink-O Boogie" (Ry Cooder) - 3:05
"Fernando Sez" (Ry Cooder) - 4:44
"Spayed Kooley" (Ry Cooder) - 2:09
"Filipino Dancehall Girl" (Ry Cooder) - 3:54
"My Dwarf Is Getting Tired" (Ry Cooder) - 3:59
"Flathead One More Time" (Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Smith) - 3:12
"5000 Country Music Songs" (Ry Cooder) - 6:41
"Little Trona Girl" (Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder) - 3:13
Musicians
Gil Bernal - Sax (Tenor)
Ron Blake – Trumpet
Rene Camacho – Bass
Joachim Cooder – Drums, Timbales
Ry Cooder – Bass, Guitar, Mandolin, Piano (Electric), Vocals, Producer, Package Design, Laud
Jesús Guzmán – Arranger, String Arrangements
Jon Hassell – Trumpet
Flaco Jiménez – Accordion
Jim Keltner – Drums
Martin Pradler – Drums, Piano (Electric), Engineer, Mixing, Package Design
Francisco Torres – Trombone
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...from Wikipedia: I, Flathead:The Songs of Kash Buk and the Klowns is a concept album by Ry Cooder. It is the third in his "California trilogy" that began with Chávez Ravine (2005) and was followed by My Name Is Buddy (2007).[1] The album is accompanied by a 104 page novella.
My Name Is Buddy - 2007
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"Suitcase in My Hand" (Ry Cooder) - 2:54
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), Roland White (vocal), Joachim Cooder - drums), Paddy Moloney (whistle, uilleann pipes), Mike Seeger (banjo, fiddle)
"Cat and Mouse" (Ry Cooder) - 5:02
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), van Dyke Parks (piano)
"Strike!" (Ry Cooder) - 5:07
Ry Cooder (vocals, guitar), Joachim Cooder (drums), Mike Seeger (fiddle, harmonica, jaw harp)
"J. Edgar" (Ry Cooder) - 2:37
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), Mike Seeger (banjo), Pete Seeger (banjo)
"Footprints in the Snow" (Traditional with new lyrics by Ry Cooder) - 3:07
Ry Cooder (vocal, bajo sexto), Roland White (vocal, mandolin), René Camacho (bass), Joachim Cooder (drums), Flaco Jiménez (accordion), Van Dyke Parks (piano), Mike seeger (fiddle)
"Sundown Town" (Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder) - 2:57
Terry Evans (vocal), Bobby King (vocal), Ry Cooder (guitar, bass), Jim Keltner (drums)
"Green Dog" (Ry Cooder) - 7:33
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), Juliette Comogere (vocal), Joachim Cooder (drums), Stefan Harris (vibes, marimba), Jacky Terrasson (piano)
"The Dying Truck Driver" (Ry Cooder) - 4:56
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), Roland White (vocal, mandolin), Mike Seeger (harmonica)
"Christmas in Southgate" (Ry Cooder) - 3:27
Ry Cooder (vocal, bajo sexto), René Camacho (bass), Joachim Cooder (drums), Flaco Jiménez (accordion), Van Dyke Parks (piano), Mike Seeger (fiddle), Roland White (mandolin)
"Hank Williams" (Ry Cooder) - 4:09
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), Joachim Cooder (drums), Mike Elizondo (bass)
"Red Cat Till I Die" (Ry Cooder) - 3:08
"The original Cardboard Avenue Jaywalkers": Buddy Red Cat (vocal, guitar), Lefty Mouse (fiddle), The Reverand Tom Toad (tambourine)
"Three Chords and the Truth" (Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder) - 5:02
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar, bass), Joachim Cooder (drums)
"My Name Is Buddy" (Ry Cooder) 3:12
Ry Cooder (vocal, mandolin, guitar, bass, keyboard), Joachim Cooder (drums)
"One Cat, One Vote, One Beer" (Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Jared Smith) - 4:15
Ry Cooder (vocal), Joachim Cooder (keyboard, percussion), Jon Hassell (trumpet)
"Cardboard Avenue" (Ry Cooder) - 4:33
Ry Cooder (vocal, banjo), Joachim Cooder (percussion), Mike Elizondo (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Mike seeger (fiddle), Roland White (mandolin)
"Farm Girl" (Ry Cooder) - 3:54
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), Juliette Commagere (vocal), Mike Elizondo (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Mike Seeger (fiddle), Roland White (mandolin)
"There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (Traditional with new lyrics by Ry Cooder) - 4:49
Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), Mike Elizondo (bass), Flaco Jiménez (accordion), Jim Kelter (drums), Paddy Moloney (whistle), Van Dyke Parks (piano), Mike Seeger (fiddle)
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...from Wikipedia: My Name Is Buddy: Another Record by Ry Cooder is a social-political concept album by Ry Cooder. Cooder has described it as the second in a trilogy that began with Chávez Ravine and which he plans to continue with a future album.[2] The album is packaged in a small booklet that includes a brief story and drawing to accompany each song. Both the songs and the stories relate tales from the viewpoint of the characters, Buddy Red Cat, Lefty Mouse, and Reverand Tom Toad. The liner notes ask listeners/readers to join them as they "Journey through time and space in days of labor, big bosses, farm failures, strikes, company cops, sundown towns, hobos, and trains... the America of yesteryear."
Chavez Ravine - 2005
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"Poor Man's Shangri-La" (Ry Cooder, William Garcia, Gene Aguilera) - 5:28
Ry Cooder - vocal, guitar, organ, tres
Juliette Commagere - vocal
Jim Keltner - drums
Mike Elizondo - bass
Joachim Cooder - timbales
"Onda Callejera" (William Garcia, David Hidalgo) - 3:50
Little Willie G. - vocal
Juliette and Carla Commagere - vocal chorus
Ry Cooder - guitar, laud
Joachim Cooder - percussion
Mike Elizondo - bass
Joe Rotondi - piano
Gil Bernal - tenor saxophone
Mike Bolger - trumpet
Ledward Kaapana - guitar
"Don't Call Me Red" (Ry Cooder) - 4:58
Ry Cooder - vocal, guitar
Juliette and Carla Commagere - vocal chorus
Jon Hassell - trumpet
Jim Keltner - bongos
Joachim Cooder - timbales
Mike Elizondo - bass
"Corrido de Boxeo" (Lalo Guerrero) - 3:21
Lalo Guerrero - vocal
Ry Cooder - bajo sexto, guitar
Joachim Cooder - drums
Mike Elizondo - bass
Joe Rotondi - piano
Flaco Jimenez - accordion
"Muy FifÃ*" (William Garcia, Joachim Cooder, Juliette Commagere) - 4:03
Ersi Arvizu - vocal
Little Willie G., Jacob Garcia - vocal chorus
Ry Cooder - guitar
Joachim Cooder - drums, sampling
Mike Elizondo - bass
Chucho Valdes - piano
"Los Chucos Suaves" (Lalo Guerrero) - 3:08
Lalo Guerrero - vocal
Ry Cooder - guitar
Jim Keltner - drums
Mike Elizondo - bass
Joe Rotondi - piano
Gil Bernal - tenor sax
"Chinito Chinito" (Felguerez/Diaz) - 4:52
Juliette Commagere - vocal
Carla Commagere - vocal
Ry Cooder - guitar
Joachim Cooder - drums
Jared Smith - bass
Mike Bolger - organ, trumpet, valve trombone
Joe Rotondi - piano
"3 Cool Cats" (Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller) - 2:57
Little Willie G. - vocal
Rudy Salas, Michael Guerra, Juliette Commagere, Carla Commagere - vocal chorus
Ry Cooder - guitar
Jim Keltner - drums
Joachim Cooder - timbales
Jared Smith - bass
Joe Rotondi - piano
Gil Bernal - tenor sax
Mike Bolger - organ
"El U.F.O. Cayó" (Juliette Commagere, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Jared Smith) - 8:22
Juliette Commagere - vocal
Don Tosti - vocal
Ry Cooder - tres
Mike Elizondo - bass
Joachim Cooder - Sampling
Jared Smith - keyboard
"It's Just Work For Me" (Ry Cooder) - 5:54
Ry Cooder - vocal, guitar
Joachim Cooder - drums
Mike Elizondo - bass
"In My Town" (Ry Cooder) - 5:40
Ry Cooder - vocal, guitar
Sunny D. Levine - drum programming
Jacky Terrasson - piano
"Ejercito Militar" (Rita Arvizu) - 3:16
Ersi Arvizu - vocal
Rosella Arvizu - vocal
Ry Cooder - bajo sexto, guitar
Joachim Cooder - drums
Mike Elizondo - bass
Flaco Jimenez - accordion
"Barrio Viejo" (Lalo Guerrero) - 4:42
Lalo Guerrero - vocal, guitar
Flaco Jimenez - accordion
Joachim Cooder - drums
Mike Elizondo - bass
Ledward Kaapana - guitar
"3rd Base, Dodger Stadium" (Ry Cooder, William Garcia, Joe Kevany) - 5:45
Bla Pahinui - vocal, guitar, ukulele
Ry Cooder - guitar
Joachim Cooder - drums
Mike Elizondo - bass
Joe Rotondi - piano
Gil Bernal - tenor sax
Mike Bolger - trumpet, valve trombone
Ledward Kaapana - guitar
"Soy Luz y Sombra" (The Cloud Forest poem; music by William Garcia, Joachim Cooder, Ry Cooder) - 3:15
Ersi Arvizu - vocal
Little Willie G. - vocal
Juliette Commagere - vocal
Ry Cooder - guitar
Joachim Cooder - drums, sampling
Jared Smith - bass
David Hidalgo - guitar
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...from Wikipedia: Chávez Ravine: A Record By Ry Cooder is a concept album and historical album by Ry Cooder which tells the story of Chávez Ravine, a Mexican-American community demolished in the 1950s in order to build public housing. The housing was never built. Ultimately the Brooklyn Dodgers built a stadium on the site as part of their move to Los Angeles.
Chávez Ravine received a Grammy nomination for "Best Contemporary Folk Album" in 2006.