2007-03-23
Ry Cooder’s parable of “radical imagination.” The album details the life, rambles and education of “Buddy Red Cat.” Cooder brings guests to the table like Mike Seeger, his brother Pete, Roland White, Van Dyke Parks, Paddy Moloney, Flaco Jiminez, Sefon Harris, Joachim Cooder, and others. Each of 17 songs, most originals, are accompanied with a drawing from Vincent Valdez and a story/vignette written by Ry Cooder.Gabrielle Louise
If The Static Clears
TRUCKSTOP HONEYMOON
THE MADNESS OF HAPPINESS
THE GREENCARDS
Fascination
INARA GEORGE
Accidental Experimental
DAR WILLIAMS
Promised Land
JEN SYGIT
Leaving Marshall St.
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