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.
FAIRPORT CONVENTION WITH SANDY DENNY
EBBITS FIELD 1974
HARLEM PARLOR MUSIC CLUB
SALT OF THE EARTH
AMBER NICOLE
Lead You The Way Back Home
CATIE CURTIS
Long Night Moon
Guy Clark
Workbench Songs
TOM MORELLO, THE NIGHTWATCHMAN
The Fabled City
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