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Ry Cooder Chicken Skin Music CD originally released 1976 on Reprise Records.
Ry Cooder Chicken Skin Music CD
The tongue-in-cheek album title refers to Ry Cooder's musical inspiration, the Tex Mex style his electric guitar slides across. His evocation of roots music has him take American hits such as "Stand By Me" and "He'll Have to Go" and fuse the sounds of Americana with those of neighboring cultures.
This 1976 effort contains some of Cooder's most compelling work and finds him re-exploring some of the fundamental influences on a musician known for remarkable eclecticism. Most notable are "Always Lift Him Up", "Smack Dab in the Middle", and a beautiful adaptation of "Stand By Me" (which includes Flaco Jimenez on accordion.) The album opens and closes with covers of Leadbelly, namely "The Bourgeois Blues" and (you guessed it) "Goodnight Irene". Also notable is a fine reworking of the traditional number "I Got Mine". --Wayne Pernu
Tracklisting
1. The Bourgeois Blues
2. I Got Mine
3. Always Lift Him Up / Kanaka Wai Wai
4. He'll Have To Go
5. Smack Dab In The Middle
6. Stand By Me
7. Yellow Roses
8. Chloe
9. Goodnight Irene