Ry Cooder has always believed in the "mutuality in music, and this can not be more evident in his career with his fifth album, Chicken Skin Music ( a Hawaiian colloquialism, synonymous with goosebumps). Even more than usual, Cooder refuses to recognize geographical borders or musical presentation of "Stand By Me" as a gospel song with a northern settlement or the Jim Reeves classic country-pop, "He'll Have to Go, "with the rhythm of the bolero, the interaction of Flaco Jimenez accordion and saxophone Pat Rizzo high. On other issues, two of the greatest guitarist Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian singers and guitar master Atta Isaacs on the success of Hank Snow "Yellow Roses" and the beautiful instrumental "Chloe." If Cooder approach to music is stylistically diverse, his choice of material certainly follows suit. Backed by a couple of compositions by Leadbelly, The music of Chicken Skin Music is a collection of songs ranging from the aforementioned issues as a former minstrel shows medicinal "I Got Mine" and the syncopated R & B "Smack Dab in the Middle. " Also involved the blind composer Alfred Reed Appalachia "Always Lift Him Up", featuring a gospel melody Hawaii "Kanaka Wai Wai" woven into the instrumental section. As he explains in the notes of the album, Cooder understands the connection between these seemingly disparate styles. This is just eclecticism for its own sake. Chicken Skin Music Music is probably the most eccentric recording of Ry Cooder from the beginning, but it is also one of the most fun.
marvel with the accordion great Flaco Jimenez
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* Ry Cooder - Bajo Sexto, mandolin, bottleneck guitar, French accordion, electric guitar, slack-key guitar, tiple, Hawaiian guitar, vocals
* George Bohannon – horn and baritone arrangement
* Oscar Brashear – cornet
* Red Callender – upright bass, tuba
* Chris Ethridge – bass
* Terry Evans – vocals
* Cliff Givens – vocals
* Laurence Fishburne - vocals
* Hugo Gonzales – banjo
* Chet Himes – engineer
* Milt Holland – percussion, drums
* John Ingle – engineer
* Atta Isaacs – slack-key and acoustic guitar
* Fred Jackson, Jr. – tenor saxophone
* Flaco Jiménez – accordion
* Herman E. Johnson – vocals
* Jim Keltner – drums
* Bobby King – vocals
* Henry Ojeda – bass
* Gabby Pahinui – steel guitar, vocals
* Benny Powell – trombone
* Pat Rizzo – alto saxophone
* Russ Titelman – banjo, bass, vocals, producer
Tracks
1. "The Bourgeois Blues" (Leadbelly) – 3:22
2. "I Got Mine" (Traditional) – 4:28
3. "Always Lift Him Up/Kanaka Wai Wai" (Traditional) – 6:01
4. "He'll Have to Go" (Joe Allison, Audrey Allison) – 5:07
5. "Smack Dab in the Middle" (Chuck Calhoun) – 3:18
6. "Stand by Me" (Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 3:38
7. "Yellow Roses" (Ken Devine, Sam Nichols) – 6:11
8. "Chloe" (Gus Kahn, Neil Moret) – 3:00
9. "Goodnight Irene" (Leadbelly, John Lomax) – 4:32
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