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On My Name Is Buddy, Ry Cooder revisits, in a new set of original material, the sound and feeling of the "dust bowl songs" he first explored more than three decades ago on such groundbreaking albums. In fact, he's joined by old friends like pianist Van Dyke Parks and drummer Jim Keltner who were with him at the start of his extraordinary, ultimately globe-spanning musical odyssey, which has yielded him six Grammy Awards to date, several more nominations, and perennial acclaim. My Name Is Buddy is also a journey, a phantasmagorical rendering in music, words and pictures of the travels of three unlikely cohorts - Buddy Red Cat, Lefty Mouse and Reverend Tom Toad - as they meander through the west in the days of labor, big bosses, farm failures, strikes, company cops, sundown towns, hobos and trains...the America of yesteryear. For this allegorical tale, Cooder marshals all his remarkable skills as a producer, arranger, songwriter, soundtrack composer and musicologist. Cooder conjures up the dark shadows of an earlier time to wryly comment on the political and social issues of the present. As back-story to his songs, Cooder has written short stories for each one and they're accompanied by evocative illustrations from noted San Antonio-based painter and muralist Vincent Valdez, all of which are included in a specially designed package.
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TRACK LISTING
1 Suitcase in My Hand 2:54
2 Cat and Mouse 5:02
3 Strike! 5:07
4 J. Edgar 2:37
5 Footprints in the Snow 3:07
6 Sundown Town 2:57
7 Green Dog 7:33
8 The Dying Truck Driver 4:56
9 Christmas in Southgate 3:27
10 Hank Williams 4:09
11 Red Cat Till I Die 3:08
12 Three Chords and the Truth 5:02
13 My Name Is Buddy 3:12
14 One Cat, One Vote, One Beer 4:15
15 Cardboard Avenue 4:33
16 Farm Girl 3:54
17 There's a Bright Side Somewhere 4:49
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