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Chicken Skin Music
Folk · 1976 · 7 tracks

Chicken Skin Music

Ry Cooder

A border-crossing masterpiece where Hawaiian slack-key guitar and Tex-Mex accordion breathe new, soulful life into American roots standards.

1976 · Reprise Records

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A soulful and sun-drenched exploration of the shared heart between disparate folk traditions.

Tracklist · 7 Tracks
01
The Bourgeois Blues
3:25
02
I Got Mine
4:28
03
Always Lift Him Up / Kanaka Wai Wai
6:04
04
He’ll Have to Go
5:09
06
Stand by Me
3:44
07
Yellow Roses
6:13
09
Goodnight Irene
4:33
Moments Worth Waiting For
The sudden, warm swell of Flaco Jiménez's accordion on 'He’ll Have to Go' turning a country standard into a border-town ballad.
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How does Chicken Skin Music sound next to the rest of Ry Cooder's catalogue?

Bonfire+2.9σ

Bonfire saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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