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Ry Cooder has always believed in the "mutuality in music," and this may be no more evident in his career than with his fifth album, Chicken Skin Music (a Hawaiian colloquialism, synonymous with goosebumps).
Even more than usual, Cooder refuses to recognize borders -- geographical or musical -- presenting "Stand By Me" as a gospel song with a norteño arrangement, or giving the Jim Reeves country-pop classic, "He'll Have to Go," a bolero rhythm, featuring the interplay of Flaco Jimenez's accordion and Pat Rizzo's alto sax.
Elsewhere, he teams with a pair of Hawaiian greats -- steel guitarist and singer Gabby Pahinui and slack key guitar master Atta Isaacs -- on the Hank Snow hit "Yellow Roses" and the beautiful instrumental "Chloe."
If Cooder's approach to the music is stylistically diverse, his choice of material certainly follows suit. Bookended by a couple of Leadbelly compositions, Chicken Skin Music sports a collection of songs ranging from the aforementioned tracks to the charming old minstrel/medicine show number "I Got Mine" and the syncopated R&B of "Smack Dab in the Middle."
Also included is Appalachian songwriter Blind Alfred Reed's "Always Lift Him Up," complete with a Hawaiian gospel tune, "Kanaka Wai Wai," woven into the instrumental section.
As he explains in the album's liner notes, Cooder understands the connection between these seemingly disparate styles.
This is not merely eclecticism for its own sake. Chicken Skin Music is probably Ry Cooder's most eccentric record since his first, but it's also one of his most entertaining.
Side one
1. The Bourgeois Blues - 3:22
2. I Got Mine - 4:28
3. Always Lift Him Up - 6:01
4. He'll Have To Go - 5:07
Side two
1. Smack Dab In The Middle - 3:18
2. Stand By Me - 3:38
3. Yellow Roses - 6:11
4. Chloe - 3:00
5. Goodnight Irene - 4:32
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Musicians
- George Bohanon – baritone horn and horn arrangement on "I Got Mine"
- Oscar Brashear – cornet on "I Got Mine"
- Red Callender – upright bass
- Ry Cooder – bajo sexto, mandolin, mandola, bottleneck guitar, French accordion, electric guitar, slack-key guitar, tiple, Hawaiian guitar, vocals
- Chris Ethridge – bass guitar
- Jimmy Adams - vocals
- Terry Evans – vocals
- Cliff Givens – vocals
- Laurence Fishburne - vocals
- Hugo Gonzales – bajo sexto on "Good Night Irene"
- Milt Holland – percussion, drums
- Atta Isaacs – slack-key and acoustic guitar on "Chloe"
- Fred Jackson Jr. – tenor saxophone on "I Got Mine"
- Flaco Jiménez – accordion on "He'll Have to Go", "Stand By Me" and "Goodnight Irene"
- Herman E. Johnson – vocals
- Jim Keltner – drums
- Bobby King – vocals
- Henry Ojeda – bass on "Good Night Irene"
- Gabby Pahinui – steel guitar on "Yellow Roses" and "Chloe"
- Benny Powell – trombone on "I Got Mine"
- Pat Rizzo – alto saxophone on "He'll Have to Go"
- Russ Titelman – bajo sexto on "Stand By Me
- Frank Villarreal - alto saxophone on "Good Night Irene"
- Isaac Garcia - drums on "Good Night Irene"
Technical
- Ry Cooder – producer
- Judy Maizel, Trudy Portch - production coordination
- Lee Herschberg - engineer, mixing
- Lloyd Cruft - engineer
- Bobby Hata, John Neal - assistant engineers
- Chet Himes, John Ingle - engineering
- Kenny Price - album cover, design and painting
- Susan Titelman - photography
- Noel Newbolt - production assistance
Notes
Release: 1976
Format: LP, Vinyl
Label: Reprise Records
Catalog# REP 54083
Vinyl: Goed (VG)
Cover: Goed (VG)
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