Ry Cooder - The Prodigal Son - Import CD

Credits:

Ry Cooder

Description:

Four-time Grammy Award-winning Americana legend and slide guitar virtuoso Ry Cooder, whose credits include the soundtracks for the classic films "Paris Texas" and "Buena Vista Social Club," has released his long-awaited new album! With a deep knowledge of roots music from around the world as well as the United States, Ry Cooder has long been active in his own unique style, incorporating blues, country, jazz, Hawaiian, Tex-Mex, and other genres. He has been involved in music for films directed by Wim Wenders and Walter Hill, and is popular not only among music fans but also among movie fans.Throughout his nearly 50-year long musical career, Ry Cooder has explored and influenced many fans and musicians of roots music in the United States and around the world. His new album, "The Prodigal Sun," features covers of the Pilgrim Travelers, the Stanley Brothers, Blind Willie Johnson, Blind Alfred Reed, Blind Roosevelt Graves, and more, as well as new Ry Cooder songs. This album is chock full of black and white gospel church music, soul history, fresh and contemporary sounds, and Ry Cooder's amazing vocals and guitar.This work was co-produced by Ry Cooder and his son, drummer Joakim Cooder.

Tracklisting:

1.Straight Street
2.Shrinking Man
3.Gentrification
4.Everybody Ought to Treat a Stranger Right
5.Prodigal Son, The
6.Nobody's Fault But Mine
7.You Must Unload
8.I'll Be Rested When the Roll Is Called
9.Harbor of Love
10.Jesus and Woody
11.In His Care