Chavez Ravine

Ry Cooder - Chavez Ravine (CD NEW)

Label: Nonesuch
Format: CD
Release Date: 14 Jun 2005

Brand New

Album Tracks

1. Poor Man's Shangri-La
2. Onda Callejera
3. Don't Call Me Red
4. Corrido de Box Eo
5. Muy Fifi
6. Los Chucos Suaves
7. Chinito Chinito
8. 3 Cool Cats
9. El U.F.O. Cayo
10. It's Just Work for Me
11. In My Town
12. Ejercito Militar
13. Barrio Viejo
14. 3rd Base, Doger Stadium
15. Soy Luz y Sombra

This record is a tribute to the long-gone Los Angeles Latino enclave known as CHAVEZ RAVINE. Cooder and friends create an album that recollects various aspects of the poor but vibrant hillside Chicano community which was bulldozed by developers in the 1950's.