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I, Flathead

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Released
  
June 23, 2008

Label
  
Nonesuch

Artist
  
Ry Cooder

Producer
  
Ry Cooder

Length
  
53:08

I, Flathead (2008)
  
San Patricio (2010)

Release date
  
23 June 2008

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Recorded
  
at Little Pink Studio, L.A.

Genres
  
Blues, Folk music, Tejano music, Americana, Roots rock, Country rock, Western swing

Nominations
  
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album

Similar
  
Ry Cooder albums, Roots rock albums, Other albums

I, Flathead: The Songs of Kash Buk and the Klowns is the fourteenth studio album by Ry Cooder. It is the final concept album by Ry Cooder. It is the third in his "California trilogy" that began with Chávez Ravine (2005) and My Name Is Buddy (2007).

Contents

The Deluxe Edition of the album is accompanied by a 104-page hardback book which included a CD in paper pocket, a novella (on 97 pages) and song lyrics. That story even subtitled "The Songs of Kash Buk and the Klowns." It's told about beatnik, salt-flats racer, and country musician Kash Buk, his band the Klowns, the girls, the strange and wonderful extraterrestrial visitor called Shakey, and the Passenger who pursues him, and other characters.

The title is a play on the Isaac Asimov novel "I, Robot", but the flathead in question is the Ford Flathead engine.

Track listing

  1. "Drive Like I Never Been Hurt" (Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder) - 4:07
  2. "Waitin' for Some Girl" (Ry Cooder) - 3:48
  3. "Johnny Cash" (Ry Cooder) - 3:08
  4. "Can I Smoke In Here?" (Ry Cooder) - 4:19
  5. "Steel Guitar Heaven" (Ry Cooder) - 3:40
  6. "Ridin' with the Blues" (Ry Cooder) - 3:01
  7. "Pink-O Boogie" (Ry Cooder) - 3:05
  8. "Fernando Sez" (Ry Cooder) - 4:44
  9. "Spayed Kooley" (Ry Cooder) - 2:09
  10. "Filipino Dancehall Girl" (Ry Cooder) - 3:54
  11. "My Dwarf Is Getting Tired" (Ry Cooder) - 3:59
  12. "Flathead One More Time" (Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Jared Smith) - 3:12
  13. "5000 Country Music Songs" (Ry Cooder) - 6:41
  14. "Little Trona Girl" (Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder) - 3:13

Musicians

  • Gil Bernal - Tenor saxophone
  • Ron Blake – Trumpet
  • Rene Camacho – Double bass
  • Juliette Commagere – Vocals (14)
  • Joachim Cooder – Drums, Timbales
  • Ry Cooder – Vocals, Guitars, Bass guitar, Mandolin, Electric piano, Producer, Package Design, Laud
  • Jesús Guzmán – Arranger, String Arrangements
  • Jon Hassell – Trumpet
  • Flaco Jiménez – Accordion
  • Jim Keltner – Drums
  • Martin Pradler – Drums, Electric piano, Engineer, Mixing, Package Design
  • Jared Smith - Keyboards
  • Francisco Torres – Trombone
  • Mariachi Los Campreros

    • Production

  • Producer - Ry Cooder

    • Recorded & mixed by Martin Pradler

  • Production Supervisor, Karina Benznicki
  • Production Coordination, Eli Cane
  • Editorial Coordinator, Ronen Givony
  • Mastering by Stephen Marcussen
  • Assistant, Alex Pavlides

    • Artwork

  • Cover photo by Robert Wilson Kellogg

    • Songs

    1Drive Like I Never Been Hurt4:08
    2Waitin' for Some Girl3:49
    3Johnny Cash3:09

    References

    I, Flathead Wikipedia
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