Ry Cooder - I, Flathead
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Artist: Ry CooderEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2008-06-24
Music Label: Nonesuch
Soundtracks:
- Drive Like I Never Been Hurt
- Waitin For Some Girl
- Johnny Cash
- Can I Smoke In Here?
- Steel Guitar Heaven
- Ridin With The Blues
- Pink-O Boogie
- Fernando Sez
- Spayed Kooley
- Filipino Dance Hall Girl
- My Dwarf Is Getting Tired
- Flathead One More Time
- 5000 Country Music Songs
- Little Trona Girl
Free Music Notes for I, Flathead
Free Music Review: The Best of the Trilogy to my Ears
Hit: 5 Stars
I remember when I first got into this trilogy with Chavez Ravine that this album was given the lowest reviews of the bunch from the major critics, but I am not sure why.
Sure, this album may not be as in depth of a social or historical commentary as Chavez Ravine or even the allegorical statement that My Name is Buddy is, but the one thing that I love about this album is that it is fun. It is upbeat and has a relaxed mood that just works. While I like all three albums, this is the one I listen to the most because it flows quite well from start to finish, and it makes me happy.
I kind of think this is what Ry Cooder was going for. It isn't devoid of the social commentary the first two components of the trilogy have, but they don't dominate this recording. For my ears it is a nice balance that is probably why I listen to this album so much. It is great music, and I love listening to it on a nice sunny day, and I find the underlying story a bit comedic at times while it never neglects the seriousness of some issues.
There is a release that is a limited edition with an additional hard cover booklet written by Ry. It makes a nice addition for a few extra dollars in that it provides a nice story line that complements the album. It isn't absolutely necessary, as it is really about the music, but it can be a nice addition to the album.
I, Flathead Poster
Ry Cooder?s I, Flathead, is the culmination of his ambitious and fascinating "California Trilogy," the last of three albums in which the singer and guitarist journeys through the real and imagined history of mid-20th century, multi-ethnic California, sampling the sounds of its barrios and byways, its nightclubs and honkytonks. He encounters the disenfranchised, the hopeful, the cheerfully strange and seriously nefarious, along with the occasional alien who races around in a souped-up flying saucer on the desert salt flats. On previous installments, Chávez Ravine (2005) and My Name Is Buddy (2007), learning the facts and stories behind Cooder?s songs made them even more compelling, whether it was the not-quite vanished legacy of the Chávez Ravine neighborhood of Los Angeles, bulldozed to make way for Dodger Stadium, or the allegorical, Bound For Glory-like adventures of Buddy Red Cat in a time of commie-baiting and union-busting. This time, however, no research is necessary: Cooder, a California native, has written a remarkable 104-page novella to accompany this disc, a surreally funny page-turner of a tale about itinerant musician Kash Buk and the various characters he meets in his travels out west, all of whom get to narrate parts of the story. If you mixed John Steinbeck with, say, Thomas Pynchon, and threw in a bit of Popular Mechanics for good measure, it might read something like the I, Flathead narrative.Country Music CDs
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