Chávez Ravine (album)

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Chávez Ravine
Chávez Ravine cover
Studio album by Ry Cooder
Released June 7, 2005
Recorded Village Recorders, Sound City Studios
Label Nonesuch
Producer(s) Ry Cooder
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Chávez Ravine is a concept album and historical album by Ry Cooder which tells the story of Chávez Ravine, a Mexican-American community demolished in the 1950s in order to lure the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles.

Chávez Ravine received a Grammy nomination for "Best Contemporary Folk Album" in 2006.

[edit] Track listing

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