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Chávez Ravine: A Record By Ry Cooder 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 build public housing. The housing was never built. Ultimately the Brooklyn Dodgers built a stadium on the site as part of their move to Los Angeles.
Chávez Ravine received a Grammy nomination for "Best Contemporary Folk Album" in 2006.
[edit] Track listing
- "Poor Man's Shangri-La" (Ry Cooder, William Garcia, Gene Aguilera) - 5:28
- Ry Cooder - vocal, guitar, organ, tres
- Juliette Commagere - vocal
- Jim Keltner - drums
- Mike Elizondo - bass
- Joachim Cooder - timbales
- "Onda Callejera" (William Garcia, David Hidalgo) - 3:50
- Little Willie G. - vocal
- Juliette and Carla Commagere - vocal chorus
- Ry Cooder - guitar, laud
- Joachim Cooder - percussion
- Mike Elizondo - bass
- Joe Rotondi - piano
- Gil Bernal - tenor saxophone
- Mike Bolger - trumpet
- Ledward Kaapana - guitar
- "Don't Call Me Red" (Ry Cooder) - 4:58
- Ry Cooder - vocal, guitar
- Juliette and Carla Commagere - vocal chorus
- Jon Hassell - trumpet
- Jim Keltner - bongos
- Joachim Cooder - timbales
- Mike Elizondo - bass
- "Corrido de Boxeo" (Lalo Guerrero) - 3:21
- Lalo Guerrero - vocal
- Ry Cooder - bajo sexto, guitar
- Joachim Cooder - drums
- Mike Elizondo - bass
- Joe Rotondi - piano
- Flaco Jimenez - accordion
- "Muy Fifí" (William Garcia, Joachim Cooder, Juliette Commagere) - 4:03
- Ersi Arvizu - vocal
- Little Willie G., Jacob Garcia - vocal chorus
- Ry Cooder - guitar
- Joachim Cooder - drums, sampling
- Mike Elizondo - bass
- Chucho Valdes - piano
- "Los Chucos Suaves" (Lalo Guerrero) - 3:08
- Lalo Guerrero - vocal
- Ry Cooder - guitar
- Jim Keltner - drums
- Mike Elizondo - bass
- Joe Rotondi - piano
- Gil Bernal - tenor sax
- "Chinito Chinito" (Felguerez/Diaz) - 4:52
- Juliette Commagere - vocal
- Carla Commagere - vocal
- Ry Cooder - guitar
- Joachim Cooder - drums
- Jared Smith - bass
- Mike Bolger - organ, trumpet, valve trombone
- Joe Rotondi - piano
- "3 Cool Cats" (Jerry Lieber, Mike Stoller) - 2:57
- Little Willie G. - vocal
- Rudy Salas, Michael Guerra, Juliette Commagere, Carla Commagere - vocal chorus
- Ry Cooder - guitar
- Jim Keltner - drums
- Joachim Cooder - timbales
- Jared Smith - bass
- Joe Rotondi - piano
- Gil Bernal - tenor sax
- Mike Bolger - organ
- "El U.F.O. Cayó" (Juliette Commagere, Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Jared Smith) - 8:22
- Juliette Commagere - vocal
- Don Tosti - vocal
- Ry Cooder - tres
- Mike Elizondo - bass
- Joachim Cooder - Sampling
- Jared Smith - keyboard
- "It's Just Work For Me" (Ry Cooder) - 5:54
- Ry Cooder - vocal, guitar
- Joachim Cooder - drums
- Mike Elizondo - bass
- "In My Town" (Ry Cooder) - 5:40
- Ry Cooder - vocal, guitar
- Sunny D. Levine - drum programming
- Jacky Terrasson - piano
- "Ejercito Militar" (Rita Arvizu) - 3:16
- Ersi Arvizu - vocal
- Rosella Arvizu - vocal
- Ry Cooder - bajo sexto, guitar
- Joachim Cooder - drums
- Mike Elizondo - bass
- Flaco Jimenez - accordion
- "Barrio Viejo" (Lalo Guerrero) - 4:42
- Lalo Guerrero - vocal, guitar
- Flaco Jimenez - accordion
- Joachim Cooder - drums
- Mike Elizondo - bass
- Ledward Kaapana - guitar
- "3rd Base, Dodger Stadium" (Ry Cooder, William Garcia, Joe Kevany) - 5:45
- Bla Pahinui - vocal, guitar, ukulele
- Ry Cooder - guitar
- Joachim Cooder - drums
- Mike Elizondo - bass
- Joe Rotondi - piano
- Gil Bernal - tenor sax
- Mike Bolger - trumpet, valve trombone
- Ledward Kaapana - guitar
- "Soy Luz y Sombra" (The Cloud Forest poem; music by William Garcia, Joachim Cooder, Ry Cooder) - 3:15
- Ersi Arvizu - vocal
- Little Willie G. - vocal
- Juliette Commagere - vocal
- Ry Cooder - guitar
- Joachim Cooder - drums, sampling
- Jared Smith - bass
- David Hidalgo - guitar
