My Name Is Buddy

by Ry Cooder

My Name Is Buddy cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 6 March 2007
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:10:50
  • Community rating: 3.17/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Virtuoso guitarist and roots historian Ry Cooder constructed 'My Name Is Buddy' as an elaborate, Depression-era allegorical concept album. Through the perspective of a traveling cat, the acoustic folk and Americana songs heavily reference classic American labor struggles and working-class union activism.

Genres

Descriptors: Folk, history, conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Suitcase in My Hand (2:54)
  2. Cat and Mouse (5:02)
  3. Strike! (5:07)
  4. J. Edgar (2:37)
  5. Footprints in the Snow (3:07)
  6. Sundown Town (2:57)
  7. Green Dog (7:33)
  8. The Dying Truck Driver (4:56)
  9. Christmas in Southgate (3:27)
  10. Hank Williams (4:09)
  11. Red Cat (3:08)
  12. Three Chords and the Truth (5:02)
  13. My Name Is Buddy (3:12)
  14. One Cat, One Vote, One BeerI (4:15)
  15. Cardboard Avenue (4:33)
  16. Farmgirl (3:54)
  17. There's a Bright Side Somewhere (4:49)

Credits

  • Vincent Valdez - illustration
  • Karina Beznicki - supervised by [production]
  • Jared Smith - written-by
  • Joachim Cooder - written-by, drums, keyboards, percussion
  • Traditional - written-by
  • Mike Seeger - banjo, fiddle, fiddle, harmonica, jew's harp
  • Paddy Moloney - tin whistle, bagpipes [uilleann]
  • Roland White - vocals, vocals, mandolin

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