Chicken Skin Music

~ Release by Ry Cooder (see all versions of this release, 10 available)

Annotation

Copyright: © 1976 Warner Records Inc.
℗ 1976 Warner Records Inc.

Annotation last modified on 2026-01-22 22:30 UTC.

Tracklist

1▼Digital Media
#	Title	Rating	Length
1	The Bourgeois Blues producer: Ry Cooder mixer: Lee Herschberg accordion, bass guitar [bajo sexto], guitar [bottleneck guitar] and mandola: Ry Cooder vocals: Ry Cooder arranger: Ry Cooder cover recording of: The Bourgeois Blues lyricist and composer: Lead Belly arranger: Alan Lomax (US ethnomusicologist) and John A. Lomax		3:25
2	I Got Mine producer: Ry Cooder mixer: Lee Herschberg baritone horn: George Bohanon bass: Chris Ethridge cornet: Oscar Brashear drums (drum set): Jim Keltner electric guitar and mandola: Ry Cooder percussion: Milt Holland tenor saxophone: Fred Jackson Jr. (US jazz fusion flautist and saxophonist active in 1970s) trombone: Benny Powell (jazz trombonist) vocals: Ry Cooder horn arranger: George Bohanon arranger: Ry Cooder cover recording of: I Got Mine lyricist and composer: Frank Stokes		4:28
3	Always Lift Him Up / Kanaka Wai Wai producer: Ry Cooder mixer: Lee Herschberg bass: Chris Ethridge drums (drum set): Jim Keltner electric guitar, Hawaiian guitar [slack-key guitar] and tiple: Ry Cooder percussion: Milt Holland vocals: Ry Cooder, Terry Evans, Herman Johnson and Bobby King (American gospel‐style, R&B and soul singer) arranger: Ry Cooder medley including a cover recording of: Always Lift Him Up and Never Knock Him Down writer: Blind Alfred Reed (US folk musician) medley including a cover recording of: Kanaka Wai Wai writer: [traditional] (special purpose artist)		6:03
4	He'll Have to Go producer: Ry Cooder mixer: Lee Herschberg accordion: Flaco Jiménez bass guitar [bajo sexto] and electric guitar: Ry Cooder double bass: Red Callender drums (drum set): Jim Keltner percussion: Milt Holland vocals: Ry Cooder and Bobby King (American gospel‐style, R&B and soul singer) arranger: Ry Cooder cover recording of: He’ll Have to Go writer: Audrey Allison and Joe Allison publisher: Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd., Central Songs and Central Songs, Inc.		5:09
5	Smack Dab in the Middle producer: Ry Cooder mixer: Lee Herschberg bass: Chris Ethridge drums (drum set): Jim Keltner electric guitar, guitar [bottleneck guitar] and mandolin: Ry Cooder percussion: Milt Holland vocals: Terry Evans, Cliff Givens and Bobby King (American gospel‐style, R&B and soul singer) arranger: Ry Cooder cover recording of: Smack Dab in the Middle lyricist and composer: Charles Calhoun publisher: Roosevelt Music		3:20
6	Stand by Me producer: Ry Cooder mixer: Lee Herschberg accordion: Flaco Jiménez bajo sexto: Russ Titelman bass: Chris Ethridge electric guitar: Ry Cooder percussion: Milt Holland vocals: Ry Cooder, Terry Evans, Herman Johnson and Bobby King (American gospel‐style, R&B and soul singer) arranger: Ry Cooder cover recording of: Stand by Me publisher: Mike Stoller writer: Ben E. King, Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller publisher: A.D.T. Enterprises, Hornall Brothers Music (limited company), Jerry Leiber Music, Leiber Stoller Songs Ltd., Melodie der Welt (publisher), Melodie der Welt GmbH & Co. KG (fka Melodie der Welt J. Michel GmbH & Co. KG; this name since 2011-04-07), Progressive Music Publishing Company Inc., Rightsong Music, Sony/ATV Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Trio Music (publisher), Trio Music Co., Inc., Unichappell Music and Universal Music Publishing (use ONLY if no country‐specific information is available)		3:44
7	Yellow Roses engineered in: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States producer: Ry Cooder mixer: Lee Herschberg double bass: Red Callender drums (drum set): Milt Holland Hawaiian guitar [slack-key guitar]: Ry Cooder and Leland “Atta” Isaacs steel guitar: Gabby Pahinui tiple: Ry Cooder vocals: Gabby Pahinui arranger: Ry Cooder cover recording of: Yellow Roses writer: Ken Devine and Sam Nichols		6:12
8	Chloe engineered in: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States producer: Ry Cooder mixer: Lee Herschberg acoustic guitar: Leland “Atta” Isaacs double bass: Red Callender drums (drum set): Milt Holland Hawaiian guitar and mandolin: Ry Cooder steel guitar: Gabby Pahinui arranger: Ry Cooder cover recording of: Chloë (Song of the Swamp) lyricist: Gus Kahn (in 1927) composer: Gus Kahn and Charles N. Daniels (in 1927)		3:05
9	Goodnight Irene producer: Ry Cooder mixer: Lee Herschberg accordion: Flaco Jiménez alto saxophone: Frank Villarreal bass: Henry "Big Red" Ojeda bass guitar [bajo sexto]: Hugo Gonzales drums (drum set): Isaac Garcia arranger: Ry Cooder cover recording of: Goodnight Irene lyricist and composer: [traditional] (special purpose artist) arranger: Ledbetter and John A. Lomax publisher: Lodlow Music, Spencer Music Corp., TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. and Tyler Music Ltd. part of: Roud Folk Song Index (number: 11681) translated version of: Godnatt Irene		4:33

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Release

purchase for download:	https://music.apple.com/gb/album/281620664 [info]
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Release group

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/81122 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Ry-cooder/Chicken-skin-music [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/ry_cooder/chicken_skin_music/ [info] https://www.musik-sammler.de/album/88685/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000198865 [info]
Wikidata:	Q429636 [info]

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Release information

Barcode:: 075992723169
Format:: Digital Media
Length:: 39:59

Additional details

Type:: Album
Packaging:: None
Status:: Official
Language:: English
Script:: Latin
Data quality:: Normal

Labels

Rhino

Release events

[Worldwide]

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Last updated on 2026-01-22 22:30 UTC