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San Patricio is the much-anticipated collaboration between Ry Cooder and the legendary Irish band The Chieftains. The record takes as its inspiration the story of a group of 19th Century Irish immigrants to the USA, who were conscripted into the US army, in their war against Mexico. The men of the San Patricio brigade defected to the enemy side and fought with their fellow Catholics against the American army, before meeting a tragic end when the war was lost. The music which this meeting of cultures created can be heard to this day in Mexico, and San Patricio brings new focus to this amazing story. Guest stars on this record include Ry Cooder, Liam Neeson, Linda Ronstadt and Mexican musicians Carlos Nunez, Lila Downs and Los Cenzontles. The music is a fusion of the sounds of Ireland with the sounds of Mexico and the Southern USA.
Track listing:
1. La Iguana (w/ Lila Downs)
2. La Golondrina (w/ Los Folkloristas)
3. A la Orilla de un Palmar (w/ Linda Ronstadt)
4. Danza de Concheros (w/ Los Folkloristas)
5. El Chivo (w/ Los Cenzontles)
6. San Campio (w/ Carlos Nunez)
7. The Sands of Mexico (w/ Ry Cooder)
8. Sailing to Mexico (w/ Carlos Nunez)
9. El Caballo (w/ Los Camperos de Valles)
10. March to Battle (Across the Rio Grande) (w/ Liam Neeson)
11. Lullaby for the Dead - The Chieftains, Moya Brennan
12. Luz de Luna - The Chieftains, Chavela Vargas
13. Persecución de Villa (w/ Mariachi Santa Fe de Jesus Guzman)
14. Canción Mixteca (Intro) (w/ Ry Cooder)
15. Canción Mixteca (w/ Los Tigres Del Norte)
16. Ojitos Negros (w/ Los Cenzontles)
17. El Relampago (w/ Lila Downs)
18. El Pájaro Cu (w/ La Negra Graciana)
19. Finale (w/ Carlos Nunez)
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