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Ry Cooder   •   The Long Riders - Original Sound Track)

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  • The Long Riders - Original Sound Track)
    • 1980 - Warner Bros. Records HS 3448 LP (USA)
  • Side One
    1. The Long Riders (Ry Cooder)
    2. I'm A Good Old Rebel (Trad. Arr. Mitch Greenhill) — Vocal: Mitch Greenhill
    3. Seneca Square Dance (Trad. Arr. Ry Cooder)
    4. Archie's Funeral (Hold to God's Unchanging Hand) (Trad. Arr. Ry Cooder)
    5. I Always Knew That You Were the One (David Lindley)
    6. Rally 'Round the Flag (Trad. Arr. Ry Cooder) — Lead Vocal: Pico Payne
  • Side Two
    1. Wildwood Boys (Jim Dickinson/Ry Cooder) — Vocal: Jim Keach
    2. Better Things to Think About (Ry Cooder)
    3. Jesse James (Neil Morris)
    4. Cole Younger Polka (David Lindley/Ry Cooder)
    5. Escape From North Field (Ry Cooder)
    6. Leaving Missouri (David Lindley)
    7. Jesse James (Trad. Arr. Ry Cooder) — Vocal: Ry Cooder
  • Musicians
    • Ry Cooder: Vocals (Track: 6 & 12) Guitar, Bajo Sexto, Samisen, Saz, Banjo, Percussion
    • Bill Bryson: Bass, Banjo
    • Curt Bouterse: Dulcimer, Singing Banjo, Tin Flute
    • David Lindley: Banjo, Mandolin, Fiddle
    • Tom Sauber: Banjo, Guitar, Fiddle, Jaw Harp, Mandola
    • Jim Dickinson: Harmonium, Piano, Organ
    • Baboo Pierre: Percussion
    • David Lindley: Fiddle, Electric Guitar, Lap Steel, Chumbus, Tamboura, Chord Zither, Banjo Mandolin
    • Jim Keach: Vocal (Track: 7)
    • Jim Keltner: Drums
    • Joe Chambers: Vocals (Track: 6)
    • Lester Chambers: Vocals (Track: 6)
    • Milt Holland: Percussion, Timbales, Drums, Gong
    • Mitch Greenhill: Vocal, Guitar (Track: 2)
    • Oscar Brashear: Cornet
    • Pico Payne: Vocals (Track: 6)
  • Credits
    • Produced by Ry Cooder
    • Recorded & Mixed by Lee Herschberg at Amigo Studios
    • Production Manager: Leslie Morris
    • Music Composed & Arranged by Ry Cooder

Sleeve Notes

Our film, The Long Riders, chronicles the rise and fall of the notorious James-Younger gang in the American middle-west of the 1870s. We all know the legend: good men gone bad, the Pinkertons who chased them, the women they loved (ah, the women), the innocent victims of their raids, and in the end, the hard price they paid for their careers. All of these elements factor into a tapestry that seems to me to be both uniquely American and yet well in keeping with the folk tales of other cultures. To state the obvious, the notion of outlaw-hero is quite simply a part of a universal heritage. A familiar story is much like a dance where we all know the steps, the quality judged by a simple criterion: execution. But then, as we all learned a long time ago, in certain matters form is content. All of which dovetails nicely to the subject of music and the object of our affection. Ry Cooder. Ry has a habit of reaching into traditional sounds, re-interpreting and making the result singly his own. With the music from The Long Riders, I think he's done it one more time.