Chávez Ravine: A Record by Ry Cooder is the twelfth studio album by Ry Cooder. It is the first 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 was nominated for "Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Folk Album" in 2006.
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" (David Hidalgo, William Garcia) – 3:50 Little Willie G. – vocal Juliette Commagere, 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 This song is about Frank Wilkinson 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 Jiménez – 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 Valdés – 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 Leiber, 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 "Ejército Militar" (Rita Arvizu) – 3:16 Ersi Arvizu – vocal Rosella Arvizu – vocal Ry Cooder – bajo sexto, guitar Joachim Cooder – drums Mike Elizondo – bass Flaco Jiménez – accordion "Barrio Viejo" (Lalo Guerrero) – 4:42 Lalo Guerrero – vocal, guitar Flaco Jiménez – 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
Charts Chart (2005) Peakposition Australian Albums (ARIA Charts) 68
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