Ry Cooder - Pull Up Some Dust And Sit Down

2011 album from the globe-trotting composer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. On this album, Cooder leaves behind the fantastical yarn-spinning, the magical realism, and allegorical tunes of his acclaimed, Grammy Award-nominated California trilogy-Chavez Ravine (2005), My Name Is Buddy (2007), and I, Flathead (2008) - for the most forthright album of his career. The 14 songs on Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down are, by turns, angry, outraged, bitterly funny, and deeply poignant. With brilliant, Woody Guthrie-like directness and a healthy dollop of satire, Cooder's lyrics address the often-sorry state of our domestic affairs: the bank bailout, the anti-immigration movement, the ever-growing gap between rich and poor, and the never-ending war in the Middle East and its devastating physical and emotional toll on young soldiers.

  01. No Banker Left Behind
  02. El Corrido De Jesse James
  03. Quick Sand
  04. Dirty Chateau
  05. Humpty Dumpty World
  06. Christmas Time This Year
  07. Baby Joined The Army
  08. Lord Tell Me Why
  09. I Want My Crown
  10. John Lee Hooker For President
  11. Dreamer
  12. Simple Tools
  13. If There's A God
  14. No Hard Feelings