Live in San Francisco

Description

Recorded in 2011, during an exceptional two-night concert at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall, the album includes 12 songs produced by Cooder and the Corridos Famosos ensemble, featuring Joachim Cooder on drums, Robert Francis on bass, Terry Evans, Arnold McCuller and Juliette Commagère on backing vocals, Flaco Jimenez on accordion, and the ten musicians of the Mexican brass ensemble La Banda Juvenil. Live in San Francisco includes original songs and interpretations of pieces from across Cooder's career, from classics like “Boomer's Story” and “Dark End Of The Street” to more recent compositions such as “Lord Tell Me Why” and “El Corrido de Jesse James,” as well as Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs' “Whooly Bully” and Lead Belly's “Goodnight Irene”. PRODUCED BY RY COODER Live in San Francisco includes original songs and interpretations of pieces from across Cooder's career, from classics like “Boomer's Story” and “Dark End Of The Street” to more recent compositions such as “Lord Tell Me Why” and “El Corrido de Jesse James,” as well as Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs' “Whooly Bully” and Lead Belly's “Goodnight Irene”.