I, Flathead
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| Studio album by Ry Cooder | ||||
| Released | June 23, 2008 | |||
| Recorded | at Little Pink Studio, L.A. | |||
| Genre | Americana, roots rock, Tex-Mex, country rock, western swing | |||
| Length | 53:08 | |||
| Label | Nonesuch | |||
| Producer | Ry Cooder | |||
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| Billboard | (not rated) link |
I, Flathead: The Songs of Kash Buk and the Klowns is the fourteenth studio album by Ry Cooder. It is the final concept album by Ry Cooder. It is the third in his "California trilogy" that began with Chávez Ravine (2005) and My Name Is Buddy (2007).
The Deluxe Edition of the album is accompanied by a 104-page hardback book which included a CD in paper pocket, a novella (on 97 pages) and song lyrics. That story even subtitled "The Songs of Kash Buk and the Klowns." It's told about beatnik, salt-flats racer, and country musician Kash Buk, his band the Klowns, the girls, the strange and wonderful extraterrestrial visitor called Shakey, and the Passenger who pursues him, and other characters.
The title is a play on the Isaac Asimov novel "I, Robot", but the flathead in question is the Ford Flathead engine.
All tracks composed by Ry Cooder; except where indicated
Recorded & mixed by Martin Pradler
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