Chicken Skin Music

Chicken Skin Music (1976) finds Ry Cooder using his slide guitar and arranging skills to blend blues, roots rock, country and folk, often edged with Latin and border music influences. The album balances acoustic and electric textures and reworks traditional forms through Cooder's rhythmic, melodic sensibility. It is representative of his mid 1970s exploration of American vernacular music and cross-cultural connections.