Ry Cooder - My Name Is Buddy

Ry Cooder is a name that has been popping in to the public's consciousness for years. Some know him as the guitarist that helped out on the Stones' Sticky Fingers, others know him as the eclectic musician responsible for many albums of variable themes, but unquestionable quality.

His 2007 release My Name Is Buddy is a concept album about a talking cat, and the famed slide guitarist's 17-song opus is told from the perspective of the cat, a mouse, and a toad. Musically the album explores Southern gospel, hillbilly bluegrass and lounge jazz, with Mike and Pete Seeger providing ideological weight to the proceedings, a homage to an America hit hard by the politics of J Edgar Hoover and Joseph McCarthy.

• Suitcase in my Hand
• Cat and Mouse
• Strike!
• J. Edgar
• Footprints in the Snow
• Sundown Town
• Green Dog
• The Dying Truck Driver
• Christmas in Southgate
• Hank Williams
• Red Cat Till I Die
• Three Chords and the Truth
• My Name is Buddy
• One Cat, One Vote, One Beer
• Cardboard Avenue
• Farm Girl
• There's a Bright Side Somewhere