Ry Cooder has released a CD which the critics say is in the spirit of his early career, before the Cuban stuff. They say it has the feel of Woody Guthrie's dust bowl ballads and the songs are politically pointed. It's a theme album and follows three characters -- Buddy Red Cat, Lefty Mouse, and the Reverend Tom Toad.
In any case, Mike Seeger and his half brother play on the album. The Globe and Mail writes:
Cooder, always the superb curator, uses Dylan-hero Mike Seeger (fiddle, harmonica, jaw harp) on "Strike!" And that's Mike and half-brother Pete Seeger doubling up on banjos for "J. Edgar," a hillbilly toe-tapper concerning an insatiable (Big Business) hog who can never be fed enough.It sounds like a great album, from what I'm reading about it.
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