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San Patricio (Deluxe Edition) | 
| Artists: The Chieftains, Ry Cooder
Label: Decca
Category: Music
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 56080
Format: CD+DVD
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Running Time: 91 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5 x 0.7
MPN: 32024
UPC: 888072320246
EAN: 0888072320246
ASIN: B0034U4QLM
Release Date: March 8, 2010
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | La Iguana - The Chieftains, Lila Downs | | • | La Golondrina - The Chieftains, Los Folkloristas | | • | A la Orilla de un Palmar - The Chieftains, Linda Ronstadt | | • | Danza de Concheros - The Chieftains, Los Folkloristas | | • | El Chivo - The Chieftains, Los Cenzontles | | • | San Campio - The Chieftains, Carlos Nunez | | • | The Sands of Mexico - The Chieftains, Ry Cooder | | • | Sailing to Mexico - The Chieftains, Carlos Nunez | | • | El Caballo - The Chieftains, Los Camperos de Valles | | • | March to Battle (Across the Rio Grande) - The Chieftains, Banda de Gaita de Batallón, Liam Neeson, Los Cenzontles, L.A. Juvenil | | • | Lullaby for the Dead - The Chieftains, Moya Brennan | | • | Luz de Luna - The Chieftains, Chavela Vargas | | • | Persecución de Villa - The Chieftains, Mariachi Santa Fe de Jesus (Chuy) Guzman | | • | Canción Mixteca (Intro) - The Chieftains, Ry Cooder | | • | Canción Mixteca - The Chieftains, Los Tigres Del Norte | | • | Ojitos Negros - The Chieftains, Los Cenzontles | | • | El Relampago - The Chieftains, Lila Downs | | • | El Pájaro Cu - The Chieftains, La Negra Graciana | | • | Finale - The Chieftains, Banda de Gaita de Batallón, Carlos Nunez, Los Cenzontles, L.A. Juvenil, Los Folkloristas |
Disc 2
| • | The Making of San Patricio - The Chieftains | | • | La Iguana - The Chieftains, Lila Downs | | • | Canción Mixteca - The Chieftains, Los Tigres Del Norte | | • | Luz de Luna - The Chieftains, Chavela Vargas |
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| Customer Reviews:
 Irish and Mexican fusion topped off with a history lesson April 13, 2010
M. McCann (N Ireland)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I first heard Mike Harding playing the Ry Cooder/ Chieftains track "Sands of Mexico" on BBC Radio 2 a couple of weeks ago and knew I had to get this album. The San Patricios are seen as a forgotten part of Irish history, so it is important that their stories are highlighted and the role of Irishmen who, too often had fought in imperialist armies, often found themselves on opposing sides in many of the conflicts in recent history- compare for example to the men and women who joined the International Brigades and those who joined O'Duffy' s Blueshirts in Spain a few decades later.
The mixture of Irish music and a mixture of Mexican and English lyrics make for an inspiring CD and will invoke in listeners a desire to find more about this brave bunch of men who joined the Mexicans as they fought the US. While there is actaully a small touch of an old crooner in Ry Cooder's rendition of the "Sands of Mexico" it is quality stuff throughout and the mixture of styles adds to an international feel.
Beautiful album April 10, 2010
O. Duffy
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great celebration of the historical links between Mexico and Ireland. Witty and sensitive fusion of two rich musical heritages.
They've done it - yet again! April 3, 2010
JohnJoe (Sweden)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Let me be up front with the fact that I have been a Chieftains fan since they were formed! This is another of their voyages into other traditions, and it works wonderfully. For me, the art of good fudion is maintain enough of the original characteristics to keep them recogniseable at the same time as synergies are discovered, explored and developed. Don't miss if you like good music by top musicians.
 A Mexican Buena Vista ? April 20, 2010
Fergal Woods (Leitrim, Ireland)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I have extremely mixed views about this recording project.It is ultimately an anti-climax and I doubt if I would harbour these feelings if I had just bought the CD and not this "De Luxe" version.
For starters much of the music is delightful but I started to ask why so many happy songs about such a tragic series of events ? - Paddy Moloney tap dancing away on the DVD is incongruous with the hanging and branding of Irish freedom fighters. Many of the songs on this recording appear to have nothing to do with the San Patricios, and if they have I'd like to know why there are no translations of the Spanish songs which might provide an authentic insight into this period ?
None of the Chieftains apart from Moloney appear on the DVD and one is left with the impression that most of the recording was done Stateside (only half a dozen tracks actually recorded in Mexico)and a tape was sent back to Dublin for the rest of the group to play along with! Much of the music on the disc is not played by the Chieftains at all but by excellent Mexican groups.
The DVD was also a missed opportunity to give a proper historical analysis of the San Patricios, unfortunately neither Paddy Moloney (who quotes an incorrect date in the discussion) nor Ry Cooder seem to know much about it, and they end up in a bland back-slapping conversation about the power of music to unite.
Amazon incorrectly states that Carlos Nunez is a Mexican musician - he's Galician and there's no explanation given for the Galician link with the San Patricios either. This whole recording smacks of a clever spotting of a commercial opportunity (Moloney has a cheek in jamming along to Mexican tunes played by Mexican musicians and then claiming royalties with his "trad arranged by Moloney" credit !)
So - you'll have to look elsewhere for musical perspectives on this event (Tim O'Brien has an excellent song called John Riley,who led the San Patricios, on his "The Crossing " CD which is more emotional than any of the numbers here).If you want to hear excellent Mexican music with added Irish instrumental embellishment and a few token songs relating to this Irish Brigade then this will work very well for you, but ignore the DVD and stick to the CD only version! Linda Ronstadt has recorded some brilliant Mexican music back 20 or so years ago (when her voice was much stronger) and a CD called "Jardin Azul" is an excellent compilation if you'd like to delve further into this genre.
Musically I actually prefer "San Patricio" to the above mentioned Buena Vista Social Club as it is rhythmically more upbeat, but at least that album WAS recorded in Cuba and provided an excellent accompanying booklet.
Well crafted album April 9, 2010
Mrs. S. Middleton (England)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The album is informative and the music good although a couple of tracks were not my taste they were clearly authentic to the region.
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