Over That Road I’m Bound Joachim Cooder SKU: 0075597919912 Barcode: 0075597919912 18.00 £18.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Nonesuch Released Date: 2nd October 2020 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info On his Nonesuch Records debut, Over That Road I’m Bound, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Joachim Cooder uses the plain-spoken songs of country-music progenitor and banjo player Uncle Dave Macon as a jumping off point, playing with the lyrics and reworking melodies for his chosen instrument: an electric mbira (a variation on an African thumb piano). Cooder culled songs from Macon’s vast catalogue and recorded them with his band and special guests: Ry Cooder (banjo, guitar, bass, backing vocals), Rayna Gellert (fiddle), Juliette Commagere (backing vocals), Sam Gendel (bass), Glenn Patscha (piano and pump organ), Amir Yaghmai (yali tambur), Dan Gellert (banjo and fiddle), and Vieux Farka Touré (guitar). Macon was arguably as seminal a figure in the evolution of American music as Jimmie Rodgers, his place in the pantheon affirmed by Ken Burns’ recent country documentary series. In the early twentieth century, the Tennessee native was a major star, one of the earliest regulars on the Grand Ole Opry. Born in 1870, Macon built a repertoire of music from the latter part of the nineteenth century and revived it for the early twentieth century ears: minstrel show and vaudeville tunes, folk songs, and spirituals, gleaned from fellow travelers both Black and white. Cooder explains his introduction to this music: “My dad would play the banjo a lot and he would sing a couple of these tunes. I gathered from him he had heard Pete Seeger play Uncle Dave’s songs and that Seeger was a big proponent of his music. There was one song in particular, ‘Morning Blues’, that I remember being drawn to as a little boy.” Years later, as an adult, he reconnected with Macon’s music: “I would bring my daughter to my parents’ house and my dad would play the banjo, and that’s when I heard ‘Morning Blues’ again. By this point, I had been playing the electric mbira for a long time: I’d made a record with it and it’s what I play on tour. There was something very modal about either banjo music in general or how my dad was playing that one song, so I picked up the mbira and just started playing with him.” He continues, “There was a vague otherworldly quality to it. I thought, ‘I want to play these songs this way.’ I’m not a banjo player so I couldn’t come at it in a purist standpoint. I started listening every morning; I would put on a box set of Uncle Dave’s music and my daughter and I would listen to it. She in a way was the director of the project, insisting upon certain songs that we would listen to over and over again. Then I started changing the lyrics around with her in mind.” “When I started the project I didn’t know much of the derivation of Uncle Dave’s songs. But I eventually realized he was a collector or even curator of the songs he heard around him, like Alan Lomax, repurposing and reinterpreting them for a new audience. And that was what I was doing with his songs without realizing it – reimagining and rewriting them. We were doing a similar thing in a way,” he concludes. Joachim Cooder has been a sought-after percussionist for two decades now, on now-legendary recordings with his father, Ry Cooder, like the landmark Buena Vista Social Club sessions and on his own with artists like Ali Farka Touré, who inspired Cooder to take up the mbira. He has produced albums for other artists, composed for film, and collaborated with choreographer Daniel Ezralow. Artist Joachim Cooder Genre Americana / Country , Blues Label Nonesuch Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country UK Track Listings 1. Over That Road I’m Bound To Go 2. When Ruben Comes To Town 3. Come Along Buddy 4. Oh Lovin’ Babe 5. Tell Her To Come Back Home 6. Backwater Blues 7. Rabbit In The Pea Patch 8. Morning Blues 9. All In Down And Out 10. Heartaching Blues 11. Molly Married A Traveling Man 12. When The Train Comes Along Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Americana / Country View Product Quick View Walkabouts, The Feels Like Going Home: Cover Albums Box Americana / Country | Glitterhouse | 3LP, Includes CD Released 2nd December 2016 £110.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Walkabouts, The Feels Like Going Home: Cover Albums Box £110.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Glitterhouse SKU: GRLP897 Formats: 3LP, Includes CD Released Date: 2nd December 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Beyonce Cowboy Carter Americana / Country | Sony | 2LP Released 12th April 2024 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Beyonce Cowboy Carter £29.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Sony SKU: 19658894931 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 12th April 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Various Artists Soul Jazz Records Presents Delta Swamp Rock – Sounds From The South: At The Crossroads Of Rock, Country And Soul Americana / Country | Soul Jazz | 2LP Released 17th May 2024 £26.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Soul Jazz Records Presents Delta Swamp Rock – Sounds From The South: At The Crossroads Of Rock, Country And Soul £26.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Soul Jazz SKU: SJRLP520 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 17th May 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Daniel Romano Modern Pressure Americana / Country | New West | 1LP Released 19th May 2017 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Daniel Romano Modern Pressure £16.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: New West SKU: NW5182 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 19th May 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Elizabeth Cook Balls – 15 Year Anniversary Americana / Country | Thirty Tigers | 1LP Released 24th June 2022 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Elizabeth Cook Balls – 15 Year Anniversary £20.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Thirty Tigers SKU: 21818LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th June 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (& Guests) Lawless Americana / Country | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 8th October 2012 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (& Guests) Lawless £24.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP600 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 8th October 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Mastersons, The Birds Fly South Americana / Country | New West | 180g, 1LP Released 21st September 2023 £12.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Mastersons, The Birds Fly South £12.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: New West SKU: nn272268 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 21st September 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Daniel Romano If Ive Only One Time Asking Americana / Country | New West | 1LP Released 28th July 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Daniel Romano If Ive Only One Time Asking £17.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: New West SKU: NW5097 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th July 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Blitzen Trapper Live At Third Man Records Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Third Man Records | 1LP Released 9th September 2016 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Blitzen Trapper Live At Third Man Records £13.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Third Man Records SKU: TMR378 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th September 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Dawn Landes Meet Me at the River Americana / Country | Yep Roc | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 10th September 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dawn Landes Meet Me at the River £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Yep Roc SKU: LPYEP2639 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 10th September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Americana / Country Start again
View Product Quick View Walkabouts, The Feels Like Going Home: Cover Albums Box Americana / Country | Glitterhouse | 3LP, Includes CD Released 2nd December 2016 £110.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Walkabouts, The Feels Like Going Home: Cover Albums Box £110.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Glitterhouse SKU: GRLP897 Formats: 3LP, Includes CD Released Date: 2nd December 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Beyonce Cowboy Carter Americana / Country | Sony | 2LP Released 12th April 2024 £29.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Beyonce Cowboy Carter £29.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Sony SKU: 19658894931 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 12th April 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Various Artists Soul Jazz Records Presents Delta Swamp Rock – Sounds From The South: At The Crossroads Of Rock, Country And Soul Americana / Country | Soul Jazz | 2LP Released 17th May 2024 £26.00 Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders Various Artists Soul Jazz Records Presents Delta Swamp Rock – Sounds From The South: At The Crossroads Of Rock, Country And Soul £26.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Soul Jazz SKU: SJRLP520 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 17th May 2024 Read More Pre Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Daniel Romano Modern Pressure Americana / Country | New West | 1LP Released 19th May 2017 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Daniel Romano Modern Pressure £16.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: New West SKU: NW5182 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 19th May 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Elizabeth Cook Balls – 15 Year Anniversary Americana / Country | Thirty Tigers | 1LP Released 24th June 2022 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Elizabeth Cook Balls – 15 Year Anniversary £20.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Thirty Tigers SKU: 21818LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 24th June 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (& Guests) Lawless Americana / Country | Music On Vinyl | 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 8th October 2012 £24.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nick Cave & Warren Ellis (& Guests) Lawless £24.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Music On Vinyl SKU: MOVLP600 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 8th October 2012 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
Nearly New View Product Quick View Mastersons, The Birds Fly South Americana / Country | New West | 180g, 1LP Released 21st September 2023 £12.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Mastersons, The Birds Fly South £12.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: New West SKU: nn272268 Formats: 180g, 1LP Released Date: 21st September 2023 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket
View Product Quick View Daniel Romano If Ive Only One Time Asking Americana / Country | New West | 1LP Released 28th July 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Daniel Romano If Ive Only One Time Asking £17.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: New West SKU: NW5097 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 28th July 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Blitzen Trapper Live At Third Man Records Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Third Man Records | 1LP Released 9th September 2016 £13.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Blitzen Trapper Live At Third Man Records £13.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Third Man Records SKU: TMR378 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 9th September 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders
View Product Quick View Dawn Landes Meet Me at the River Americana / Country | Yep Roc | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 10th September 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Dawn Landes Meet Me at the River £19.00 Genre: Americana / Country Label: Yep Roc SKU: LPYEP2639 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 10th September 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders