San Patricio (album)

San Patricio
San Patricio
Studio album by The Chieftains, Ry Cooder
Released	9 March 2010
Recorded	Ireland / Mexico
Genre	World fusion; Mexican/Celtic; Celtic fusion; Mexican traditional; Norteño; Ranchera; Son; Texano; Irish traditional
Length	61:39
Label	Hear Music
Producer	Paddy Moloney, Ry Cooder
The Chieftains, Ry Cooder chronology
Ry Cooder chronology

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San Patricio is an album by the Irish musical group, The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder, released in 2010. It was their first album with Hear Music and the first studio album in over six years since Further Down the Old Plank Road (2003). It tells the story of the San Patricio battalion—a group of mainly Irish immigrant volunteer soldiers who deserted the U.S. Army in 1846 to fight on the Mexican side in the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). The album features collaborations with Moya Brennan, Linda Ronstadt (in what remains her most recent commercial recording), Liam Neeson, Los Cenzontles, Los Tigres del Norte, Lila Downs, Van Dyke Parks, Carlos Núñez, and Chavela Vargas (among others).^[1]^[2] The album artist is El Moisés.

Track listing

"La Iguana" (Traditional, arr. Paddy Moloney, L. Downs) – 3:34 (with Lila Downs)
"La Golondrina" (Traditional, arr. P. Moloney, Los Folkloristas) – 3:08 (with Los Folkloristas)
"A la Orilla de un Palmar" (Traditional, arr. L. Ronstadt) – 3:32 (with Linda Ronstadt)
"Danza de Concheros" (Traditional, arr. P. Moloney, Los Folkloristas) – 1:29 (with Los Folkloristas)
"El Chivo" (Traditional, arr. Julian Gonzalez) – 2:05 (with Los Cenzontles)
"San Campio" (P. Moloney) – 2:45 (with Carlos Núñez)
"The Sands of Mexico" (R. Cooder) – 4:47 (with Ry Cooder)
"Sailing to Mexico" (P. Moloney) – 2:00 (with Carlos Núñez)
"El Caballo" (Traditional, arr. Los Camperos de Valles, P. Moloney) – 2:40 (with Los Camperos de Valles)
"March to Battle (Across the Rio Grande)" (Music: P. Moloney, lyric: Brendan Graham) – 4:10 (with Banda de Gaita de Batallón de San Patricio, Liam Neeson, Los Cenzontles, L.A. Juvenil)
"Lullaby for the Dead" (Music: P. Moloney, lyric: Brendan Graham) – 4:36 (with Moya Brennan)
"Luz de Luna" (Álvaro Carrillo) – 3:30 (with Chavela Vargas)
"Persecución de Villa" (Samuel Margarito Lozano) – 2:55 (with Mariachi Santa Fe de Jesus (Chuy) Guzman)
"Canción Mixteca (Intro)" (Jose Lopez Alavez) – 2:54 (with Ry Cooder, Van Dyke Parks)
"Canción Mixteca" (Jose Lopez Alavez) – 3:14 (with Los Tigres del Norte)
"Ojitos Negros" (Traditional, arr. Eugene Rodriguez) – 2:24 (with Los Cenzontles)
"El Relampago" (Traditional, arr. P. Moloney, L. Downs) – 3:15 (with Lila Downs)
"El Pájaro Cu" (Traditional, arr. La Negra Graciana, P. Moloney)– 2:35 (with La Negra Graciana)
"Finale" (Traditional, arr. P. Moloney) – 5:46 (with Los Cenzontles, Carlos Núñez, Los Folkloristas, Banda de Gaita de Batallón de San Patricio, L.A. Juvenil)

Bonus Disc – DVD (Deluxe Edition only)

"The Making of San Patricio"
"La Iguana" (with Lila Downs)
"Canción Mixteca" (with Los Tigres del Norte)
"Luz de Luna" (with Chavela Vargas)

Personnel

in alphabetical order

Olga Alanis – percussion
Juan Carlos Allende – guitar
Sergio Alonso – harp
Pancho Alvarez – bouzouki
Stephen Armstrong – assistant engineer
Hugo Arroyo – tuba, vocals, guitarron, quijada
Ersi Arvizu – vocals
Jose Avila – percussion
Marisa Bautista – vocals
Moya Brennan – vocals
Jorge López Calderón – drums (snare)
Rene Camacho – bass, bass (upright)
Edmar Castaneda – harp, cuatro
Gabriel Castañón – assistant engineer
Paul Cohen – vocals
Larissa Collins – art direction, package design
Kevin Conneff – bodhrán, lilting
Ry Cooder – guitar, piano, composer, timbales, vocals, producer, laud
Raúl Cuellar – violin
Robert Curto – accordion
Lila Downs – vocals, arranger, step dancing
Ernesto Villalobos – fiddle, jarana, vocals
Celso Duarte – fiddle, harp, vocals
Mary Farquharson – coordination, research
Raúl Durrand Flores – assistant engineer
Sofia Fojas – violin
Arturo Gallardo – clarinet
Julian Gonzalez – violin, arranger

Bernie Grundman – mastering
Jesus "Chuy" Guzman – violin
Carlos Henderson – bass
Camilo Ramirez Hernandez – violin
Eduardo Hernández – bass (electric), vocals, bass (acoustic)
Hernán Hernández – bass (electric), vocals
Hugo Hernandez – drums (bass)
Jorgé Hernández – accordion, vocals
Luis Hernández – accordion, vocals, bajo sexto
Marcos Hernandez – vocals, huapanguera
Ubaldo Hernandez – trumpet
Juancho Herrera – guitar, vocals
Don Hoffman – engineer
Daniel García Hughes – drums (snare)
Juan Jimenez – guitarron
Jimmy Cuellar – violin
Guadalupe Jolicoeur – coordination, art direction, research
Seán Keane – fiddle
Oscar Lara – drums
Jeffrey Lesser – engineer
Germán López – vihuela
Steve Macklam – art direction
Mariachi Santa Fe De Jesus (Chuy) Guzman – vocals
Tríona Marshall – harp
Neil Martin – cello
Brian Masterson – engineer, mixing
Bart Migal – assistant engineer, associate engineer

Matt Molloy – flute
Paddy Moloney – arranger, composer, producer, liner notes, uilleann pipes, tin whistle, mixing, tin cans
Rogelio Navarrate – clarinet
Liam Neeson – narrator
Niamh Ní Charra – concertina
Adrian Nieto – mandolin, percussion
Carlos Núñez – gaita, low whistle
Xurxo Nunez – drums, guitar (electric), engineer
Felipe Ochoa – vocals, requinto
Marco Ochoa – vocals, jarana
Van Dyke Parks – piano, accordion
Miguel Pena – guitar
Jon Pilatzke – fiddle, step dancing
Martin Pradler – engineer
Mike Riley – assistant engineer
Alberto J. Rodríguez – assistant engineer
Eugene Rodriguez – vihuela, arranger
Gabriela Rodriguez – Percussion
Javier Rodriguez – trumpet
Juan Rodríguez – violin
Luciana Rodriguez – vocals
Albert J. Roman – design assistant
Linda Ronstadt – vocals, arranger
Yayo Serka – cajon
Graciana Silva – harp, vocals
Gregorio Solano – vocals, jarana
Samuel Torres – conga, maracas, cajon
Fabiola Truijillo – vocals
Omar Valdez – percussion
Chavela Vargas – vocals
Efrén Vargas – mandolin, percussion
Rodolfo Vazquez – engineer, field recording

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2010)	Peak position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[3]	48
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[4]	57
Italian Albums (FIMI)^[5]	29
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)^[6]	30
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[7]	42
US Billboard 200^[8]	37
US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)^[9]	1
US Regional Mexican Albums (Billboard)^[10]	1
US World Albums (Billboard)^[11]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2010)	Position
US Top Latin Albums (Billboard)^[12]	12

External links

The Chieftains official website – official website
San Patricio at AllMusic

References

^ Ph.D., Jacqueline Edmondson (3 October 2013). Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-313-39348-8.
^ Pinheiro, John C. (2 April 2014). Missionaries of Republicanism: A Religious History of the Mexican-American War. Oxford University Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-19-994867-3.
^ "Ultratop.be – The Chieftains feat. Ry Cooder – San Patricio" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – The Chieftains feat. Ry Cooder – San Patricio" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
^ "Italiancharts.com – The Chieftains feat. Ry Cooder – San Patricio". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
^ "Norwegiancharts.com – The Chieftains feat. Ry Cooder – San Patricio". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
^ "Spanishcharts.com – The Chieftains feat. Ry Cooder – San Patricio". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
^ "Ry Cooder Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
^ "Ry Cooder Chart History (Top Latin Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
^ "Ry Cooder Chart History (Regional Mexican Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
^ "Ry Cooder Chart History (World Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
^ "Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[Ph.D.2013-1] Ph.D., Jacqueline Edmondson (3 October 2013). Music in American Life: An Encyclopedia of the Songs, Styles, Stars, and Stories That Shaped Our Culture. ABC-CLIO. p. 139. ISBN 978-0-313-39348-8.

[Pinheiro2014-2] Pinheiro, John C. (2 April 2014). Missionaries of Republicanism: A Religious History of the Mexican-American War. Oxford University Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-19-994867-3.

[ac_Flanders_The_Chieftains_feat._Ry_Cooder-3] "Ultratop.be – The Chieftains feat. Ry Cooder – San Patricio" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[ac_Netherlands_The_Chieftains_feat._Ry_Cooder-4] "Dutchcharts.nl – The Chieftains feat. Ry Cooder – San Patricio" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[ac_Italy_The_Chieftains_feat._Ry_Cooder-5] "Italiancharts.com – The Chieftains feat. Ry Cooder – San Patricio". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[ac_Norway_The_Chieftains_feat._Ry_Cooder-6] "Norwegiancharts.com – The Chieftains feat. Ry Cooder – San Patricio". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[ac_Spain_The_Chieftains_feat._Ry_Cooder-7] "Spanishcharts.com – The Chieftains feat. Ry Cooder – San Patricio". Hung Medien. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[ac_Billboard200_Ry_Cooder-8] "Ry Cooder Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[ac_BillboardLatin_Ry_Cooder-9] "Ry Cooder Chart History (Top Latin Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[ac_BillboardRegionalMexican_Ry_Cooder-10] "Ry Cooder Chart History (Regional Mexican Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[ac_BillboardWorld_Ry_Cooder-11] "Ry Cooder Chart History (World Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

[12] "Top Latin Albums – Year-End 2010". Billboard. Retrieved 24 July 2021.

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v t e The Chieftains
Kevin Conneff Matt Molloy Paddy Moloney Seán Potts Michael Tubridy David Fallon Martin Fay Peadar Mercier Seán Keane Derek Bell Ronnie McShane Jeff White
Studio albums	The Chieftains The Chieftains 2 The Chieftains 3 The Chieftains 4 The Chieftains 5 The Chieftains 6: Bonaparte's Retreat The Chieftains 7 The Chieftains 8 The Chieftains 9: Boil the Breakfast Early The Chieftains 10: Cotton-Eyed Joe The Year of the French The Chieftains in China Ballad of the Irish Horse Celtic Wedding Irish Heartbeat (with Van Morrison) A Chieftains Celebration The Bells of Dublin Another Country The Long Black Veil Santiago Tears of Stone Down the Old Plank Road: The Nashville Sessions Further Down the Old Plank Road San Patricio (with Ry Cooder) Voice of Ages
Compilations	Film Cuts Fire in the Kitchen The Wide World Over The Essential Chieftains
Live albums	The Chieftains Live! An Irish Evening Live from Dublin: A Tribute to Derek Bell

v t e Ry Cooder
Solo albums	Ry Cooder (1970) Into the Purple Valley (1972) Boomer's Story (1972) Paradise and Lunch (1974) Chicken Skin Music (1976) Show Time (1977) Jazz (1978) Bop Till You Drop (1979) Borderline (1980) The Slide Area (1982) Get Rhythm (1987) Chávez Ravine (2005) My Name Is Buddy (2007) I, Flathead (2008) Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (2011) Election Special (2012) The Prodigal Son (2018)
Collaborative albums	Jamming with Edward! (1972) Little Village (1992) A Meeting by the River (1993) Talking Timbuktu (1994) Buena Vista Social Club (1997) Mambo Sinuendo (2003) Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall (2008) San Patricio (2010) Live in San Francisco (2013)
Soundtrack albums	Performance (1970) The Long Riders (1980) Southern Comfort (1981) The Border (1982) Streets of Fire (1984) Paris, Texas (1985) Music from Alamo Bay (1985) Blue City (1986) Crossroads (1986) Johnny Handsome (1989) Trespass (1993) Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) Last Man Standing (1996) The End of Violence (1997) Primary Colors (1998) My Blueberry Nights (2007)