Over That Road I'm Bound Joachim Cooder

• 1 Over That Road I'm Bound To Go 03:44
• 2 When Ruben Comes To Town 02:36
• 3 Come Along Buddy 04:38
• 4 Oh Lovin' Babe 03:07
• 5 Tell Her To Come Back Home 03:44
• 6 Backwater Blues 03:42
• 7 Rabbit In The Pea Patch 02:54
• 8 Morning Blues 03:40
• 9 All In Down And Out 03:00
• 10 Heartaching Blues 04:04
• 11 Molly Married A Traveling Man 03:31
• 12 When The Train Comes Along 05:16
• Total Runtime 43:56

Info for Over That Road I'm Bound

On his Nonesuch Records debut album, 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, tinkering with the lyrics and reworking melodies for his chosen instrument: an electric mbira. Cooder culled songs from Macon’s vast catalog and recorded them with his band and special guests: Ry Cooder, Rayna Gellert, Juliette Commagere, Sam Gendel, Glenn Patscha, Amir Yaghmai, Dan Gellert, and Vieux Farka Touré.

Joachim Cooder, vocals, array Mbira, percussion
Ry Cooder, banjo, guitar, bass, backing vocals
Rayna Gellert, fiddle
Juliette Commagere, backing vocals
Sam Gendel, bass on (“Come Along Buddy”, “Morning Blues”)
Glenn Patscha, piano on (“When The Train Comes Along”), Pump Organ on (“Molly Married A Traveling Man” & “All In Down And Out”)
Amir Yaghmai, Yaylı Tambu on (“Backwater Blues”)
Dan Gellert, banjo, fiddle on (“Over That Road I’m Bound To Go”)
Vieux Farka Toure’, guitar on (“Oh Lovin’ Babe”)

Recorded January - March 2019 at Zegema Beach, Santa Monica, CA & Wireland, Chatsworth, CA
Engineered, Mixed & Mastered by Martin Pradler
Mastered by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Produced & Arranged by Joachim Cooder

Joachim Cooder
Best known as a world-class percussionist — most famously with the Buena Vista Social Club, alongside his father Ry Cooder — Joachim Cooder approaches his solo career steeped in the roots of American and world music.

Accompanying himself on the electric mbira and other melodic percussion, he transforms Appalachian music and blues with a powerful aesthetic that draws the listener deep into the music. The same trance-inducing and transfixing experience informs his original compositions.

Joachim’s first instrument was the drums, playing with Ry both live and in the studio. These touring and recording projects allowed him to share stages and recordings with Johnny Cash, Ali Farka” Touré, V. M. Bhatt, Steve Earle, John Lee Hooker, Dr. John, Nick Lowe, and most notably the Buena Vista Social Club. Over the years, Joachim has maintained this close relationship with his father, solidifying his reputation as a lyrical drummer, and branching out on projects of his own.

Joachim produced Carly Ritter’s self-titled debut album (Tex Ritter’s granddaughter), and composed the score for films such as the cult surf classic Shelter and Charged: The Eduardo Garcia Story, which recently premiered at The Santa Barbara Film Festival (Winner, Audience Choice Award). His collaborations have taken him into the world of dance where he teamed up with choreographer Daniel Ezralow (Across The Universe, Spider Man: Turn The Dark Off) to compose and perform live in an Ezralow Dance career retrospective.

But it wasn’t until his wife and long-time collaborator Juliette Commagere became pregnant that he began writing and singing his own songs. “We were in Nashville to produce a friend’s record in January – it was snowing – every morning I would wake up and play my electric mbira I brought through a little amp and start singing,” Joachim says. It became the beginning of his solo project titled Fuchsia Machu Picchu. The songs are about longing, love, plants, and the inner life of inanimate objects.

The sound is very much inspired by the world music he grew up with. “I’m always hearing some sort of defunct cosmic ice cream truck in my head – that’s the sound I’m after with my mbiras and tank drums and other tuned percussion. Hopefully people will get that.”

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