San Patricio (album)


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. 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. The album features collaborations with Moya Brennan, Linda Ronstadt, Liam Neeson, Los Cenzontles, Los Tigres del Norte, Lila Downs, Van Dyke Parks, Carlos Núñez, and Chavela Vargas.

Track listing

  1. "La Iguana" – 3:34
  2. "La Golondrina" – 3:08
  3. "A la Orilla de un Palmar" – 3:32
  4. "Danza de Concheros" – 1:29
  5. "El Chivo" – 2:05
  6. "San Campio" – 2:45
  7. "The Sands of Mexico" – 4:47
  8. "Sailing to Mexico" – 2:00
  9. "El Caballo" – 2:40
  10. "March to Battle " – 4:10
  11. "Lullaby for the Dead" – 4:36
  12. "Luz de Luna" – 3:30
  13. "Persecución de Villa" – 2:55
  14. "Canción Mixteca " – 2:54
  15. "Canción Mixteca" – 3:14
  16. "Ojitos Negros" – 2:24
  17. "El Relampago" – 3:15
  18. "El Pájaro Cu" – 2:35
  19. "Finale" – 5:46
;Bonus Disc – DVD
  1. "The Making of San Patricio"
  2. "La Iguana"
  3. "Canción Mixteca"
  4. "Luz de Luna"

    Personnel

in alphabetical order