Ry Cooder is one of the quirkiest artists in rock music history. And 1976’s Chicken Skin Music is quirky even by his standards. It’s also one of his best records. Btw, the title has nothing to do with fried chicken: it’s a Hawaiian expression that means music that gives you goosebumps. Cooder nailed it there.
The album art was done in a Mexican folk art style by Kenny Price. Here we go:
Here’s the entire LP in all its weird glory:
Are we really over sixty?
How terribly strange to be seventy
Still the best doggoned music anywhere!!!