Cooder) - 4:09 Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), Joachim Cooder (drums), Mike Elizondo (bass) "Red Cat Till I Die" (Ry Cooder) - 3:08 "The original Cardboard Avenue Jaywalkers": Buddy Red Cat (vocal, guitar), Lefty Mouse (fiddle), The Reverend Tom Toad (tambourine) "Three Chords and the Truth" (Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder) - 5:02 Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar, bass), Joachim Cooder (drums) "My Name Is Buddy" (Ry Cooder) 3:12 Ry Cooder (vocal, mandolin, guitar, bass, keyboard), Joachim Cooder (drums) "One Cat, One Vote, One Beer" (Ry Cooder, Joachim Cooder, Jared Smith) - 4:15 Ry Cooder (vocal), Joachim Cooder (keyboard, percussion), Jon Hassell (trumpet) "Cardboard Avenue" (Ry Cooder) - 4:33 Ry Cooder (vocal, banjo), Joachim Cooder (percussion), Mike Elizondo (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Mike Seeger (fiddle), Roland White (mandolin) "Farm Girl" (Ry Cooder) - 3:54 Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), Juliette Commagere (vocal), Mike Elizondo (bass), Jim Keltner (drums), Mike Seeger (fiddle), Roland White (mandolin) "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" (Traditional with new lyrics by Ry Cooder) - 4:49 Ry Cooder (vocal, guitar), Mike Elizondo (bass), Flaco Jiménez (accordion), Jim Kelter (drums), Paddy Moloney (whistle), Van Dyke Parks (piano), Mike Seeger (fiddle) Personnel Musicians See track listing above Production Recorded by Don Smith at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, California Additional recording by Sunny D. Levine at Orange Stella Studio, Santa Monica, California and in Beacon, New York; Martin Pradler at Chateau Martin, Los Angeles Mixdown by Don Smith and Martin Pradler at Sound City Studios Mastering by Martin Pradler Production assistant: Aisha Ayers Artwork Illustrations by Vincent Valdez Photographs by Susan Titelman Package Design: Martin Pradler and Ry Cooder Charts Releases References Further reading / listening "Cooder's Buddy Revives Tales of Bygone America", Morning Edition, NPR, March 6, 2007 "From the Dust", The Observer, March 4, 2007 External links My Name is Buddy, site at Nonesuch Records 2007 albums Ry Cooder albums Concept albums Albums produced by Ry Cooder Albums recorded at Sound City Studios