Into The Purple Valley

with an emphasis on eclecticism, intricate syncopations and dazzling slide guitar and mandolin work, ry cooder's into the purple valley remains one of the artist's most intriguing and influential albums. while the lp's tune stack ranges from the charming calypso strains of "f.d.r. in trinidad" to a dark-hued version of woody guthrie's "vigilante man", into the purple valley also highlights little known songs of the dust bowl era, rediscovered and reworked by cooder with distinctive and authentic musical touches.