After Chicken Skin Music, Ry Cooder embarked on his first major national and international tour. This episode tells the story of the so-called Chicken Skin Revue, for which Cooder assembled a huge all-American band consisting of his black backup trio, Flaco Jiménez's Mexicans, and an American-Italian saxophonist. The U.S. leg of the tour resulted in Cooder's first live album, Show Time (1977). The European leg produced several additional recordings, which are also featured on the episode.

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Written, produced and edited by Frank Schnelle

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