Home / Music / Ry Cooder digs deep into Americana on Into the Purple ValleyMusic linernotes album music ry-cooderRy Cooder digs deep into Americana on Into the Purple ValleyThe album is built from deep Americana covers — traditional folk, blues, and country songs including Woody Guthrie’s ‘Vigilante Man’ and Jesse Stone’s ‘Money Honey.’ Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesRy Cooder's Into the Purple Valley made Rolling Stone's top album covers listRy Cooder's Chicken Skin Music is a world-spanning genre blendRy Cooder's second album Into the Purple Valley came out in 1972 on RepriseGabby Pahinui brings slack-key guitar to Ry Cooder's Chicken Skin MusicFlaco Jiménez brought Tex-Mex accordion to Ry Cooder's Chicken Skin Music.ExplorePeter Gabriel's Real World Records released Rated PG.Beggars Banquet released Replicas in 1979.Virgin Records found The Mighty Diamonds on a Jamaican talent search.Saddle Creek Records — the Omaha indie label — released Rilo Kiley's Skin.EMI put out Rio in 1982.Previous Ry Cooder's Chicken Skin Music is a world-spanning genre blendNext Roger McGuinn originally planned a double album tracing American music history