''San Patricio'' is an album by the

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musical group,

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featuring

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, released in 2010. It was their first album with Hear Music and the first studio album in over six years since '' Further Down the Old Plank Road'' (2003). It tells the story of the San Patricio battalion—a group of mainly Irish immigrant volunteer soldiers who deserted the

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in 1846 to fight on the Mexican side in the

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(1846–1848). The album features collaborations with

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(in what remains her most recent commercial recording),

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, Los Cenzontles,

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, Carlos Núñez, and

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(among others). The album artist is El Moisés.

Track listing

# "La Iguana" (Traditional, arr.

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, L. Downs) – 3:34 (with

) # "La Golondrina" (Traditional, arr. P. Moloney, Los Folkloristas) – 3:08 (with Los Folkloristas) # "A la Orilla de un Palmar" (Traditional, arr. L. Ronstadt) – 3:32 (with

) # "Danza de Concheros" (Traditional, arr. P. Moloney, Los Folkloristas) – 1:29 (with Los Folkloristas) # "El Chivo" (Traditional, arr. Julian Gonzalez) – 2:05 (with Los Cenzontles) # "San Campio" (P. Moloney) – 2:45 (with Carlos Núñez) # "The Sands of Mexico" (R. Cooder) – 4:47 (with

) # "Sailing to Mexico" (P. Moloney) – 2:00 (with Carlos Núñez) # "El Caballo" (Traditional, arr. Los Camperos de Valles, P. Moloney) – 2:40 (with Los Camperos de Valles) # "March to Battle (Across the Rio Grande)" (Music: P. Moloney, lyric:

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) – 4:10 (with Banda de Gaita de Batallón de San Patricio,

, Los Cenzontles, L.A. Juvenil) # "Lullaby for the Dead" (Music: P. Moloney, lyric: Brendan Graham) – 4:36 (with

) # "Luz de Luna" (

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) – 3:30 (with

) # "Persecución de Villa" (Samuel Margarito Lozano) – 2:55 (with Mariachi Santa Fe de Jesus (Chuy) Guzman) # "Canción Mixteca (Intro)" (Jose Lopez Alavez) – 2:54 (with Ry Cooder,

) # "Canción Mixteca" (Jose Lopez Alavez) – 3:14 (with

) # "Ojitos Negros" (Traditional, arr. Eugene Rodriguez) – 2:24 (with Los Cenzontles) # "El Relampago" (Traditional, arr. P. Moloney, L. Downs) – 3:15 (with

) # "El Pájaro Cu" (Traditional, arr. La Negra Graciana, P. Moloney)– 2:35 (with La Negra Graciana) # "Finale" (Traditional, arr. P. Moloney) – 5:46 (with Los Cenzontles, Carlos Núñez,

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, Banda de Gaita de Batallón de San Patricio, L.A. Juvenil) ;Bonus Disc – DVD (Deluxe Edition only) # "The Making of San Patricio" # "La Iguana" (with Lila Downs) # "Canción Mixteca" (with Los Tigres del Norte) # "Luz de Luna" (with Chavela Vargas)

Personnel

in alphabetical order * Olga Alanis – percussion * Juan Carlos Allende – guitar * Sergio Alonso – harp * Pancho Alvarez – bouzouki * Stephen Armstrong – assistant engineer * Hugo Arroyo – tuba, vocals, guitarron, quijada * Ersi Arvizu – vocals * Jose Avila – percussion * Marisa Bautista – vocals *

– vocals * Jorge López Calderón – drums (snare) * Rene Camacho – bass, bass (upright) * Edmar Castaneda – harp, cuatro * Gabriel Castañón – assistant engineer *

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– vocals * Larissa Collins – art direction, package design *

Kevin Conneff Kevin Conneff (born 8 January 1945) is an Irish singer and musician. He is best known as the lead singer and bodhrán player of Irish folk group; The Chieftains. He joined the group in 1976 after contributing to their album '' The Chieftains 6 ...

– bodhrán, lilting *

– guitar, piano, composer, timbales, vocals, producer, laud * Raúl Cuellar – violin * Robert Curto – accordion *

– vocals, arranger, step dancing * Ernesto Villalobos – fiddle, jarana, vocals *

Celso Duarte Celso Duarte (born June 1974, in Villarrica, Paraguay) is a virtuoso of Paraguayan harp and Mexican Arpa jarocha, jarocho harp, arranger, singer, and multi-talented instrumentalist. Duarte has performed and recorded with Lila Downs since 1998 and ...

– fiddle, harp, vocals * Mary Farquharson – coordination, research * Raúl Durrand Flores – assistant engineer * Sofia Fojas – violin * Arturo Gallardo – clarinet * Julian Gonzalez – violin, arranger *

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– mastering * Jesus "Chuy" Guzman – violin * Carlos Henderson – bass * Camilo Ramirez Hernandez – violin * Eduardo Hernández – bass (electric), vocals, bass (acoustic) * Hernán Hernández – bass (electric), vocals * Hugo Hernandez – drums (bass) * Jorgé Hernández – accordion, vocals * Luis Hernández – accordion, vocals, bajo sexto * Marcos Hernandez – vocals, huapanguera * Ubaldo Hernandez – trumpet * Juancho Herrera – guitar, vocals * Don Hoffman – engineer * Daniel García Hughes – drums (snare) * Juan Jimenez – guitarron * Jimmy Cuellar – violin * Guadalupe Jolicoeur – coordination, art direction, research * Seán Keane – fiddle * Oscar Lara – drums * Jeffrey Lesser – engineer * Germán López – vihuela * Steve Macklam – art direction * Mariachi Santa Fe De Jesus (Chuy) Guzman – vocals * Tríona Marshall – harp * Neil Martin – cello * Brian Masterson – engineer, mixing * Bart Migal – assistant engineer, associate engineer *

Matt Molloy Matt Molloy (born 12 January 1947) is an Irish musician, from a region known for producing talented flautists. As a child, he began playing the flute and won the All-Ireland Flute Championship at nineteen. Considered one of the most brilliant ...

– flute *

– arranger, composer, producer, liner notes, uilleann pipes, tin whistle, mixing, tin cans * Rogelio Navarrate – clarinet *

– narrator * Niamh Ní Charra – concertina * Adrian Nieto – mandolin, percussion * Carlos Núñez – gaita, low whistle * Xurxo Nunez – drums, guitar (electric), engineer * Felipe Ochoa – vocals, requinto * Marco Ochoa – vocals, jarana *

– piano, accordion * Miguel Pena – guitar * Jon Pilatzke – fiddle, step dancing * Martin Pradler – engineer * Mike Riley – assistant engineer * Alberto J. Rodríguez – assistant engineer *

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– vihuela, arranger * Gabriela Rodriguez – Percussion * Javier Rodriguez – trumpet * Juan Rodríguez – violin * Luciana Rodriguez – vocals * Albert J. Roman – design assistant *

– vocals, arranger * Yayo Serka – cajon * Graciana Silva – harp, vocals * Gregorio Solano – vocals, jarana *

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– conga, maracas, cajon * Fabiola Truijillo – vocals * Omar Valdez – percussion *

– vocals * Efrén Vargas – mandolin, percussion * Rodolfo Vazquez – engineer, field recording

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External links

The Chieftains official website
– official website *

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:San Patricio (Album) 2010 albums The Chieftains albums Ry Cooder albums Collaborative albums Albums produced by Ry Cooder Hear Music albums