- Format: LP
- Label: Fire
- Genre: Rock / Pop
picture LP in PVC sleeve with printed insert + lyrics
Recorded in 2006 in Spain on a rooftop in Cordoba with Howe Gelb's "Band Of Gypsies" and virtuoso flamenco guitarist Raimundo Amador (who has also collaborated with Bjork and BB King), Alegrias is the latest excellent chapter in Gelb's lengthy discography. Many have tried to blend flamenco into their style and failed, but Gelb seems unable to stumble no matter what he tries his hand at. Here he manages to seamlessly sear together flamenco rhythms with echoes of his own Arizona desert...perhaps the common denominator being the fact that Spain and the American southwest are culturally (and musically) linked by so many hundreds of years of history. Mixed by the legendary John Parish (PJ Harvey), Alegrias sails effortlessly into uncharted seas.
Track listing - Side A: 1. 4 Door Maverick 2. Uneven Light Of Day 3. The Ballad Of Lole Y Manuel 4. Cowboy Boots On Cobble Stone 5. Notoriety 6. Blood Orange Side B: 1. Lost Like A Boat Full Of Rice 2. Broken Bird And The Ghost River 3. (There were) Always Horses Coming 4. The Hangin' Judge 5. Saint Conformity 6. Where The Wind Turns The Skin To Leather 7. One Diner Town
