Geographical Review Essay: When the Dozers Came, Only Music Was Left: Ry Cooder on Chávez Ravine^*

* No inconsiderable thanks are owed to David J. Larson, whose sense of the impact of activities such as the move of the Dodgers is infinitely surer than my own. On a par is Sally Kerr's command of the intricacies of American English, which I always put to a test. Lyric translations are sometimes corrected from those in the album libretto.

Abstract

CHÁVEZ RAVINE: A Record by Ry Cooder. Produced by Ry Cooder, with Little Willie G., Lalo Guerrero, Ersi Arvizu, Don Tosti, Flaco Jimenez, Bla Pahinui

CHÁVEZ RAVINE, 1949: A Los Angeles Story. By Don Normark.

CHÁVEZ RAVINE: A Los Angeles Story. Directed by Jordan Mechner; produced by Jordan Mechner, Don Normark, Andrew B. Andersen, and Mark Moran; photographs by Don Normark; music by Ry Cooder; narrated by Cheech Marin; 24 minutes.

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Paul F. Starrs

Dr. Starrs is a professor of geography at the University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557.