The Slide Area

Original Release Date:  1982

Track Listing

• 1. UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto
• 2. I Need a Woman
• 3. Gypsy Woman
• 4. Blue Suede Shoes
• 5. Mama, Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean
• 6. I'm Drinking Again
• 7. Which Came First
• 8. That's the Way Love Turned Out for Me

Credits

• Ry Cooder: Bass, Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals, Producer
• John Hiatt: Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Bobby King: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Chuck Rainey: Bass
• Jorge Calderón: Bass
• Jim Keltner: Percussion, Drums, Vocals
• Nick DeCaro: Strings
• Jim Dickinson: Organ, Piano, Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Producer
• Tim Drummond: Bass
• William "Bill" Greene: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Herman E. Johnson: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Mark Linett: Engineer
• Kazu Matsui: Percussion, Shakuhachi
• Reggie McBride: Bass
• George McFadden: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Allen Sides: Engineer
• William D. "Smitty" Smith: Keyboards, Vocals
• Ras Baboo Pierre: Percussion
• Rob Baker: Vocals, Vocals (Background)