Ry Cooder - one cat, one vote, one beer
While Ry Cooder was going through a political stage of his songwriting, he put out a concept album that has a very original story. It’s about a red cat called 'Buddy' who travelled the U.S through the winter with his pals 'Lefty Mouse' & 'Reverend Tom Toad'
There’s a lot of social commentary throughout in the lyrics and themes presented in the album and it's quite dense storytelling at times.
At this part in the story, the main characters are in a bar watching the general election unfold. Buddy reminisces when earlier that day he had his vote refused, while in the present he sits by the bar, watches the TV and orders a few more drinks.
The whole album took me a few listens to grasp but tonight this song in particular stuck out.
(also Jon Hassell plays the trumpet!)