Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon is a Devendra Banhart

Devendra Banhart

Devendra Obi Banhart is a singer-songwriter and visual artist. Banhart was born in Houston, Texas and was raised by his mother in Venezuela, until he moved to California as a teenager. He began to study at the San Francisco Art Institute in 1998, but dropped out to perform music in Europe, San...

 album released September 25, 2007. This album features more instrumentation than the previous records, as well as more genre experimentation. Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon was recorded in Topanga Canyon in Southern California.

The majority of the merchandise sold on the US tour for the album was made in collaboration with Banheart by Adam Tullie and Angeline Rivas, who design the clothing line Cavern Collection.

Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon reached #19 on Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

's list of the Top 50 Albums of 2007. The song "Seahorse" is #69 on Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is a US-based magazine devoted to music, liberal politics, and popular culture that is published every two weeks. Rolling Stone was founded in San Francisco in 1967 by Jann Wenner and music critic Ralph J...

's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.

Track listing

1. "Cristobal" (with Gael García Bernal
   Gael García Bernal
   Gael García Bernal is a Mexican film actor and director.-Early life:García Bernal was born in Guadalajara, Mexico, the son of Patricia Bernal, an actress and former model, and José Ángel García, an actor and director. His stepfather is Sergio Yazbek, whom his mother married when García Bernal was...
   
   ) - 4:30
2. "So Long Old Bean" - 2:56
3. "Samba Vexillographica" (with Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes
   The Black Crowes
   The Black Crowes are an American rock band formed in 1989. Their discography includes nine studio albums, four live albums and several charting singles. The band was signed to Def American Recordings in 1989 by producer George Drakoulias and released their debut album, Shake Your Money Maker, the...
   
   ) - 4:49
4. "Seahorse" - 8:04
5. "Bad Girl" - 4:48
6. "Seaside" - 4:36
7. "Shabop Shalom" (with Nick Valensi of The Strokes
   The Strokes
   The Strokes are an American indie rock band formed in 1999 in New York City. Consisting of Julian Casablancas , Nick Valensi , Albert Hammond, Jr. , Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti ....
   
   ) - 4:38
8. "Tonada Yanomaminista" - 2:56
9. "Rosa" (with Rodrigo Amarante
   Rodrigo Amarante
   Rodrigo Amarante de Castro Neves , in is a guitarist, occasional bassist, singer and songwriter for the bands Los Hermanos, Orquestra Imperial and Little Joy....
   
    of Los Hermanos
   Los Hermanos
   Los Hermanos is a rock band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The group was formed in 1997 by Marcelo Camelo , Rodrigo Amarante , Rodrigo Barba , and Bruno Medina...
   
   ) - 5:08
10. "Saved" - 5:33
11. "Lover" - 3:43
12. "Carmensita" - 4:49
13. "The Other Woman" - 3:49
14. "Freely" (with Linda Perhacs
    Linda Perhacs
    Linda Perhacs is an American psychedelic folk singer, who released her only album Parallelograms in 1970 to scant notice or sales. The album was rediscovered by record enthusiasts and grew in popularity with the rise of the New Weird America movement and the Internet...
    
    )- 4:59
15. "I Remember" - 4:25
16. "My Dearest Friend" - 2:36 (w/ Vashti Bunyan)

Personnel

The current name of Banhart's band is Spiritual Bonerz (the 'z' is silent), and the line-up consists of:

• Devendra Banhart
• Noah Georgeson
  Noah Georgeson
  Noah Georgeson is a musician, producer, and solo recording artist. Georgeson's debut album Find Shelter was released through Plain Recordings on November 28, 2006. He is credited as having "written, scored, arranged, recorded, and produced" the entirety of Find Shelter, according to a press...
  
  
• Luckey Remington
• Pete Newsom
• Greg Rogove
• Rodrigo Amarante
  Rodrigo Amarante
  Rodrigo Amarante de Castro Neves , in is a guitarist, occasional bassist, singer and songwriter for the bands Los Hermanos, Orquestra Imperial and Little Joy....
  
  
• Andy Cabic
  Andy Cabic
  Andy Cabic is a folk rock singer-songwriter, and lead member of the band Vetiver.He was born in Virginia and attended school at the University of North Carolina Greensboro, where he played in a band called The Raymond Brake...
  
  

Reception