Ry Cooder is a musician's musician. He's the guy guitar players idolize. Country legend Bonnie Raitt was once praised as a woman who played real meaty lead guitar: she could shred and play superb slide in an age when most women in country music just held the guitar and strummed. Her reponse, was something like, "Well, I'm no Ry Cooder, but I don't exactly buy my guitars based on the color either." It's such a sassy way of saying "yes, I'm the real deal... and any musician who's the real deal, not just a pop star concerned with looking good, knows who Ry Cooder is and holds him up as their hero." I'll add another comment on this track in particular.
But there’s more; you could add that no matter his technical accomplishments, he always played tunes that had a place in culture, history, people - so he’s also a non-musicians musician.
He also plays guitar on Buena Vista Social Club's "Silencio" featuring Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo. One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard; hope you can check it out some time.
Ry is honestly one of the greatest slide players to live, he played Ralph Macchio's guitar parts in CrossRoads. His work with Flaco Jimenez is so cool.
A fun fact about this "Live in studio" track: if you listen to his album "The Prodigal Son," which this was basically the lead "music video" for, you'll notice that this is Ry and his basic rhythm section laying down the base track for the album. He ultimately sent this track on to a vocal group called The Hamiltones, a North Carolina vocal group who provide all the big backing vocals on the chorus etc. So if it sounds like Ry's voice is dropping out a lot here, it is, and that's on purpose. When he just sings, "I believe.... go back home," with a big gap, he's not catching his breath. He's marking the chorus so his backup singers know where to come in and do it. On the finished recording, where they've added their overdubs, you can hear a fully fleshed-out line, "I believe, I believe, I will go back home," and the little partial part Ry is singing actually gives THEM the lead, and he's singing backup to THEM on the chorus. So that's why this track sounds a little sparse: it really is just part of the version that ends up on the album. It's a pleasure to watch in this stripped-down state, but it's worth hearing next to the finished product.
Ry is a legend. He’s played on hundreds of albums as a session guitarist. Check out John Hiatt’s Bring The Family with Ry, nick Lowe on bass and Russ Kunkel on drums. The four of them also put out a terrific album under the name Little Village
I’ve always loved Cooder. I can’t play guitar but I’m not sure his proficiency with the instrument was the most important thing for him. I think he wanted to honour those he admired and he enjoyed a beautiful melody and maybe most of all he just wanted to connect with communities he enjoyed and obviously have a lot of fun. Some of my favs were songs where I stood up and realised that yeah, Americans are drawn to humour in a way that I liked. He’s in his early seventies here and still performing wonderfully … but when his was young and his voice was strong, he was also very sexy.
Excellent reaction, great points, He is so talented, I first noticed him from the Stones "let it bleed" album and have followed him ever since. Such a great player and too your point...It all starts from the Blues for sure. Once again great reaction.
I been listerning to Ry since his FOURTH album, _Paradise and Lunch,_ which is maybe the best album in his ENTIRE career. (I would never EVER trade anything for his version of Blind Blake's "Diddy Wah Diddy" with the legendary Earl "Fatha" Hines; it's a magnificent conversation between two musical masters.) Maybe the ONLY indifferent album he made was his very first; as soon as the second ( _Into the Purple Valley_ ) came out, he was unbeatable. This track is maybe not his finest, but it's totally worrth listening and re-listening to.
👍 Ry is a slide master. I'd be willing to bet, most have heard him and didn't know it; think Swarznegger, Jamie Lee inna G-string, and John Hiatt singing "Alone In The Dark" with Ry's smokey slide playing... Got Slide? Two more of today's masters... Sonny Landreth & Derek Trucks - Congo Square czcams.com/video/_HW0z86SVkc/video.html Algebra lesson* for Derek? *- "Watching Sonny play, is like getting an algebra lesson", Vince Gill lol
Pichperfect's comment below is a good one. Love you to do some Keb Mo for sure. He does Hank Williams "I'm So Lonesome I could Cry" and it's the best blues song ever recorded...he absolutely kills it.
The best way to hear Ry Cooder do his thing is live. There's a great playlist of a gig he did in Santa Cruz in the 1980s here. Highlights to react to might be "Jesus on the Mainline," "Let's Have A Ball," and "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live," which has one of the best slide solos I've ever heard. Ry Cooder isn't a greedy musician, he doesn't showcase himself as a lead player as much as he could, which always leaves me wanting a bit more. Pulling out the big guns on a very slow track makes a point of showing that mastery is about more than just playing fast. Here's a link to the whole playlist for you: czcams.com/play/PLwQtNioObsIgkz2f0ecSoV2MpmNAKdZSa.html&si=eaWBbbZZJL64dcaM
I am a Dan Vasc big time fan and will never NOT be but, totally enjoyed this too! Thanks for the introduction. Totally enjoy your appreciation for these artists, thanks!,
Ry Cooder had already a great name, but he gained a big name filling in guitar parts for some albums by Captain Beefheart (Don Bluth). Music great to explore.
F Sharp, so nasty and soul full . Ry Cooder is legendary and much like Jimmy Page, their roots are session work. And don't leave out that awesome bassist.
I absolutely love the blues, so many fantastic songs and artists. I would recommend a song, 'The Bluest Blues' by Alvin Lee, (1994). In my opinion it has one of the most fantastic guitar solos ever, and the added bonus is that George Harrison plays another great solo on this song as well. I've listened to it so many times and never get tired of it, I think you would love it! 😊👍
Mate, you should give Chris Rea, 'Road to hell', a listen to. Keep up the good work. It's so kool seeing you react, the way you do, to music I grew up with. Stay true.
I talked to someone who would know, and asked: did the Rolling Stones ask Ry Cooder (who had played slide guitar on some of their albums) if he would join the band when Mick Taylor left, and the answer he gave me was yes. Ry Cooder's answer was no, thank you, I have other plans.
The song is called The Prodigal Son - that doesn’t mean that the lyrics reflect what your bible says - a divergence but one that is still a good lesson for parents.
In my opinion the best guitar solo, all categories is the studio version of ZZ-Top's Blue jean blues. The live version I've heard aren't as blusey as the studio.
Blues is so worth diving into. Also, there is a video out there of what the duel from crossroads would have actually sounded like. It's amazingly and hilariously bad. Steve Vai sounded great, but Ralph Macchio's part? eh... not so much. Keep on going with the blues. I could tell by the look on your face, you already get it. If you want to hear 2 sick players people forget about, check out Roy Buchanan and Rory Gallagher.
@christinepacetti7092 Thank you Christine for responding yes they was the Bomb MY Older brother turned me on to C.C.R. in which he was a very strong role model in my life 👍🏻 SO every time I listen to C.C.R. I get Double the whammy The powerful words of there music Plus the Amazing Remembrance of my Brother 💪👍 May God Bless you and your family ❤️🙏
New subscriber as of today. Any chance you can do any one of the following songs. Cruise remix by Florida Georgia like featuring Nelly This is how we roll by Florida Georgia line featuring Jason derulo Like a wrecking ball by Eric church Burnin it down by Jason Aldean
My husband and I had his records in early 80s. His guitar work was featured on many movie soundtracks back then.
Ry Cooder is a musician's musician. He's the guy guitar players idolize.
Country legend Bonnie Raitt was once praised as a woman who played real meaty lead guitar: she could shred and play superb slide in an age when most women in country music just held the guitar and strummed. Her reponse, was something like, "Well, I'm no Ry Cooder, but I don't exactly buy my guitars based on the color either." It's such a sassy way of saying "yes, I'm the real deal... and any musician who's the real deal, not just a pop star concerned with looking good, knows who Ry Cooder is and holds him up as their hero."
I'll add another comment on this track in particular.
But there’s more; you could add that no matter his technical accomplishments, he always played tunes that had a place in culture, history, people - so he’s also a non-musicians musician.
He also plays guitar on Buena Vista Social Club's "Silencio" featuring Ibrahim Ferrer and Omara Portuondo. One of the most beautiful songs I have ever heard; hope you can check it out some time.
Love Ry Coder!!!💙💙💙💙💙🦩🦩🦩 You have to listen to "Little Sister" - SIMPLY GREAT! You will smile!!!
Ry is honestly one of the greatest slide players to live, he played Ralph Macchio's guitar parts in CrossRoads. His work with Flaco Jimenez is so cool.
A fun fact about this "Live in studio" track: if you listen to his album "The Prodigal Son," which this was basically the lead "music video" for, you'll notice that this is Ry and his basic rhythm section laying down the base track for the album. He ultimately sent this track on to a vocal group called The Hamiltones, a North Carolina vocal group who provide all the big backing vocals on the chorus etc.
So if it sounds like Ry's voice is dropping out a lot here, it is, and that's on purpose. When he just sings, "I believe.... go back home," with a big gap, he's not catching his breath. He's marking the chorus so his backup singers know where to come in and do it. On the finished recording, where they've added their overdubs, you can hear a fully fleshed-out line, "I believe, I believe, I will go back home," and the little partial part Ry is singing actually gives THEM the lead, and he's singing backup to THEM on the chorus. So that's why this track sounds a little sparse: it really is just part of the version that ends up on the album. It's a pleasure to watch in this stripped-down state, but it's worth hearing next to the finished product.
You should listen to Vigilante Man. An awesome song. Feeling Bad Blues is also an incredible song.
Keb Mo and Delbert McClinton. Two genius Grammy winning blues men. Don't miss out.
Your right on I agree totally both are awesome and so underrated !!!!!
love Ry Cooder had albums of his since the 1970's so different to anyone else, they couldn't stick him in a pigeon hole
Ry is a legend. He’s played on hundreds of albums as a session guitarist. Check out John Hiatt’s Bring The Family with Ry, nick Lowe on bass and Russ Kunkel on drums. The four of them also put out a terrific album under the name Little Village
I actually think it was Jim Keltner and not Russ on drums
I’ve always loved Cooder. I can’t play guitar but I’m not sure his proficiency with the instrument was the most important thing for him. I think he wanted to honour those he admired and he enjoyed a beautiful melody and maybe most of all he just wanted to connect with communities he enjoyed and obviously have a lot of fun. Some of my favs were songs where I stood up and realised that yeah, Americans are drawn to humour in a way that I liked. He’s in his early seventies here and still performing wonderfully … but when his was young and his voice was strong, he was also very sexy.
His best work is found in the movies he wrote for. Dozens of them it seems like.
Excellent reaction, great points, He is so talented, I first noticed him from the Stones "let it bleed" album and have followed him ever since. Such a great player and too your point...It all starts from the Blues for sure. Once again great reaction.
I been listerning to Ry since his FOURTH album, _Paradise and Lunch,_ which is maybe the best album in his ENTIRE career. (I would never EVER trade anything for his version of Blind Blake's "Diddy Wah Diddy" with the legendary Earl "Fatha" Hines; it's a magnificent conversation between two musical masters.) Maybe the ONLY indifferent album he made was his very first; as soon as the second ( _Into the Purple Valley_ ) came out, he was unbeatable. This track is maybe not his finest, but it's totally worrth listening and re-listening to.
👍
Ry is a slide master. I'd be willing to bet, most have heard him and didn't know it; think Swarznegger, Jamie Lee inna G-string, and John Hiatt singing "Alone In The Dark" with Ry's smokey slide playing...
Got Slide? Two more of today's masters...
Sonny Landreth & Derek Trucks - Congo Square
czcams.com/video/_HW0z86SVkc/video.html
Algebra lesson* for Derek?
*- "Watching Sonny play, is like getting an algebra lesson", Vince Gill lol
He is a huge producer as well as a musician, lots of movie wo
Love Ry Cooder . The man is legendary.
Just a note I hear the young say how amazed music is played well live . Anyone who can’t play live without autotune basically CANNOT PLAY.
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He did some fantastic songs with Ravi Shankar. Out of this world.
Pichperfect's comment below is a good one. Love you to do some Keb Mo for sure. He does Hank Williams "I'm So Lonesome I could Cry" and it's the best blues song ever recorded...he absolutely kills it.
The best way to hear Ry Cooder do his thing is live. There's a great playlist of a gig he did in Santa Cruz in the 1980s here. Highlights to react to might be "Jesus on the Mainline," "Let's Have A Ball," and "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live," which has one of the best slide solos I've ever heard. Ry Cooder isn't a greedy musician, he doesn't showcase himself as a lead player as much as he could, which always leaves me wanting a bit more. Pulling out the big guns on a very slow track makes a point of showing that mastery is about more than just playing fast.
Here's a link to the whole playlist for you: czcams.com/play/PLwQtNioObsIgkz2f0ecSoV2MpmNAKdZSa.html&si=eaWBbbZZJL64dcaM
Check out "Paradise And Lunch". It's a master class of getting all funked up?
Oh my goodness. I forgot. Thank you.😮😊 It's been a long time.
I am a Dan Vasc big time fan and will never NOT be but, totally enjoyed this too! Thanks for the introduction. Totally enjoy your appreciation for these artists, thanks!,
Check out Steve Marriott - Five Long Years, Live in London 1985. Great Blues!!
Amazing!!! Best Voice Ever!!!
❤Ry Cooder. -"Jesus is on that main line!" Loved him back in the day. Still good.
My wife Janet and I got to see Ry a few yrs back in Nashville and he was better than billed and he's just unbelievably good
Ry Cooder has been one of my fave guitarists amazing slide guitar and he influenced many others. Try Paradise and Lunch.
Ry Cooder had already a great name, but he gained a big name filling in guitar parts for some albums by Captain Beefheart (Don Bluth). Music great to explore.
F Sharp, so nasty and soul full . Ry Cooder is legendary and much like Jimmy Page, their roots are session work. And don't leave out that awesome bassist.
I absolutely love the blues, so many fantastic songs and artists. I would recommend a song, 'The Bluest Blues' by Alvin Lee, (1994). In my opinion it has one of the most fantastic guitar solos ever, and the added bonus is that George Harrison plays another great solo on this song as well. I've listened to it so many times and never get tired of it, I think you would love it! 😊👍
You need to hit up Gary Moore and B. B. King live, doing "The Thrill is Gone". Also Gary Moore's live "Still Got the Blues for You".
Mate, you should give Chris Rea, 'Road to hell', a listen to. Keep up the good work. It's so kool seeing you react, the way you do, to music I grew up with. Stay true.
I talked to someone who would know, and asked: did the Rolling Stones ask Ry Cooder (who had played slide guitar on some of their albums) if he would join the band when Mick Taylor left, and the answer he gave me was yes. Ry Cooder's answer was no, thank you, I have other plans.
Vigilante Man live is awesome!
You can't go wrong with the blues.
The song is called The Prodigal Son - that doesn’t mean that the lyrics reflect what your bible says - a divergence but one that is still a good lesson for parents.
You should check out Delbert McClinton " GIVING IT UP FOR YOUR LOVE"
Just in, Taylor Swift will be advancing to the Super Bowl.
In my opinion the best guitar solo, all categories is the studio version of ZZ-Top's Blue jean blues. The live version I've heard aren't as blusey as the studio.
Just wanted to let you know that Hardy just dropped his new song called QUIT. This is more of his metal side. He does alot more than country.
Keith Richard’s actually took lessons from Cooder back in the late 60’s.
Everything the Stones did was ripped off. Bunch of grifters.
Dude you have to check out borderline to hear the slide at its best. You won't regret it
Listen to BOB SEGER! Katmandu you will love it!!!!!!
Blues is so worth diving into. Also, there is a video out there of what the duel from crossroads would have actually sounded like. It's amazingly and hilariously bad. Steve Vai sounded great, but Ralph Macchio's part? eh... not so much.
Keep on going with the blues. I could tell by the look on your face, you already get it. If you want to hear 2 sick players people forget about, check out Roy Buchanan and Rory Gallagher.
Please react to I Still Love You unplugged version by Kiss.
This is the studio version of my favorite song from the first album of his I ever bought (in 1979) czcams.com/video/d4lmMBHlAS4/video.html
You probably won't get this comment because I can't afford to donate But that's why I Liked C.C.R. AND SOME DEEP ELVIS TONES 👍🏻
CCR was the bomb! Saw them at Woodstock, killed it!
@christinepacetti7092 Thank you Christine for responding yes they was the Bomb MY Older brother turned me on to C.C.R. in which he was a very strong role model in my life 👍🏻 SO every time I listen to C.C.R. I get Double the whammy The powerful words of there music Plus the Amazing Remembrance of my Brother 💪👍 May God Bless you and your family ❤️🙏
@@lonnieking4466 so very sorry for your loss. I understand the feeling of having a big brother steering my wheel in a safe direction 💖
New subscriber as of today. Any chance you can do any one of the following songs.
Cruise remix by Florida Georgia like featuring Nelly
This is how we roll by Florida Georgia line featuring Jason derulo
Like a wrecking ball by Eric church
Burnin it down by Jason Aldean