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That Ry Cooder, youve got to keep an eye on him every minute, or he jumps into another cross-cultural collaboration. In the wake of his landmark recordings TALKING TIMBUKTU with Ali Farka Toure & A MEETING BY THE RIVER with V.M. Bhatt comes BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB, essentially a supergroup of traditional Cuban musicians with the addition of international agitator Cooder. Somehow, Cooder always finds just the right space to slide his sinuous slide guitar into, so that it works in almost any co ...

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Personnel include: Ry Cooder (vocals, various instruments, guitar, tres, organ); Bla Pahinui (vocals, guitar, ukulele); Lalo Guerrero (vocals, guitar); Don Tosti, Lalo Guerrero, Little Willie G., Rudy Salas, Juliette Commagere, Ersi Arvizu, Rosella Arvizu, Michael Guerra, Carla Commagere, Jacob Garcia (vocals); David Hidalgo, Led Kaapana (guitar); Flaco Jimenez (accordion); Gil Bernal (tenor saxophone); Mike Bolger (trumpet, valve trombone, organ); Jon Hassell (trumpet); Chucho Valdes, Jacky Ter ...

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Ry Cooder has always believed in the mutuality in music, & this may be no more evident in his career than with his fifth album, Chicken Skin Music (a Hawaiian colloquialism, synonymous with goosebumps). Even more than usual, Cooder refuses to recognize borders -- geographical or musical -- presenting Stand By Me as a gospel song with a norteno arrangement, or giving the Jim Reeves country-pop classic, Hell Have to Go, a bolero rhythm, featuring the interplay of Flaco Jimenez s accordio ...

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The ersatz blues story of the film gives Ry Cooder leeway to turn in an impressive blues-derived soundtrack featuring Sonny Terry along with his usual collaborators Van Dyke Parks, Jim Keltner, Nathan East, & others. But its Cooder s guitar playing that highlights the album. ...

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Ry Cooders Election Special is a wakeup call as the U.S. heads towards its November Presidential Election. It follows last years equally politically-charged Pull Up Some Dust & Sit Down, which was one of the best-selling albums of Rys career. Election Special finds an iconic American artist at the top of his game, boldly addressing the problems he sees in his own country. ...

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The Musicians Musician. The Master of the Eclectic. There are probably a dozen more titles by which this guitar player is known. To even refer to him as a guitar player is probably a gross mislabeling of this musician. He defies any sort of categorization; this is his greatest strength & for some his weakness. The theme for these nine cuts is rhythm of all different ilk. I wont even give the parameters because he seems to have none. I wondered how many different instruments he played o ...

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Guitarist Cooder was a respected session musician prior to launching a solo career. His distinctive style blossomed fully on this, his second album, which is a brilliant compendium of American country/folk styles. Tight but sparse accompaniment takes the artist through songs largely drawn from the Dustbowl Ballads of the Depression era, including Woody Guthrie's " Vigilante Man" & Leadbelly's " On A Monday." Traditional songs like " Billy the Kid" nestle next to more contemporary fare like Johnny ...

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Ry Cooder - Crossroads - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

The ersatz blues story of the film gives Ry Cooder leeway to turn in an impressive blues-derived soundtrack featuring Sonny Terry along with his usual collaborators Van Dyke Parks, Jim Keltner, Nathan East, and others. But its Cooder s guitar playing that highlights the album.

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