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Profile of Ry Cooder
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia Ry Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is a guitarist especially well known for his slide guitar work. He was born in Los Angeles, California.
He first attracted attention in the 1960s, playing with Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, after previously having worked with Taj Mahal in The Rising Sons, and having played with The Seeds.
Cooder has worked as a studio musician and has also scored many film soundtracks, of which perhaps the best known is that for the 1984 Wim Wenders film Paris, Texas. In recent years, Cooder has played a role in the increased appreciation of traditional Cuban music, due to his collaboration as producer in the Buena Vista Social Club (1997) recording, which was a worldwide hit. Wim Wenders directed a documentary film of the musicians involved, Buena Vista Social Club (1999) which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2000. He worked with Tuvan throat singers for the score to the 1993 film Geronimo: An American Legend.
Cooder's solo work has been an eclectic mix, taking in dustbowl folk, Tex-Mex, soul, gospel, rock and almost everything else. He has collaborated with many important musicians, including the Rolling Stones, Little Feat, the Chieftains, John Lee Hooker, Gabby Pahinui, and Ali Farka Toure. He formed the Little Village supergroup with Nick Lowe, John Hiatt and Jim Keltner.
Cooder's 1978 album Bop Till You Drop was the first popular music album to be recorded digitally.
Cooder is mentioned in one of The Tragically Hip's songs entitled "At the 100th Meridian".
In recent years, Rolling Stone magazine named Ry Cooder the 8th Greatest Guitarist of All Time in their "100 Greatest Guitarists" list. Immediately behind Cooder in the list were Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and The Rolling Stones' Keith Richards. In the 60's, Cooder notably taught Keith Richards how to play in the "Open-G" tuning; Richards having used the tuning ever since, including on many of the Stones' greatest songs.
Discography
- Ry Cooder (January 1971)
- Into the Purple Valley (February 1972)
- Boomer's Story (November 1972)
- Paradise and Lunch (May 1974)
- Showtime (August 1977)
- Jazz (June 1978)
- Bop Till You Drop (August 1979)
- The Long Riders (June 1980)
- Borderline (October 1980)
- The Slide Area (April 1982)
- Paris, Texas (February 1985)
- Music from Alamo Bay (August 1985)
- Blue City (July 1986)
- Crossroads (July 1986)
- Get Rhythm (December 1987)
- Johnny Handsome (October 1989)
- Trespass (January 1993)
- Chavez Ravine (May 2005)
See Also
- Rolling Stone's List of the 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time
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