Boomer's Story, Ry Cooder's third record, continues his archeological dig through music's familiar and forgotten past. As was the case with his previous recordings, he not...
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In my book, this was the beginning of the end for Cooder's solo records. The material was decidedly less interesting and the arrangements barely inspired. After this, just...
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Following his conceptual 1978 release, Jazz, Ry Cooder returned the next year with the R&B/soul-based Bop Till You Drop. The first major-label, digitally recorded album, Bop...
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With 1980's Borderline, Ry Cooder followed the foray into R&B and soul of his previous effort, Bop Till You Drop, but this time out with a little shot of the Southwest...
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A Tex-Mex rave up that introduces accordionist Flaco Jimenez to the rest of the world. Cooder adds Hawaiian slack-key guitarist Gabby Pahinui and soul vocalists Bobby King...
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Ry Cooder has always believed in the "mutuality in music," and this may be no more evident in his career than with his fifth album, Chicken Skin Music (a Hawaiian...
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"The Musician's 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...
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Cooder builds on the formula, pulling up more great tunes like "How Can You Keep On Moving," "Money Honey" and "Vigilante Man," and adding a full band that lets drummer Jim...
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First, there are no other credits for musicians; because of Ry Cooder's reputation for honesty in music, one can only assume that he plays all the instruments, including the...
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Featuring early jazz/Salvation Army-styled arrangements and tunes by the likes of Jelly RollMorton and Bix Beiderbecke. A little tough to get through but worth it for "Big...
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Beginning with his self-titled debut in 1970, Ry Cooder's records seemed to be as much history lesson as they were entertainment. Not because Cooder was trying to club you...
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This is Cooder's most accessible and last great solo LP. Closer to R&B, there's not a bad track in the bunch--and too many great ones to mention (although country bluesman...
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This CD opens with an outrageous and exceedingly funky "UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto," and which seems so out of place with the other material. Yes, it is a rhythm & blues,...
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A Meeting by the River can best be described as a spontaneous outpouring of music, unhindered by convention or form, brought into being by musicians so supremely capable...
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The quintessential Cooder treatment of classic folk and blues. Both the song selection and the arrangements (with help from Van Dyke Parks) are truly inspired. If you've...
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Already a seasoned music business veteran at the age of 22, Ry Cooder stepped out from behind the shadows of the likes of Jackie DeShannon, Taj Mahal, the Rolling Stones,...
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Three years in the making, Chavez Ravine: A Record by Ry Cooder, is his first "solo" offering since 1987's Get Rhythm. In addition, it is a concept album; but don't be...
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