Ry’s playing is non-pareil. I’ve been fortunate to see him several times over the years, in club and auditorium venues. Seeing him in club performances is at the top to of my music-going experiences. There are some players you see and think I want to play like that. But with Ry you just sit back in awe.
A fun early note : Ry's first session work as a young musician was with Paul Revere & the Raiders ... Also helping Keith with G tuning was a gift to the world of music ... Thank You Ry ...
The way Ry compliments his singing with his guitar playing reminds me so much of the old recordings of Robert Johnson. The emphasis is on accompanying and complimenting the lyrics rather than trying to dazzle with fancy licks.
Thanks for this! RC is my #1 favourite guitarist. I stumbled across him on campus radio in 1974 and it changed my whole approach to guitar. I searched out all his early albums. Ry studied the masters and incorporated everything into his own style.
Love your reactions. I’m impressed with your musical knowledge and talent. I was fortunate enough to be brought up in the Bay Area of CA in the 60s and 70s. Saw and heard so many incredible bands. Music is like breathing to me, cant do without it.
Thanks, Fil for your top analyses, from a home lounge player who doesn't often get the opportunity to play, let alone discuss playing with actual Musicians. You make me feel a part of the guitar community. Oh, and yes, Ry is a great player, glad you have covered him.
This southern country gal loves his voice! I can't believe he was born in Cali, he sounds like the kinda kinfolk I sat around many a campfire singing and playing guitars with in my youth. Kinda like when I first realized CCR wasn't born in the South either. How these dudes still channel them American Roots and Blues so well never ceases to amaze me!
Thanks for this Fil! I love Ry Cooder and was wondering if you had done him. I saw him in the mid 70's in Seattle with John Hartford! What a great concert that was!
Thanks again, Fil. My husband and I still have several Ry Cooder albums from around 1979 when we first got together. I knew about his soundtracks for several movies but not of his many studio appearances. Thanks for pointing out the vocal, instrumental match in mood and great variety in dynamics!
Once you know his work it is possible to pick out his playing without seeing the movie credits. This is the mark of a great musician. He has command of the guitar voice at all times. Thanks!
This is very true. My attention leaps up at that sound and I immediately think, Holy Sh*!, is that Ry Cooder? OMG that must be Ry Cooder! And then I settle in hopefully that we will get a nice long stretch of him uncut by any movie foolery.
Fantastic song and I'm so glad that you finally did something with Ry Cooder, he is one of the best slide players there is and his sound is so Louisiana Bayou Country♡I may be saying it wrong but I have always thought about his style being Cajun through and through, a music like most other genres goes back a long ways♡He makes me feel like I'm on the porch of a house built on stilts eating crawfish and listening to Creole, that good old bastardize French language from those rough f****** that settled here a long time ago! Don't go swimming in that water man, got to watch out for them Gators!!
Listen to some Tab Benoit, fabulous blues guitarist from Houma Louisiana, a high-energy player and dry-witted onstage comedian (no joke!) who tours the world and plays several hundred gigs a year. My wife and I flew a thousand+ miles last month to see him play at the three-day Voice of the Wetlands benefit concert that he organizes and hosts. We would do it again!
I was exchange student in Ca. Ry Cooder was a family friend and lived in the same block. Met him many times and he was always really nice, laid back and kept his both feet on the ground. Good memories! ...and I remember wearing my best rock concert shirt the first time to underline that I also play guitar. I guess it didnt impress him so much but he played my guitar and showed me some stuff but many moons have passed and I think we were on different leagues so cant remember them. 😃
Actually first time I went over to his house was when they were having his sons birthday. Remeber when I met him he shook my hand and said: I heard you also play guitar. ”...No exactly Ry” 😂
Ry Cooder = legend. His later Cuban stuff is just wonderful. Him & Bonnie have very similar sounds. Worth doing a Bonnie R vid. The best version of this song i've ever heard is by Nazareth. Well worth checking out. A very underrated band who made some absolute classic 70's albums.
I get the impression of an accomplished guitarist walking down the street. Ry is playing in a club on the street with the slide notes floating out into the still night. The guitarist stops in his tracks, listens for a few seconds then goes into the club. Ry is a musician's musician.
Influenced Bonnie Ratt. Joe Walsh and all the slide players. The one and only Ry Cooder . He played the slide track on the movie " crossroads " the best ever.
@@1madeintheimage , Ry also did the soundtracks for "Paris, Texas" (w/ Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski) and "The Border" with Jack Nicholson. Also "The Long Riders", one of several films by Walter Hill that Ry did sound for. Not sure but I think he also did soundtrack work on "Goin' South" with Jack Nicholson and Mary Steenburgen.
Much like John Fahey, Ry was always more concerned with tone, dynamics and overall structure than he was with flashy displays of technique, and his sound is always close to the roots. He always hits the spot!
Ry is on another level for sure- he offers so many intangible qualities. No question he played on countless albums I've never thought of him as a studio session player- he transcends that role. He produces, collaborates..... as a player he is incredible for making space for other players while keeping it interesting. Tons of great Ry Cooder performances- check "Streets of Bakersfield" with Dwight Yoakum at a Buck Owen's tribute. The entire set is tremendous.
I caught one of Ry's concerts round about the time this video was made. I've been a fan of his ever since I heard him playing on Captain Beefheart's first album. Sheer raw talent.
One of my favorite Ry Cooder performances and one of the finest Woody Guthrie renditions. Such an impeccable, exemplary slide player. First heard his soundtrack work in Walter Hill's Crossroads, The Long Riders, and Southern Comfort when I was a kid, been a huge fan ever since. He just put out a new album I believe.
@@wingsofpegasus The movie, The Buena Vista Music Club, was produced by Ry. I didn't actually see it until a few years after it had been released to great acclaim. I believe it even won a/some Oscars as a documentary & for the soundtrack. While It's kind of slow in the beginning, establishing the musicians' difficult lives under Castro's Cuba & the reasons why they had ceased playing together, etc, (it's been a long time since I saw it), but Fil, as a musician, budding musicologist, & overall HUGE music lover, you REALLY should see it.The film documents how this renowned group of top Cuban musicians, most of which, due to the revolution, basically, COMPLETELY stopped playing as professional musicians, or together, if at all, for whatever reasons, & how the amazing Ry Cooder brings them back together, somehow, 50 +, or so, YEARS LATER, for a reunion performance to be filmed & recorded. Let me tell you, baby, when these elderly men, most 75- 80+ years old, get out there on that stage the night of the big performance, after ALL those DECADES, well, it makes me tear up JUST thinking about it & how incredibly YOUTHFUL, inspiring, timeless & fantastic these OLD, long-ago forcibly "retired" musicians became, once more, THROUGH their music & their performance, together...SIGH...It is VERY moving &, for me, unforgettable, regardless of whether or not one's a particular fan of Afro-Cuban music. As busy as you undoubtedly are, if you haven't already, I sincerely hope that someday you will find the time to sit down & watch it, dear Fil...just be sure to have some tissues on hand, just in case...hehe...🎵🎶😕😖😭😢😌😳👌
I first learned of Ry Cooder from the movie CrossRoads with Steve Vai and Ralph Machio. Man, he played some smooth blues in that movie. I remember it to this very day. Amen.
Very intresting view on Ry s music. You brilliantly expressed what I feel listening to his music and how he does it technicly. Thank you for that . I m a fan of Ry Cooder since 35 years
Sounds like open D, the Blind Willie blues bag, as he calls it...Man, Ry's got it in spades, his feel is spot on! Back in '90, was the first time I caught him, with his son on percussion & multi--string monster, David Lindley. There's another great who deserves the Fil-more spotlight! Ry's such an eclectic, genre spanning artist...love his open minded tastefulness & much like Fil, putting the focus on many deserving, often, overlooked musicians!
Ry Cooder and Steve Vai we’re rivals in the guitar duel in the film “Crossroads” Part of the Roy’s final run was derived from a classical piece. Amazing how he joined rock and classic seamlessly. Watch it!
Thanks for this, Fil. Ry is just the coolest ever. I despair when I see guitarists treating fast guitar playing like it's an Olympic sport. It's not about speed, it's about feel and Ry has feel in spades.
Seems there aren't many slide guitarists anymore, almost a disappearing style. Very cool to see someone like Ry, reminds us of the unique sound from someone who plays very well. Great analysis Fil! 🤘 Rock!
Paul Johnson Not really! Try Derrick Trucks and an unknown slide player named Bryn Haworth who is not well known. Listen to Bryn Haworths slide instrumental How Great Tho Art. Haworth is awesome!
@@jimchumley6568- Thank you for recommending both Derrick and Bryn! I had forgotten about Derrick, fantastic to be reacquainted with his music. Bryn I had never heard of, but his "HGTA" is amazing! This was my grandfather's favorite song, really hit the memory button.
Sonny Landreth! How can anyone mention slide guitar and not bring up Sonny Landreth ?! Clapton and Knopfler think Sonny is probably the best living slide player, I'll go one further and say he is revolutionary! Honorable mentions must go to electric slide monster Dave Hole, fingerpicker extraordinaire Martin Simpson, and of course Ry's good buddy multi-instrumentalist David Lindley who is his own category entirely. I have been lucky enough to see Ry and David play together, what a treat!
i can pick out Ry;s playing and also David Lindley;s playing when they are sitting in as a guest artist. both their slide work stands out as if its a signature
Nice video, keep 'em coming. Ry Cooder's 'Paradise and Lunch' is one of my all time favourite albums. When are we going to hear some more original music from you? 'Don't Cry' was impressive.
Thanks Kenny! Hopefully soon, I'm working on spending more time on my own music in the future if I can get enough support to work less and record more! Currently work is taking up a lot of my time but I'm looking at maybe reducing my hours in a few months ☺
So cool, Don't you just love that acuistic slide sound. I've been learning it a bout a year now and it's harder than I thought it would be. Thanks Fil Yer The Man 🤘 ROCK 🤘
Love that sound, been hooked on him since the movie crossroads. I'm not sure if the movie played in the theatres over but seeing you are a guitarist it's a sure bet you have seen it.
Hi Fil. Hope you consider doing another analysis of Ry Cooder as suggested by Henry Edwards {1 month ago). His requested RC's version of "Dark End of the Street" (at the Old Grey Whistle Stop). The performance has so many of the elements you have described that makes a performance memorable.
You're tuggin' at my heart strings now Mr Fil...one of my favorite albums in college (late 70's - Deep Into The Purple Rain) , before I was able to see him live. Hope you get a chance to see his live performance of 'How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live (1974) ...he's my man.(edit)...link below, hope ya don't mind..
Smooth as! Brilliant slide blues player and a great voice! Loved his playing in the Crossroads movie! He gave Ralph Macchio (The karate kid) guitar lessons for the movie! Ry has an awesome feel to his music, I really enjoy listening to him! Cheers Fil great vid!!😊😊👌👌
Yeah man! Thanks so much for tossing Ry Cooder out on the table Fil. You can see why he's one of my all time favorite guitar players. More often than not session players are the best and play many instruments...they have to be if they want to eat! I hope you have the time to learn about the Mussel Shoals Swampers, who made many a group famous with their playing. From Aretha Franklin to Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Beach Boys, Rolling Stones, you name it, they backed it. Thanks again! P.s. The Swampers were the entire band for Lynard Skynyrd s first album. That's why Ronnie Van Zan gives them a shout out on "Sweet Home Alabama".
Fil always a pleasure to hear your analysis. I’ve been into Ry since the first album. You should take a look at his performance of “Dark end of the street “ with the Chicken Skin Review. Now that’s some slide playing. Cheers
Fun to watch. I'd like to see you do a comment on more of his stuff, and especially his film work. His work on Paris, Texas, brought him together with Wim Wenders and Harry Dean Stanton in a sort of triumvirate of lyrical loneliness that it is hard to imagine ever being repeated and I don't think has been since. Shouldn't forget the amazing cinematography either, and the pacing unusual to today's times only a little more than it was to those times, especially in America. There is a weird blending of lush and sparse in that the vastness and loneliness isn't unpopulated by feeling, but somehow stoic in the midst of its overflow. In its own way it was a revisionist western regarding what the frontier really means, when souls become unanchored and life doesn't revolve around the fixed point of even life itself anymore. Who are you when you are not the preface to anything, when civilization isn't racing up behind? When your story has been cut loose and you're not part of a story or destiny anymore? Watch the movie, more than once, and see how you feel about it ... and match Ry's choices with the mythic landscape and cinematography, and the landscape of a face like Harry Dean Stanton's, and an outlook like Wim Wenders'. I think you could lend another very interesting dimension to your channel by getting into film scores too. It might take more editing, though I think you could do a lot with stills. And even if you didn't care for it much, Paris, Texas seems like a perfect foray into the complementary path that music and visuals go down. You've analyzed showman ship before, after all, in which it's about more than just excellent music, and music informs more than just itself ...
Wings of Pegasus Ty deserves two or three videos of attention. In addition to his shimmering slide work- Cooder is an absolute master of syncopation, how he plays in syncopation relative to a drummer like Jim Keltner or his son is so special. He does that on Cash's song all his albums from the 1970's have great examples of syncopation.. superb feel for time and where the beat is and where on the beat he needs to be relative to a tune.... Another strong suit is his ability to follow the chord structure and he plays beautifully from the chords forms....
A measure of an artist is who he gets to play in his bands over the years. His sidemen are all world - eg Jim Keltner, Flaco Jiminez, the King Brothers etc
So far no one has mentioned RC’s role in turning Keith Richards on to non-slide open G tuning on the electric guitar. KR ended up removing the low string, and plays with just 5 strings.
Awesome....like to call Ry my first music teacher......ran into him (almost literally) a few months after I had first started playing .......long story....didn't know who he was initially....but to make it short.......I didn't know squat.....taught me some chords....drew em for me on some paper.....etc....crazy crazy sh-t.......those were the days
The term Virtuoso does not do enough justice to Ry Cooder. I was so fortunate to have been introduced to this artist via the "Paradise and Lunch" album. I finally got to see him 2 years ago at the Town Hall in NYC and he played this song Vigilante Man solo. The deep dark tone he conjures from his guitar (reminds me of Charlie Haden, RIP) is chilling - he is a storyteller supreme. In my opinion he is one of the greatest guitarists ever.
Ry Cooder's music, somehow, always relaxes me, his style and voice always seem to have this calming effect on me. My uncle, who has been a Jazz musician for a good 65 years now, introduced Cooder's music to me in the early 80's, and i was hooked instantly to the style he has. My uncle introduced me to a lot of musicians back in the days, and i am still very much thankful for that, i might forget a name or two (hundred) but the moment i hear them, i remember. That one of the reasons i love this channel, you remind me of so many musicians that i know, but had forgotten or just couldnt remember the names of. (but not Cooder tho! lol, play his music regularly still) Side track thingy, i came up with an idea for a small series you could do, if you have time available for it that is. The idea is quite simple "the music of : Tarantino" with the focus on the songs he uses in his movies, maybe other directors would be interesting too (from dusk till dawn for instance, lovely sleazy music, and Tarantino is involved, so the movie would count hehe) The idea is kinda, for you to have the ability to change your focus from how a song is made, to how it is used in a movie, and why, or what the impact is of the song for a certain scene. I think with your knowledge, you should be able to easily pull that off, and i think you might enjoy doing a couple of videos in that style :) (change of pace thing) Either way, its your channel and i'll watch anything you do, so do what you like to do, heck, i probly would still watch if you reviewed amazon giftbaskets lol.
Fil…I only recognize the Crossroads movie title and who played in movie (Ralph Macchio) but I don’t remember ever seeing it… I don’t know Ry Cooder but of course I know the groups that he played as a session player for. Just some of it was before my conscience adolescence. I will learn more……I really dig his voice! As you have said before about others, it suits his playing perfectly. Thanks for always expanding my musical horizon!……☮️❤️🤘
Even with hours of practice, some players simply can't emote. I think starting in the eighties, this lyrical, artistic approach to playing was lost for a while, (until Stevie came along). Love Ry Cooder's playing
Ok I'm not sure if fil gets these comments I post on his site bit, as a long time musician with absolutely not pretending to be an expert. Although I enjoy playing no less. Just a heads up on how much I enjoy this channel. To listen to a person enjoy these great players is a joy especially from someone who obviously is a player himself. The very first show I ever saw was Ry Colder in 1969. I sat 6 ft. From the master and he's been a favorite since. And I think I've seen every single player you have portrayed. Again element channel. Thank you fil
Clapton admired his playing. He had trouble doing the movie soundtrack because of his drinking and Arlen Roth filled in. The best slide song I've heard was Michael Bloomfield playing Blind Johnson's Gonna Need Somebody On My Bond.
Arlen Roth, an excellent guitarist in his own right, was Ralph Macchio's guitar instructor for the movie role. As far as I know, Cooder did all the music for the movie except for the Steve Vai parts.
Source the underrated 80's film Southern Comfort about National Guard exercises that go horribly wrong in the bayou of LA; Cooder does some *very* spooky stuff all over that movie. 🎸
Cool!. Now, do Ry's buddy David Lindley (yes, a Sysiphean task!); and Sonny Landreth; Dave Hole; and Martin Simpson. Richard Thompson. Leo Kottke. Adrian Legg. And Danny Gatton. All of these folks are criminally unknown and underappreciated.
His sound is timeless and underappreciated. It's eerie desert music, wrapped in beauty. Delicate and measured, w a perfect dose of emotion.
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Ry’s playing is non-pareil. I’ve been fortunate to see him several times over the years, in club and auditorium venues. Seeing him in club performances is at the top to of my music-going experiences. There are some players you see and think I want to play like that. But with Ry you just sit back in awe.
One of the best guitarists ever. Ry will go down in history with all the REALLY great players. Thanks Fil. Terry from Oz.
A fun early note : Ry's first session work as a young musician was with Paul Revere & the Raiders ... Also helping Keith with G tuning was a gift to the world of music ... Thank You Ry ...
Some say that the "Honky Tonk Women" riff was created by Ry.
Been a fan of RY for many years.
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Ry is a great interview too. His comments about his time w Captain Beefheart is hilarious!
One of the greatest slide players ever.
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The man is just pure class.
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Love Ry Cooder!! He's great for sitting back and chilling! Great analysis on the slide master! Cajun blues! ❤️
I just happily came across this. I've been a Ry fan for a very long time! Such a great slider! All musicians wanted Ry Cooder to play with them.
The way Ry compliments his singing with his guitar playing reminds me so much of the old recordings of Robert Johnson. The emphasis is on accompanying and complimenting the lyrics rather than trying to dazzle with fancy licks.
Thanks for this! RC is my #1 favourite guitarist. I stumbled across him on campus radio in 1974 and it changed my whole approach to guitar. I searched out all his early albums. Ry studied the masters and incorporated everything into his own style.
No problem!
Can't say enough good tings bout' Ry Cooder, been hearin' his slide all over the world.
A legend who has influenced so many musicians and opened up various forms of music to us. Thanks for this.
Wanted to add that I saw Ry with Ricky Skaggs last year and he was amazing on the banjo also. He actually started out on the banjo when he was young.
Cool! Thanks!
Love your reactions. I’m impressed with your musical knowledge and talent. I was fortunate enough to be brought up in the Bay Area of CA in the 60s and 70s. Saw and heard so many incredible bands. Music is like breathing to me, cant do without it.
Thanks!
Thanks, Fil for your top analyses, from a home lounge player who doesn't often get the opportunity to play, let alone discuss playing with actual Musicians. You make me feel a part of the guitar community.
Oh, and yes, Ry is a great player, glad you have covered him.
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This southern country gal loves his voice! I can't believe he was born in Cali, he sounds like the kinda kinfolk I sat around many a campfire singing and playing guitars with in my youth. Kinda like when I first realized CCR wasn't born in the South either. How these dudes still channel them American Roots and Blues so well never ceases to amaze me!
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Thanks for this Fil! I love Ry Cooder and was wondering if you had done him. I saw him in the mid 70's in Seattle with John Hartford! What a great concert that was!
Thanks again, Fil. My husband and I still have several Ry Cooder albums from around 1979 when we first got together. I knew about his soundtracks for several movies but not of his many studio appearances. Thanks for pointing out the vocal, instrumental match in mood and great variety in dynamics!
No problem Marcia! 👍☺
Once you know his work it is possible to pick out his playing without seeing the movie credits. This is the mark of a great musician. He has command of the guitar voice at all times. Thanks!
This is very true. My attention leaps up at that sound and I immediately think, Holy Sh*!, is that Ry Cooder? OMG that must be Ry Cooder! And then I settle in hopefully that we will get a nice long stretch of him uncut by any movie foolery.
Saw him a few years back..such a cool show ..and a plus got to meet him awesome guy
I have been listening to Ry Cooder since the 70's, 🧡🧡🧡🧡 Great choice, another fantastic video!!
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Fantastic song and I'm so glad that you finally did something with Ry Cooder, he is one of the best slide players there is and his sound is so Louisiana Bayou Country♡I may be saying it wrong but I have always thought about his style being Cajun through and through, a music like most other genres goes back a long ways♡He makes me feel like I'm on the porch of a house built on stilts eating crawfish and listening to Creole, that good old bastardize French language from those rough f****** that settled here a long time ago! Don't go swimming in that water man, got to watch out for them Gators!!
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Listen to some Tab Benoit, fabulous blues guitarist from Houma Louisiana, a high-energy player and dry-witted onstage comedian (no joke!) who tours the world and plays several hundred gigs a year. My wife and I flew a thousand+ miles last month to see him play at the three-day Voice of the Wetlands benefit concert that he organizes and hosts. We would do it again!
@good 'un I will be checking out your suggestion, sounds wonderful.
I was exchange student in Ca. Ry Cooder was a family friend and lived in the same block. Met him many times and he was always really nice, laid back and kept his both feet on the ground. Good memories! ...and I remember wearing my best rock concert shirt the first time to underline that I also play guitar. I guess it didnt impress him so much but he played my guitar and showed me some stuff but many moons have passed and I think we were on different leagues so cant remember them. 😃
Cool!
Actually first time I went over to his house was when they were having his sons birthday. Remeber when I met him he shook my hand and said: I heard you also play guitar. ”...No exactly Ry” 😂
Gosh, this is beautiful! Just love the sound of a good slide guitar. Ry really brings it! Thanks for this great analysis!
No problem!
That was great.
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Ry Cooder = legend. His later Cuban stuff is just wonderful. Him & Bonnie have very similar sounds. Worth doing a Bonnie R vid. The best version of this song i've ever heard is by Nazareth. Well worth checking out. A very underrated band who made some absolute classic 70's albums.
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Very expressive slide playing! Incredible intense feel that works beautifully with his vocals🤟🏻
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I get the impression of an accomplished guitarist walking down the street. Ry is playing in a club on the street with the slide notes floating out into the still night. The guitarist stops in his tracks, listens for a few seconds then goes into the club. Ry is a musician's musician.
Influenced Bonnie Ratt. Joe Walsh and all the slide players. The one and only Ry Cooder . He played the slide track on the movie " crossroads " the best ever.
He also worked on the soundtrack of "Southern Comfort"! One of my favorites!
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@@1madeintheimage , Ry also did the soundtracks for "Paris, Texas" (w/ Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski) and "The Border" with Jack Nicholson. Also "The Long Riders", one of several films by Walter Hill that Ry did sound for. Not sure but I think he also did soundtrack work on "Goin' South" with Jack Nicholson and Mary Steenburgen.
and a guy named Keith Richards...
I have the soundtracks to Crossroads and Southern Comfort! Awesome albums ❤️
Much like John Fahey, Ry was always more concerned with tone, dynamics and overall structure than he was with flashy displays of technique, and his sound is always close to the roots. He always hits the spot!
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Yes, he hits the spot as you just did. (Or did 5 years ago) Why so few reactors I wonder? And does this mean his legacy will be lost?
Great slide playing. Been a fan for years. Love your videos.
Thanks Katherine!
Ry is on another level for sure- he offers so many intangible qualities.
No question he played on countless albums I've never thought of him as a studio session player- he transcends that role. He produces, collaborates..... as a player he is incredible for making space for other players while keeping it interesting.
Tons of great Ry Cooder performances- check "Streets of Bakersfield" with Dwight Yoakum at a Buck Owen's tribute. The entire set is tremendous.
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Thanks for the video Fil. Guys like Ry, always make it look easy. Those who play know it's not. I wish it was!👍😎🎸🎶
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Love this slide playing , never was very familiar before with them. Just great stuff!
I caught one of Ry's concerts round about the time this video was made. I've been a fan of his ever since I heard him playing on Captain Beefheart's first album. Sheer raw talent.
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One of the best slide players that ever lived ! And besides that he is just as good without the slide ! I am not worthy ! Love this guy !
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One of my favorite Ry Cooder performances and one of the finest Woody Guthrie renditions. Such an impeccable, exemplary slide player. First heard his soundtrack work in Walter Hill's Crossroads, The Long Riders, and Southern Comfort when I was a kid, been a huge fan ever since. He just put out a new album I believe.
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"Prodigal Son".....although newbies should probably buy "Into the Purple Valley" FIRST.
The long riders soundtrack, so good.
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Very mellow, great analysis, Fil!✌❤
Thanks Kathy!
Knew his name for a long time, but when he started Buena Vista Social Club I started paying attention.
Legend!
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Check out Ry with Gabby Pahinui. This guy has no limitations.
@@wingsofpegasus The movie, The Buena Vista Music Club, was produced by Ry. I didn't actually see it until a few years after it had been released to great acclaim. I believe it even won a/some Oscars as a documentary & for the soundtrack. While It's kind of slow in the beginning, establishing the musicians' difficult lives under Castro's Cuba & the reasons why they had ceased playing together, etc, (it's been a long time since I saw it), but Fil, as a musician, budding musicologist, & overall HUGE music lover, you REALLY should see it.The film documents how this renowned group of top Cuban musicians, most of which, due to the revolution, basically, COMPLETELY stopped playing as professional musicians, or together, if at all, for whatever reasons, & how the amazing Ry Cooder brings them back together, somehow, 50 +, or so, YEARS LATER, for a reunion performance to be filmed & recorded. Let me tell you, baby, when these elderly men, most 75- 80+ years old, get out there on that stage the night of the big performance, after ALL those DECADES, well, it makes me tear up JUST thinking about it & how incredibly YOUTHFUL, inspiring, timeless & fantastic these OLD, long-ago forcibly "retired" musicians became, once more, THROUGH their music & their performance, together...SIGH...It is VERY moving &, for me, unforgettable, regardless of whether or not one's a particular fan of Afro-Cuban music. As busy as you undoubtedly are, if you haven't already, I sincerely hope that someday you will find the time to sit down & watch it, dear Fil...just be sure to have some tissues on hand, just in case...hehe...🎵🎶😕😖😭😢😌😳👌
I love Ry Cooder. Definitely one of my all timers. I would ask for you to do another fav...Lowell George
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So amazing. Graceful playing and great voice
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I first learned of Ry Cooder from the movie CrossRoads with Steve Vai and Ralph Machio. Man, he played some smooth blues in that movie. I remember it to this very day. Amen.
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the head to head bit in crossroads was done by stevie vi not ry
Very intresting view on Ry s music. You brilliantly expressed what I feel listening to his music and how he does it technicly. Thank you for that . I m a fan of Ry Cooder since 35 years
Always one of favorites and very under appreciated
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Also, featured on the first Captain Beefheart album, Safe as Milk.
He's great.
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I remember seeing this Ry Cooder set on the Old Grey Whistle, superb.
Sounds like open D, the Blind Willie blues bag, as he calls it...Man, Ry's got it in spades, his feel is spot on! Back in '90, was the first time I caught him, with his son on percussion & multi--string monster, David Lindley. There's another great who deserves the Fil-more spotlight! Ry's such an eclectic, genre spanning artist...love his open minded tastefulness & much like Fil, putting the focus on many deserving, often, overlooked musicians!
Ry Cooder and Steve Vai we’re rivals in the guitar duel in the film “Crossroads” Part of the Roy’s final run was derived from a classical piece. Amazing how he joined rock and classic seamlessly. Watch it!
Thanks for this, Fil. Ry is just the coolest ever. I despair when I see guitarists treating fast guitar playing like it's an Olympic sport. It's not about speed, it's about feel and Ry has feel in spades.
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Seems there aren't many slide guitarists anymore, almost a disappearing style. Very cool to see someone like Ry, reminds us of the unique sound from someone who plays very well. Great analysis Fil! 🤘 Rock!
Paul Johnson Not really! Try Derrick Trucks and an unknown slide player named Bryn Haworth who is not well known. Listen to Bryn Haworths slide instrumental How Great Tho Art. Haworth is awesome!
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@@jimchumley6568- Thank you for recommending both Derrick and Bryn! I had forgotten about Derrick, fantastic to be reacquainted with his music. Bryn I had never heard of, but his "HGTA" is amazing! This was my grandfather's favorite song, really hit the memory button.
Sonny Landreth! How can anyone mention slide guitar and not bring up Sonny Landreth ?! Clapton and Knopfler think Sonny is probably the best living slide player, I'll go one further and say he is revolutionary!
Honorable mentions must go to electric slide monster Dave Hole, fingerpicker extraordinaire Martin Simpson, and of course Ry's good buddy multi-instrumentalist David Lindley who is his own category entirely. I have been lucky enough to see Ry and David play together, what a treat!
i can pick out Ry;s playing and also David Lindley;s playing when they are sitting in as a guest artist. both their slide work stands out as if its a signature
Nice video, keep 'em coming. Ry Cooder's 'Paradise and Lunch' is one of my all time favourite albums.
When are we going to hear some more original music from you? 'Don't Cry' was impressive.
Thanks Kenny! Hopefully soon, I'm working on spending more time on my own music in the future if I can get enough support to work less and record more! Currently work is taking up a lot of my time but I'm looking at maybe reducing my hours in a few months ☺
Mine too. Have it framed on my wall.
I still have that album
So cool, Don't you just love that acuistic slide sound. I've been learning it a bout a year now and it's harder than I thought it would be. Thanks Fil Yer The Man
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Clear and exciting analysis! Thanks again for your efforts.
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Love that sound, been hooked on him since the movie crossroads. I'm not sure if the movie played in the theatres over but seeing you are a guitarist it's a sure bet you have seen it.
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Mesmerizing.
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Ry Cooder is a brilliant all round guitarist great that you showcased him Fil. Paris Texas still my fave and I love what he does with David Lindley
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My all time favourite guitar player . Thanks for this video 🙏
Hi Fil. Hope you consider doing another analysis of Ry Cooder as suggested by Henry Edwards {1 month ago). His requested RC's version of "Dark End of the Street" (at the Old Grey Whistle Stop). The performance has so many of the elements you have described that makes a performance memorable.
...great slide work ...touch ....thx Wings "
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You're tuggin' at my heart strings now Mr Fil...one of my favorite albums in college (late 70's - Deep Into The Purple Rain) , before I was able to see him live. Hope you get a chance to see his live performance of 'How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live (1974) ...he's my man.(edit)...link below, hope ya don't mind..
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Gregor Miller “Into the Purple Valley”
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Yeah man. An all time favorite of mine as well.
@@DavidMFChapman ..Thank you Dave:)...kinda private joke with my school pals, because we were 'deep into the purple...' :)
Another hero of mine, Ryland can play everything, everything... God, the way he sounds makes me eat my hat and my boots...
said it once said it a million times. I love the look on fils face when a master plays
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Hi Fil !!!!
Funny how delta blues can transport you to a world all of its own.
Smooth as! Brilliant slide blues player and a great voice! Loved his playing in the Crossroads movie! He gave Ralph Macchio (The karate kid) guitar lessons for the movie! Ry has an awesome feel to his music, I really enjoy listening to him! Cheers Fil great vid!!😊😊👌👌
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Arlen Roth was the guitar coach for the movie. Excellent player!
My bad!! Your totally right! Thank you!😀
Beautiful
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First heard of Ry Cooder on the Soundtrack for Southern Comfort. A great film as well...
Thanks for doing Ry. An amazing musician. Can’t wait for you to discover Phil Keaggy. Look for “The Wind and The Wheat:.
No problem!
Yeah man! Thanks so much for tossing Ry Cooder out on the table Fil. You can see why he's one of my all time favorite guitar players. More often than not session players are the best and play many instruments...they have to be if they want to eat! I hope you have the time to learn about the Mussel Shoals Swampers, who made many a group famous with their playing. From Aretha Franklin to Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Beach Boys, Rolling Stones, you name it, they backed it. Thanks again!
P.s. The Swampers were the entire band for Lynard Skynyrd s first album. That's why Ronnie Van Zan gives them a shout out on "Sweet Home Alabama".
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Fil always a pleasure to hear your analysis. I’ve been into Ry since the first album. You should take a look at his performance of “Dark end of the street “ with the Chicken Skin Review. Now that’s some slide playing. Cheers
I was just watching that video! I searched to see if Fil had ever analyzed RC. I hope he takes your request.
Fun to watch. I'd like to see you do a comment on more of his stuff, and especially his film work. His work on Paris, Texas, brought him together with Wim Wenders and Harry Dean Stanton in a sort of triumvirate of lyrical loneliness that it is hard to imagine ever being repeated and I don't think has been since. Shouldn't forget the amazing cinematography either, and the pacing unusual to today's times only a little more than it was to those times, especially in America. There is a weird blending of lush and sparse in that the vastness and loneliness isn't unpopulated by feeling, but somehow stoic in the midst of its overflow. In its own way it was a revisionist western regarding what the frontier really means, when souls become unanchored and life doesn't revolve around the fixed point of even life itself anymore. Who are you when you are not the preface to anything, when civilization isn't racing up behind? When your story has been cut loose and you're not part of a story or destiny anymore? Watch the movie, more than once, and see how you feel about it ... and match Ry's choices with the mythic landscape and cinematography, and the landscape of a face like Harry Dean Stanton's, and an outlook like Wim Wenders'.
I think you could lend another very interesting dimension to your channel by getting into film scores too. It might take more editing, though I think you could do a lot with stills.
And even if you didn't care for it much, Paris, Texas seems like a perfect foray into the complementary path that music and visuals go down. You've analyzed showman ship before, after all, in which it's about more than just excellent music, and music informs more than just itself ...
Great work on this one. My fav Ry album is Bop til you Drop. David Lindley and Ry nail an intstrumental.
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Get rhythm ...when you get the blues--Ry Cooder
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Wings of Pegasus Ty deserves two or three videos of attention. In addition to his shimmering slide work- Cooder is an absolute master of syncopation, how he plays in syncopation relative to a drummer like Jim Keltner or his son is so special.
He does that on Cash's song all his albums from the 1970's have great examples of syncopation.. superb feel for time and where the beat is and where on the beat he needs to be relative to a tune....
Another strong suit is his ability to follow the chord structure and he plays beautifully from the chords forms....
A measure of an artist is who he gets to play in his bands over the years. His sidemen are all world - eg Jim Keltner, Flaco Jiminez, the King Brothers etc
So far no one has mentioned RC’s role in turning Keith Richards on to non-slide open G tuning on the electric guitar. KR ended up removing the low string, and plays with just 5 strings.
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George Harrison said Ry sorted out his tone problems and technique ...tunings action and string gauges for slide guitar ...
Awesome....like to call Ry my first music teacher......ran into him (almost literally) a few months after I had first started playing .......long story....didn't know who he was initially....but to make it short.......I didn't know squat.....taught me some chords....drew em for me on some paper.....etc....crazy crazy sh-t.......those were the days
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I know yer right , thats right , you got that right , you are right !
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The term Virtuoso does not do enough justice to Ry Cooder. I was so fortunate to have been introduced to this artist via the "Paradise and Lunch" album. I finally got to see him 2 years ago at the Town Hall in NYC and he played this song Vigilante Man solo. The deep dark tone he conjures from his guitar (reminds me of Charlie Haden, RIP) is chilling - he is a storyteller supreme. In my opinion he is one of the greatest guitarists ever.
Ry also played slide on Memo From Turner
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Ry Cooder's music, somehow, always relaxes me, his style and voice always seem to have this calming effect on me.
My uncle, who has been a Jazz musician for a good 65 years now, introduced Cooder's music to me in the early 80's, and i was hooked instantly to the style he has.
My uncle introduced me to a lot of musicians back in the days, and i am still very much thankful for that, i might forget a name or two (hundred) but the moment i hear them, i remember.
That one of the reasons i love this channel, you remind me of so many musicians that i know, but had forgotten or just couldnt remember the names of. (but not Cooder tho! lol, play his music regularly still)
Side track thingy, i came up with an idea for a small series you could do, if you have time available for it that is.
The idea is quite simple "the music of : Tarantino" with the focus on the songs he uses in his movies, maybe other directors would be interesting too (from dusk till dawn for instance, lovely sleazy music, and Tarantino is involved, so the movie would count hehe)
The idea is kinda, for you to have the ability to change your focus from how a song is made, to how it is used in a movie, and why, or what the impact is of the song for a certain scene.
I think with your knowledge, you should be able to easily pull that off, and i think you might enjoy doing a couple of videos in that style :) (change of pace thing)
Either way, its your channel and i'll watch anything you do, so do what you like to do, heck, i probly would still watch if you reviewed amazon giftbaskets lol.
Haha Thanks!
Fil…I only recognize the Crossroads movie title and who played in movie (Ralph Macchio) but I don’t remember ever seeing it… I don’t know Ry Cooder but of course I know the groups that he played as a session player for. Just some of it was before my conscience adolescence. I will learn more……I really dig his voice! As you have said before about others, it suits his playing perfectly. Thanks for always expanding my musical horizon!……☮️❤️🤘
Yeah he played in crossroads but not the duel like a lot of people think 😅
Great stuff!
Old school blues, classic.
Even with hours of practice, some players simply can't emote. I think starting in the eighties, this lyrical, artistic approach to playing was lost for a while, (until Stevie came along). Love Ry Cooder's playing
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such a cool guy,,
Ok I'm not sure if fil gets these comments I post on his site bit, as a long time musician with absolutely not pretending to be an expert. Although I enjoy playing no less. Just a heads up on how much I enjoy this channel. To listen to a person enjoy these great players is a joy especially from someone who obviously is a player himself. The very first show I ever saw was Ry Colder in 1969. I sat 6 ft. From the master and he's been a favorite since. And I think I've seen every single player you have portrayed. Again element channel. Thank you fil
Thanks Steve! I get all the comments on TH-cam first and I answer all website messages too, but it takes me longer to get through all those! 😅
Check out his playing on the "Ganges Delta Blues" with V.M. Bhat. Hell, check out the whole album, "A Meeting by the River". Brilliant stuff.
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On occasion your spot on like this one!🕶
Clapton admired his playing. He had trouble doing the movie soundtrack because of his drinking and Arlen Roth filled in. The best slide song I've heard was Michael Bloomfield playing Blind Johnson's Gonna Need Somebody On My Bond.
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Arlen Roth, an excellent guitarist in his own right, was Ralph Macchio's guitar instructor for the movie role. As far as I know, Cooder did all the music for the movie except for the Steve Vai parts.
Source the underrated 80's film Southern Comfort about National Guard exercises that go horribly wrong in the bayou of LA; Cooder does some *very* spooky stuff all over that movie. 🎸
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Cool!. Now, do Ry's buddy David Lindley (yes, a Sysiphean task!); and Sonny Landreth; Dave Hole; and Martin Simpson. Richard Thompson. Leo Kottke. Adrian Legg. And Danny Gatton. All of these folks are criminally unknown and underappreciated.
Yep! Sonny, Richard, Leo, Adrian and Danny are here already! ☺
@@wingsofpegasus , but no Dave Hole, David Lindley, or Martin Simpson?
Leo Kottke sounds like 3 guys playing.
Fil you know how to pick em. Ry is my favorite slide player.
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Ry Cooder is so cool.
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Great review Fil...thanks for all your work... I’m not sure if you’ve done one already but I like to see one on Tom Jones.... thanks again.
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🎸 great style 🎸 original
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buena vista social club documentary was great!
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First time I heard Ry Cooder ? 1968 with Captain Beefheart.Sure 'nuff n yes I do...Still in my all time top 20 favourite tracks.
Ali fauke toure, great west African guitarist, did an album with rc. toure is amazing!
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Your live stream crowd asked if you ever did Ry Cooder, well, I knew straight away, because I am steadfast, cheers FIl
Haha yeah it's difficult for me to remember sometimes! 😅