Ry Cooder- “Police Dog Blues/Dark Is The Night/Goin’ To Brownsville” • 1971 [RITY Archive]

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  • @bradnelson4778
    @bradnelson4778 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Ry and John Hammond Jr. are cut from the same cloth which is a great gift to the rest of us.

  • @jsteed44
    @jsteed44 3 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    He deserves to be honored by the Kennedy group for his preservation of the blues guys a legend

    • @vickicamp9808
      @vickicamp9808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Might write to the guy in DC
      I think would gree

    • @vickicamp9808
      @vickicamp9808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      He would agree

  • @kaecake9575
    @kaecake9575 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Welcome to the good side of TH-cam ✨

  • @redboneexcellence6041
    @redboneexcellence6041 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    One of the finest.

  • @francoisebeylie2923
    @francoisebeylie2923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    "Dark was the night, cold was the ground" from Blind Willie Johnson, a treasure.

    • @goodun2974
      @goodun2974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      The original Blind Willie Johnson recording of Dark Was the Night went into deep space on the gold record inside the Voyager spacecraft, along with Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode and the music of Beethoven and others. People joke that if aliens ever find the spacecraft and listen to the record, their first message to us would be "Send more Chuck Berry!". Personally, I can't think of anything more appropriate to deep space travel than Dark Was the Night.

    • @francoisebeylie2923
      @francoisebeylie2923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@goodun2974 And personally, I agree.

    • @bakkels
      @bakkels 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@goodun2974 And for some weird reason it's the most beautiful song title I know. Not that the name of a song means much but still. this one invokes something, I dunno.

  • @christianlacheze3323
    @christianlacheze3323 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Fabulous musician

  • @FranklyF
    @FranklyF 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Great artist: this is a stunning performance.

  • @mretrain2338
    @mretrain2338 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Other slide players use .016 gauge strings on the high E because god forbid the slide should knock against the frets, but with Ry it’s just part of the sound. You can’t get that lightness and sweetness in his tone with super heavy strings. He’s the best.

    • @BlueLou974
      @BlueLou974 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I hear you, I hear you, gonna torture my guitar with that .016 NOW.

  • @no59do56
    @no59do56 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal getting together to release new record in 2022. 1st one together in many yrs. TH-cam. Hooray hooray

  • @bluesintheblood
    @bluesintheblood 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    GOLD!

  • @josmotherman591
    @josmotherman591 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Ry Cooder and his 3 chord orchestra. I have never, ever heard anyone get as much out of the acoustic as that man. Amazing.

    • @dwaynetaylor2563
      @dwaynetaylor2563 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I suggest you listen to 17 year old muireann Bradley's version.

    • @dwaynetaylor2563
      @dwaynetaylor2563 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Of police dog blues.

    • @mickdeegan4651
      @mickdeegan4651 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Dobro + Mandolin Master

  • @jipes
    @jipes 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Absolutely wonderful

  • @cptntwang
    @cptntwang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Beautiful stuff.

  • @johnmccann8319
    @johnmccann8319 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Magnificent!💚

  • @christianlacheze3323
    @christianlacheze3323 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Dark was the night was the foundation of Ry’s splendid soundtrack for Wim Wender’s Paris, Texas

  • @johnwilcox3013
    @johnwilcox3013 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Ive been playing guitar for 52 years, i am in perspective, probably better than the average bear, but i will never be that good. I love to him play and have had the privilege of seeing him live twice, i would love to see him play one more time before he or i leave this world. Definitely one of my favorites that most people have never heard of.

  • @billmiller2051
    @billmiller2051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Police dog is very hard to master.

    • @camshaftcasting1451
      @camshaftcasting1451 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Agreed! Search M. Bradley's version, aged 13 and prepare to be truly humbled!

  • @nguyenba9605
    @nguyenba9605 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    List:
    0:00 Police Dog Blues
    2:53 Dark Is the Night
    6:51 Goin’ To Brownsville

  • @FTF96
    @FTF96 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Did you REALLY need to watermark right across the entire thing in the middle?

    • @bluesdrmr2
      @bluesdrmr2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Put it at the top or bottom if you insist on doing it at all please.

    • @neur0pathy
      @neur0pathy ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hear ya but not gonna let that bother me. Look what we’ve got here.

  • @sharonkaczorowski8690
    @sharonkaczorowski8690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    A woman with a police dog is truly a subject for the blues...made me smile.

    • @goodun2974
      @goodun2974 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "Police Dog Blues" is Blind Blake, IIRC; and "Goin' To Brownsville" is a Sleepy John Estes song. Ry has played a bunch of Sleepy John tunes, "Clean Up at Home/Mr Peavey" being my favorite. "Blind Man Messed Up In Tear Gas" is another good ' un. According to Ry, Estes wrote "He Stayed Away Too Long" about the John F Kennedy assassination. Ry typically plays these songs on mandolin, not guitar ---- I've never heard the original versions, but Sleepy John may have played them on mandolin originally. If anyone has more details, please share 'em!

    • @michaeldonaghey
      @michaeldonaghey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@goodun2974 Yank Rachell played mandolin for Sleepy John.

    • @BlueLou974
      @BlueLou974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The woman hides something else, and the dog sure is not a dog. Beware of the dog & hidden senses in blues. It is not a too bad love song, but a politic one. Or: how to avoid with elegance to be hung at the first tree to come, & saying what you feel inside about not being , er, one of this woman kind.

  • @sizzlechooch
    @sizzlechooch 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The Best!

  • @josmotherman591
    @josmotherman591 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Mr. Cooder with that back beat and impeccable lead pick.

  • @johnmitchelljr
    @johnmitchelljr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Love his pickin' and singing. Thank you.

  • @SolidSantanero
    @SolidSantanero 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What an amazing guitar player. I would love to meet him.

  • @jmeara9912
    @jmeara9912 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    What a gift he has. How hard he must have worked.

  • @nickidaisydandelion4044
    @nickidaisydandelion4044 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Fantastic. We need more songs about dogs in the world. Dogs are Gods.

  • @dominiquepaul6877
    @dominiquepaul6877 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Just fabulous!!!

  • @sharonkaczorowski8690
    @sharonkaczorowski8690 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Great guitar...thanks reelin in the years.

  • @hilmarwensorra1215
    @hilmarwensorra1215 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    well, what could i say: just GREAT - period.

  • @martindowney8737
    @martindowney8737 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My name is Fizz and I am a lovely dog. When they put me in a cage I know I am getting out. You can tell by looking in my eyes.

  • @MaurizioBunkus
    @MaurizioBunkus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Never understood why, for so many brilliant moments, they cut away from Ry's hands and just hold on that close-up of his face. What a waste.

    • @francoisebeylie2923
      @francoisebeylie2923 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Waste ? yes and no...Depends if you are a musician or not ; I prefer when we can watch his face and his hands at the same time.

    • @haroldsteinblatt2567
      @haroldsteinblatt2567 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Or at least a real annoyance

    • @markat9576
      @markat9576 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was the 70’s man.

  • @lovethatagave
    @lovethatagave ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Damn!! So good...

  • @jonwalley4628
    @jonwalley4628 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    A living legend.

  • @francoisebeylie2923
    @francoisebeylie2923 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jewels from Ry Cooder. Joyaux ! Ry Cooder le joaillier harmonique à la guitare et à la mandoline...de plus, sa manière de chanter est très expressive, à l'instar de son jeu aux notes ciselées sur les instruments.

  • @w.l.graves7228
    @w.l.graves7228 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    on a scale of 1-10 stars = 11 stars ***********

  • @MartialDriscoll
    @MartialDriscoll 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can’t believe this footage exists

  • @Braxity
    @Braxity 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love your channel reelin'

  • @patrickcollins9091
    @patrickcollins9091 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    pretty sad to some add throughout a humble geniuses portrayal of the blues

  • @francescocompostella3247
    @francescocompostella3247 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ry very formidable guitarsman

  • @johannabeasley2031
    @johannabeasley2031 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brilliant

  • @mckinleylowman6412
    @mckinleylowman6412 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The album wasn't succesful but at least it shouldve been hold as a classic.

  • @BlueLou974
    @BlueLou974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Let's listen again to Blind Blake & the hidden sense of the song.( as usual in blues). And yes, nobody never played that tune better than him. The Ry's version on the LP is better than this one. And you really need guts to try to play such an appenrently simple & nice song. Ry tried it. Congrat'

  • @marvin..m
    @marvin..m 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Terrible camera work. Why show Roy’s face during the instrumental parts? Particularly, why show so little of his left hand?

  • @evilkabab
    @evilkabab 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a gem this video!

  • @hartmutreuter5889
    @hartmutreuter5889 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very very good
    😂

  • @olasride
    @olasride 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    How did Blind Blake come up with Police Dog Blues?

    • @Johnny6666
      @Johnny6666 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Genius. That's about the only explanation. There's only one other recorded instance of him playing in Open D ('Down The Country'), but it's clear he was completely comfortable in the tuning - displaying the sheer mastery of the form just as he did in standard tuning.

  • @anastasiospapandreou147
    @anastasiospapandreou147 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I guess I m the only one here from "REACHER"

    • @joshuawhite7239
      @joshuawhite7239 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Me too! But the original by Blind Blake is so better than this.

    • @lucasperi7253
      @lucasperi7253 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too

  • @ceresbeith7828
    @ceresbeith7828 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Not a patch on the Blind Blake original

    • @3niknicholson
      @3niknicholson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      hey, can't believe this is the only mention of the great Blind Blake in these comments...go on people treat your ears to one of the all-time best guitarists, give them a learning

  • @beachcaster56
    @beachcaster56 ปีที่แล้ว

    lacks the raw authenticity of the original............no blues soul...far too smooth.

    • @gorgon9786
      @gorgon9786 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't follow you there.. About 10 years away from this, Steve Vai was working with Mr. Cooder,.. He came over him one morning, when Mr. Cooder already was in his preparation for the set.. Steve said what met him was so well performed,.. He stood in the entry, and didn't dare to interrupt the session,.. Later he told us that what he had witnessed was such class, - he had to be nr. 1 in his mastery.. Such feel, and touch.. I believed Mr. Vai back then, and to this day, yes!.

  • @DS-yg4qs
    @DS-yg4qs หลายเดือนก่อน

    Nice musician... but can't sing

    • @charliejohnston5334
      @charliejohnston5334 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You don’t get it. That’s okay. There are many other options available. Just know that this guy is a treasure to many of us, and has devoted his life to making and promoting beautiful music with integrity.