Ry Cooder

Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician and composer. He is a multi-instrumentalist, but is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in roots music from the United States, and, more recently, his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries. His solo work has been eclectic, encompassing many genres including Americana, folk, blues, Tex-Mex, soul, gospel, rock, and much more. He has collaborated with many musicians, notably including Captain Beefheart, Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Randy Newman, David Lindley, The Chieftains, and The Doobie Brothers. He briefly formed a band named Little Village. Ry Cooder produced the Buena Vista Social Club album (1997), which became a worldwide hit. Wim Wenders directed the documentary film of the same name (1999), which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2000. He was ranked eighth on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time". A 2010 ranking by Gibson placed him at number 32.

Links To Peel
In an interview with Andy Peebles for My Top Ten in 1984, Peel mentioned that Ry Cooder was one of the few early 70's artists that made good records:


 * "I keep all of the records in case they come in useful for something. But yes, a lot of the records which I used to play in the early 70s, I can’t really understand now what I used to see in them. But the best of them, the ones that I regarded as being the best, like the Beefheart records or those by Little Feat and bands like that, still sound terrific, or Ry Cooder’s records still sound good. Or other things which I used to play, I think, “That is awful”. The funny thing now is if you listen to Radio Two at all, a lot of them are cropping up on there late at night, you know, most weird."::

Ry Cooder's track 'The Dark End Of The Street' was nominated by Peel at number 42 for his own 1977 Festive Fifty.

Festive Fifty Entries

 * 1977 Festive Fifty: The Dark End Of The Street #42

Shows Played
1970
 * 05 September 1970: Run Away (LP - Performance soundtrack) Warner Bros

1972 1977
 * 12 December 1970: Old Kentucky Home (LP - Ry Cooder) Reprise
 * 26 December 1970: How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live (LP - Ry Cooder) Reprise
 * 25 January 1972: Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Us All (LP – Into The Purple Valley) Reprise
 * 28 January 1972: Money Honey (LP - Into The Purple Valley) Reprise
 * 07 March 1972: Denomination Blues (LP - Into The Purple Valley) Reprise
 * Radio Luxembourg Tracklistings 1: Denomination Blues (LP - Into the Purple Valley) Reprise
 * Radio Luxembourg Tracklistings 2: Money Honey (LP - Into The Purple Valley) Reprise
 * 30 August 1977: 'How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live (LP-Show Time)' (Warner Bros.)

1978 1979 1980 1981 1990 1993 2003
 * 23 December 1977: The Dark End Of The Street (LP – Show Time) Warner FF #42
 * 02 August 1978: The Dream (LP - Jazz) Warner Bros
 * 06 September 1978 (Paul Gambaccini): Unknown
 * 14 February 1979: How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? (LP-Ry Cooder) Reprise
 * 19 July 1979: I Can't Win (LP Bop Til You Drop) Warner Bros
 * 23 July 1979: The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (LP – Bop Till You Drop) Warner Bros
 * 24 July 1979: Don’t Mess Up A Good Thing (LP – Bop Till You Drop) Warner Bros
 * 26 July 1979: Unknown
 * 02 August 1979: I Can't Win (LP - Bop Till You Drop) Warner Brothers
 * 06 August 1979: Go Home Girl (LP - Bop Til You Drop) Warner Brothers
 * 07 August 1979: Trouble, You Can't Fool Me (LP- Bop Till You Drop) Warner Brothers
 * 03 November 1980: 634-5789 (7") Warner Bros
 * 07 April 1981: Crow Black Chicken (LP - Boomer's Story) Reprise
 * 06 August 1990: Speedo Is Back (LP - Borderline) Warner Bros.
 * 10 April 1993 (BFBS): How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live? (LP - Ry Cooder) Reprise
 * 03 July 2003: 'How Can A Poor Man Stand such Times and Live (LP- Ry Cooder)' (Reprise Records)