Ry Cooder Ry Cooder
Released: December 1970
Label: Reprise
Format : Flac



A sonic chameleon of sorts, Ry Cooder has always been on the forefront of popular music. Whether as a session musician (with the Rolling Stones, Randy Newman, and others) or a film-score composer (most notably in collaboration with director Wim Wenders), Cooder has succeeded in incorporating diverse styles of music into his personal sound. This self-titled 1970 release features Cooder in a blues-rock mode that also touches on a wide range of musical influences.

"Police Dog Blues" and "Dark Is the Night" are straight-up blues numbers that feature Cooder's incredible slide-guitar playing. "Pigmeat," however, finds Cooder in a different setting, exploring gritty Dixieland music. "Do Re Mi" and "My Old Kentucky Home (Turpentine & Dandelion Wine)" move in yet another direction, easing into a funky, lazy groove reminiscent of the Band's Music From Big Pink. On several tracks, Cooder is supported by the unique orchestral arrangements of Kirby Johnson, which add color and texture to this excellent outing.

Ry Cooder, born in Los Angeles in 1947, is a guitarist, composer and producer, though he gained his world-wide reputation primarily as a Slide-Guitarist.He played in Captain Beefheart's Magic Band, and has also accompanied such artists as Gordon Lightfoot, the Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Randy Newman, John Lee Hooker and many others.

Although influenced early on by blues, he became a pioneer in resurrecting the traditions of "World Music," a concept that was entirely new at the time. He devoted himself to Country and Folk music, Cuban, Hawaiian music, Gospel, Jazz, Ragtime and Vaudeville.

Ry Cooder has composed soundtracks for more than twenty films, among them Wim Wenders' "Paris, Texas", and "The End of Violence




Tracklist ;
1. Alimony - 2:11
2. France Chance - 2:45
3. One Meat Ball - 2:27
4. Do Re Mi - 3:03
5. Old Kentucky Home - 1:45
6. How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? - 2:45
7. Available Space - 2:11
8. Pig Meat - 3:07
9. Police Dog Blues - 2:43
10. Goin' To Brownsville - 2:43
11. Dark Is The Night - 2:48

Personnel:
Ry Cooder (vocals, guitar, mandolin)
Gloria Jones (vocals, background vocals)
Chris Ethridge, Max Bennett, Roy Estrada (bass )
John Barbata (drums)
Bobby Bruce (violin)
Van Dyke Parks (piano, keyboards)
Richie Hayward (drums)
Milt Holland (percussion).