atty1chgo
886 posts
Mar 24, 2014
4:19 AM
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This is such a phenomenal concert, I just had to post. From Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977, this is a must see. Plenty of blues and other songs for a harp player to play along as well.
Ry Cooder, was and is, one of the finest guitarists America has ever produced.
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SuperBee
1807 posts
Mar 24, 2014
4:49 AM
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He is right up there for me. Bought his "6 song album, live in Europe" around '84, then into the purple valley...he was all the rage with the jazz album...I loved the purple valley stuff, songs that stayed with ever since ... Got into him again with Chavez Ravine album...and pull up som dust...I even liked my name is buddy. I really like it actually...
And I just like the guy, what he is doing with American music. To me he is a more important figure than Dylan, much more relevant...but I know that's jmho.
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Komuso
298 posts
Mar 24, 2014
5:12 AM
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Great catch atty!
I bought a scalper ticket once for a Hammersmith Odeon gig in London he did as a duo with David Lindley in 1990.
3rd row from front, great gig!
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Last Edited by Komuso on Mar 24, 2014 5:19 AM
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walterharp
1355 posts
Mar 24, 2014
5:42 AM
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I saw him in 1979 with basically this same lineup, agreed one of the great musicians out there, sort of runs under the radar, playing with stones and little feat for example but many people do not know who he is, the cuban music work did get him some exposure.
fun bonus fact, first digitally recorded album was his Bop till you Drop
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kudzurunner
4627 posts
Mar 24, 2014
11:47 AM
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It's not commonly known that Ry Cooder, who was the musical director for the film CROSSROADS, was originally going to play the part of Jack Butler, long before Steve Vai came along. Then the producer Walter Hill and others decided to look elsewhere. The first person they considered was Stevie Ray Vaughan. Cooder called him a lightweight--"second-generation, lightweight blues"--and vetoed the idea. Keith Richards was considered but was too well known. Johnny Winter was briefly considered.
Eventually Steve Vai walked in the room and everybody loved him--except Ry, who was disgusted and infuriated. "Dudn't know nothing about the blues," he said, stomping out of the trailer.
Last Edited by kudzurunner on Mar 24, 2014 11:47 AM
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barbequebob
2503 posts
Mar 24, 2014
11:54 AM
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Adam, this reminds me of the earliest days of the original House of Blues with the prerecorded music they had piped into their sound system when bands weren't playing and it was just a restaurant. They had exactly ZERO blues done by any of the original masters and all rock musician covers until a friend of mine got hired by them and he completely reprogrammed all of that to have mainly the real stuff and far less of the rock covers.
I have tons of respect for Ry because he does know his stuff quite well. The whole idea of who they wanted to choose is mainly marketing to a much larger, largely far less knowledgable audience.
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Dog Face
251 posts
Mar 24, 2014
12:57 PM
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I'm of the younger crowd who had never heard of Ry Cooder (didn't know he was musical director of Crossroads) until sometime ago when I saw a video of Greg Zlap playing Paris Texas.
now on harp!
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Brad
Last Edited by Dog Face on Mar 24, 2014 12:58 PM
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