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Ryland Peter Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, record producer, and writer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known for his slide guitar work, his interest in traditional music, and his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries.
Ry Cooder - guitar, vocals, arrangements; Van Dyke Parks - keyboards; Flaco Jiménez - accordion; Steve Douglas - saxophone; Jorge Calderón - bass guitar; Buell Neidlinger - acoustic bass on 2, 6, 8; Jim Keltner - drums; Miguel Cruz - percussion; Bobby King, Terry Evans, Arnold McCuller, Willie Greene Jr. - backing vocals; Larry Blackmon ...
Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Ry Cooder.It was released by Nonesuch Records on August 30, 2011, and written and produced by Cooder, who recorded its songs at Drive-By Studios, Ocean Studios, and Wireland Studios in California.
Reviewing the album for AllMusic, Bob Gottlieb said: . Yes, it is a rhythm & blues, bordering at times on funk album, and rap is one direction R&B took, but..... The two gems on this are the phenomenal treatments of both "Blue Suede Shoes" and Bob Dylan's "I Need a Woman."
Bop Till You Drop is Ry Cooder's eighth album, released in 1979. The album was the first digitally recorded major-label album in popular music, recorded on a digital 32-track machine built by 3M. [2] [3]
Paradise and Lunch is the fourth album by roots rock musician Ry Cooder, released on June 8, 1974 on Reprise Records. [6] [7] The album is composed of cover versions of jazz, blues and roots standards and obscurities recorded at the Warner Brothers Studios. [6]
Mambo Sinuendo is a studio album released by Cuban performer Manuel Galbán and producer Ry Cooder.The album was the first number-one album in the Billboard Top Latin Albums chart for Galbán and the second for Cooder (after Buena Vista Social Club in 1998), and won the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 46th Grammy Awards.
Talking Timbuktu is the 1994 collaboration album between Malian guitarist Ali Farka Touré and American guitarist/producer Ry Cooder.The guitar riff from the song "Diaraby" was selected for the Geo-quiz segment of The World PRI-BBC radio program and was retained by popular demand when put to a vote by the listeners.