RYLAND PETER COODER , BORN SEVEN DAYS BEFORE I WAS
NOW, KIDS, HERE IS WHAT YOU CALL 'SOME OF THE REAL SHIT' IN MUSIC, NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT
CAPT BEEFHEART, TAJ MAHAL, RANDY NEWMAN, VAN DYKE PARKS, THE STONES, NICKY HOPKINS, VAN MORRISON, BOBBY KING, MOHAN VINA, ALI FARKA TOURÉ, VM BHATT, MANUEL GALBÁN, LALO GUERRERO, JIM KELTNER, ERIC CLAPTON, THE ZYDECO PARTY BAND, NICK LOWE, MAVIS STAPLES, ARE SOME WHO ALL KNEW THIS, AHMET ERTEGUN KNEW THIS TOO
BUT WE ALL KNOW ONE THING, RY JUST LOVES MUSIC, THAT'S WHAT HE WOULD SAY, I GUESS
IT WAS SAID "If I die of vanity, promise me, promise me that if they bury me someplace I don't want to be that you'll dig me up and transport me unceremoniously away from the swollen city breeze, garbage bag trees, whispers of disease and acts of enormity, and lower me slowly, and sadly, and properly. Get Ry Cooder to sing my eulogy"
SO, WITH THAT, NOW YOU KNOW, HERE IS THE MAN
Ry Cooder - Vigilante Man (live)
Ry Cooder - How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live
Ry Cooder - Goin' To Brownsville (THAT'S IN DEEP TEXAS)
Ry Cooder - Maria Elena
Ry Cooder - Jesus On The Mainline
Ry Cooder - Down In Mississippi
Ry Cooder, Bobby King - Chain Gang
