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Ry Cooder (15 Mar 1947 - )

Male Person - United States

 Also known as (2)

Releases (56)

Official

Album

  1. Ry Cooder 1970
  2. Boomer’s Story 1972
  3. Into the Purple Valley 1972
  4. Paradise and Lunch 1974
  5. Chicken Skin Music 1976
  6. Jazz 1978
  7. Bop Till You Drop Jul 1979
  8. Borderline 1980
  9. The Slide Area 1982
  10. Get Rhythm 1987
  11. Chávez Ravine 14 Jun 2005
  12. My Name Is Buddy 06 Mar 2007
  13. I, Flathead 23 Jun 2008
  14. Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down 29 Aug 2011
  15. Election Special 20 Aug 2012
  16. The Prodigal Son 11 May 2018
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Album - Live

  1. Show Time 1977
  2. Down At The Field: The 1974 Broadcast 2011
  3. Ebbets Field 06 Jun 2016
  4. Alive In America 21 Jun 2018
  5. Acoustic Performance Radio Branch 12-12-1974
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Album - Soundtrack

  1. The Long Riders Jun 1980
  2. The Border 1982
  3. Alamo Bay 1985
  4. Paris, Texas 1985
  5. Crossroads: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 30 May 1986
  6. Blue City May 1986
  7. Johnny Handsome Sep 1989
  8. Geronimo: An American Legend 14 Dec 1993
  9. Trespass 1993
  10. Last Man Standing 17 Sep 1996
  11. The End of Violence 09 Sep 1997
  12. Primary Colors 24 Mar 1998
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Album - Compilation

  1. Why Don't You Try Me Tonight: The Best of Ry Cooder 1985
  2. River Rescue: The Very Best of Ry Cooder 04 Mar 1994
  3. The Soundtracks: The Border / Alamo Bay 2006
  4. The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed 28 Oct 2008
  5. 1970–1987 09 Dec 2013
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Album - Compilation / Soundtrack

  1. Music by Ry Cooder 11 Jul 1995
  2. Soundtracks 29 Sep 2014
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Bootleg

Album

  1. Cambridge Folk Festival UK Broadcast 1979 2020
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Album - Live

  1. Slide on Dropdown D 1987
  2. Smack Dab in the Middle 2019
  3. Stand by Me
  4. 1974-05-20: Ebbets Field, Denver, CO, USA
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Album - Compilation

  1. If Walls Could Sing 1993
  2. 50 Years: The Very Best of Ry Cooder 2015
  3. Ry Cooder
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Relationships (8)

Member Of

  1. Rising Sons (1964 - 1966)
  2. The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band
  3. The Ceyleib People
  4. Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
  5. Buena Vista Social Club
  6. Doug Legacy & The Legends of the West
  7. Little Village

Children

  1. Joachim Cooder

Recordings by (487)

  1. France Chance 2:49 (1970)
  2. One Meat Ball 2:30 (1970)
  3. Do Re Mi 3:05 (1970)
  4. My Old Kentucky Home (Turpentine & Dandelion Wine) 1:48 (1970)
  5. How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? 2:46 (1970)
  6. Available Space 2:14 (1970)
  7. Pigmeat 3:10 (1970)
  8. Police Dog Blues 2:48 (1970)
  9. Goin’ to Brownsville 3:28 (1970)
  10. Dark Is the Night 2:47 (1970)
  11. Alimony 2:11 (1970)
  12. On a Monday 2:47 (1971)
  13. Money Honey 3:26 (1972)
  14. Dark End of the Street 3:27 (1972)
  15. How Can You Keep On Moving (Unless You Migrate Too) 2:28 (1972)
  16. Billy the Kid 3:48 (1972)
  17. FDR in Trinidad 3:05 (1972)
  18. Teardrops Will Fall 3:05 (1972)
  19. Denomination Blues 4:00 (1972)
  20. Hey Porter 4:42 (1972)
  21. Great Dream From Heaven 1:55 (1972)
  22. Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us All 3:56 (1972)
  23. Vigilante Man 4:15 (1972)
  24. Boomer’s Story 4:15 (1972)
  25. Cherry Ball Blues 4:13 (1972)
  26. Crow Black Chicken 2:20 (1972)
  27. Ax Sweet Mama 4:27 (1972)
  28. Maria Elena 4:32 (1972)
  29. Rally ’Round the Flag 3:40 (1972)
  30. Comin’ In on a Wing and a Prayer 3:03 (1972)
  31. President Kennedy 4:38 (1972)
  32. Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man 4:31 (1972)
  33. Tamp ’em Up Solid 3:22 (1974)
  34. A Married Man's a Fool 3:14 (1974)
  35. Jesus on the Mainline 4:10 (1974)
  36. I’m a Fool for a Cigarette / Feelin’ Good 4:28 (1974)
  37. If Walls Could Talk 3:15 (1974)
  38. Mexican Divorce 3:57 (1974)
  39. Ditty Wah Ditty 5:42 (1974)
  40. Tattler 4:14 (1974)
  41. It’s All Over Now 4:53 (1974)
  42. The Bourgeois Blues 3:24 (1976)
  43. I Got Mine 4:28 (1976)
  44. Always Lift Him Up / Kanaka Wai Wai 6:03 (1976)
  45. He’ll Have to Go 5:09 (1976)
  46. Smack Dab in the Middle 3:19 (1976)
  47. Stand by Me 3:43 (1976)
  48. Yellow Roses 6:12 (1976)
  49. Chloe 3:04 (1976)
  50. Goodnight Irene 4:32 (1976)
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On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Grown So Ugly 2:27 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967)
  2. Sure ’Nuff ’n Yes, I Do 2:15 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967)
  3. String Quartet From Whiskey Boot Hill 0:57 Neil Young (12 Nov 1968)
  4. The Old Laughing Lady 5:58 Neil Young (12 Nov 1968)
  5. I’ve Loved Her So Long 2:41 Neil Young (12 Nov 1968)

Instruments

  1. Dropout Boogie 2:32 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) guitar
  2. Sure ’Nuff ’n Yes, I Do 2:15 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) guitar
  3. Grown So Ugly 2:27 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) bass guitar, guitar
  4. Yellow Brick Road 2:28 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) guitar
  5. Autumn’s Child 4:02 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) guitar
  6. Abba Zaba 2:44 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) bass guitar, guitar
  7. Where There’s Woman 2:09 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) guitar
  8. Electricity 3:07 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) guitar
  9. Zig Zag Wanderer 2:39 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) guitar
  10. Call on Me 2:37 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) guitar
  11. I’m Glad 3:31 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) guitar
  12. Plastic Factory 3:08 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band (Sep 1967) guitar
  13. The Old Laughing Lady 5:58 Neil Young (12 Nov 1968) guitar
  14. String Quartet From Whiskey Boot Hill 0:57 Neil Young (12 Nov 1968) guitar
  15. What Did You Do to My Life? 2:28 Neil Young (12 Nov 1968) guitar
  16. If I Could Have Her Tonight 2:22 Neil Young (12 Nov 1968) guitar
  17. Here We Are in the Years 3:27 Neil Young (12 Nov 1968) guitar
  18. The Loner 3:53 Neil Young (12 Nov 1968) guitar
  19. I’ve Been Waiting for You 2:35 Neil Young (12 Nov 1968) guitar
  20. The Last Trip to Tulsa 9:27 Neil Young (12 Nov 1968) guitar
  21. I’ve Loved Her So Long 2:41 Neil Young (12 Nov 1968) guitar
  22. The Emperor of Wyoming 2:20 Neil Young (12 Nov 1968) guitar
  23. Love in Vain 4:19 The Rolling Stones (29 Nov 1969) mandolin
  24. What a Friend We Have in Jesus 5:36 John Braden (1969) acoustic guitar
  25. Carriage House Song 2:50 John Braden (1969) acoustic guitar
  26. Me and Bobby McGee 3:46 Gordon Lightfoot (Apr 1970) slide guitar
  27. Cobwebs & Dust 3:23 Gordon Lightfoot (Apr 1970) mandolin
  28. Forty Four Blues / How Many More Years 6:32 Little Feat (Jan 1971) guest, slide guitar
  29. Willin’ 2:24 Little Feat (Jan 1971) guest, slide guitar
  30. Crow Jane Lady 4:24 Crazy Horse (Feb 1971) guest, slide guitar, slide guitar
  31. I Don’t Want to Talk About It 5:18 Crazy Horse (Feb 1971) slide guitar
  32. Dirty, Dirty 3:32 Crazy Horse (Feb 1971) slide guitar
  33. Sister Morphine 5:34 The Rolling Stones (23 Apr 1971) guitar
  34. Alberta Bound 3:07 Gordon Lightfoot (1972) mandolin
  35. Any Old Time 3:45 Maria Muldaur (1973) acoustic guitar
  36. Rainy Day Crossroad Blues 3:46 The Doobie Brothers (25 Apr 1975) guest, guitar
  37. Downtown Suzie 3:51 The Rolling Stones (06 Jun 1975) guest, guitar
  38. Aloha Ka Manini 2:27 The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band (1975) mandolin, tiple
  39. Hawaiian Love 3:04 The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band (1975) mandolin, tiple
  40. Moonlight Lady 4:21 The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band (1975) mandolin, tiple
  41. Puʻuanahulu 6:16 The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band (1975) mandolin, tiple
  42. Moani ke ʻala 2:46 The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band (1975) mandolin, tiple

Produced

  1. String Quartet From Whiskey Boot Hill 0:57 Neil Young (12 Nov 1968)
  2. The Old Laughing Lady 5:58 Neil Young (12 Nov 1968)
  3. I’ve Loved Her So Long 2:41 Neil Young (12 Nov 1968)

Credited as (77)

  1. Ry Cooder
  2. Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt
  3. Pops Staples & Ry Cooder
  4. Ali Farka Touré with Ry Cooder
  5. Ry Cooder & David Lindley
  6. Ry Cooder & Manuel Galbán
  7. Nicky Hopkins, Ry Cooder, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman & Charlie Watts
  8. Robin Williams & Ry Cooder
  9. Ry Cooder & Buena Vista Social Club
  10. Amy Madigan & Ry Cooder
  11. The Chieftains feat. Ry Cooder
  12. Ry Cooder & Chaka Khan
  13. John Lee Hooker feat. Ry Cooder
  14. John Lee Hooker feat. Ry Cooder & Ike Turner
  15. Pops Staples with Ry Cooder
  16. Lenny Carlson with Ry Cooder
  17. Flaco Jiménez feat. Ry Cooder
  18. John Lee Hooker & Ry Cooder
  19. John Lee Hooker, Charlie Musselwhite, Robert Cray, John Hammond, Johnny Johnson, Ry Cooder & Bonnie Raitt
  20. Hans Theessink & Terry Evans feat. Ry Cooder
  21. Nancy Sinatra feat. Ry Cooder
  22. The Chieftains with Ry Cooder
  23. Ry Cooder and Corridos Famosos
  24. Ali Farka Touré With Ry Cooder
  25. Ry Cooder & Jim Keltner
  26. Carlos Núñez & Ry Cooder
  27. Rising Sons feat. Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder
  28. Ry Cooder & Ali Farka Touré
  29. Ali Farka Touré feat. Ry Cooder
  30. Ry Cooder & Willie Greene Jr.
  31. Ry Cooder & Freddy Fender
  32. Ry Cooder & Jim Dickinson
  33. Ry Cooder & Sam Samudio
  34. Ry Cooder & John Hiatt
  35. Ry Cooder & Brenda Patterson
  36. The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder
  37. Jackson Browne feat. Jewel & Ry Cooder
  38. Rising Sons feat. Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder
  39. The Gabby Pahinui Hawaiian Band feat. Ry Cooder
  40. Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder
  41. Ali Farka Toure con Ry Cooder
  42. Ry Cooder and Mañuel Galbán
  43. Ali Farka Toure w/Ry Cooder
  44. Ali Farka Toure with Ry Cooder
  45. Ani DiFranco With Ry Cooder & Dan Gellert
  46. Old Crow Medicine Show, Joel Rafael, Jimmy LaFave, Donovan, Rosanne Cash, John Leventhal, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Lucinda Williams, Judy Collins, Tom Morello, Ani DiFranco, Ry Cooder, Dan Gellert, Jackson Browne, The Del McCoury Band, Tim O’Brien, Tony Trischka, John Mellencamp, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott
  47. Nicky Hopkins, Ry Cooder, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts
  48. Mick Jagger Vs Ry Cooder
  49. Bobby King & Terry Evans with Ry Cooder
  50. Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe & Jim Keltner
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Works (57)

Arranged

  1. String Quartet From Whiskey Boot Hill
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Wrote

  1. Poor Man's Shangri-La
  2. E invece no
  3. Don't Go Away Mad
  4. Low Commotion
  5. Going Back to Okinawa
  6. A Dollar Short of Happy
  7. Hold That Snake
  8. The Action
  9. Fire & Earth
  10. Across the Borderline
  11. Do The Best You Can
  12. Hard Workin’ Man
  13. Don’t Think About Her When You Are Trying to Drive (Little Village)
  14. Got to Keep Moving
  15. Tamp ’em Up Solid
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Composed

  1. The Long Riders (1980)
  2. The Farmer Feeds Us All
  3. Paris, Texas
  4. A Meeting by the River
  5. Longing
  6. Ganges Delta Blues
  7. Tamp ’em Up Solid
  8. Boomer’s Story
  9. Inside Job
  10. Rajamaa
  11. The Tatler
  12. Ely Nevada
  13. Long Ride
  14. Define Violence
  15. I'm Leaving You
  16. Seeds of Violence
  17. Observatory
  18. I'm Losing You
  19. You Shoot Him!
  20. Four Weeks Later
  21. Mathilda
  22. Kinko's
  23. Vamos Empezar
  24. A Night in L.A.
  25. Pourquoi?
  26. E-mail
  27. What a City!
  28. Paige
  29. The End of Violence (End Title)
  30. Walking Away Blues
  31. Better Things to Think About
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Lyrics

  1. The Tatler
  2. The Farmer Feeds Us All
  3. Inside Job
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Events (3)

Main Performer At

  1. Later… with Jools Holland: Series 9, Episode 2
  2. 1979‐09‐21: Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA
  3. Bumbershoot 1990, day 3: Main Stage time

Links (24)

Official Homepages

  1. http://rycooder.nl/

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82012126
  2. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82012126
  3. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL3602507A
  4. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6wm29fd
  5. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/ry_cooder
  6. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13557611g
  7. https://d-nb.info/gnd/118522019

Lyrics Page

  1. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-6643/ry-cooder/lyrics.html
  2. https://genius.com/artists/Ry-cooder

Last.Fm

  1. https://www.last.fm/music/Ry+Cooder

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/288630

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/55080

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000175708

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176839/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/66631338

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q318374

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/4419
  2. https://open.spotify.com/artist/1CPwHx5lgVxv0rfcp7UXLx

Streaming Page

  1. https://tidal.com/artist/15046

Picture

  1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ry_Cooder_playing.jpg

BBC Music

  1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/a4e2650b-938b-4b72-95bc-6e229cd34601

Social Networking

  1. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ry-Cooder/112074215470376
  2. https://twitter.com/obon_city