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Ry Cooder

Ry Cooder was born on 05 Mar 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA. His birth name was Ryland Peter Cooder. His is also called Ry Cooder.

He is a guitarist, singer and composer.He is known for his slide guitar work, his interest in blues-rock, roots music from his native North America, and, more recently, for his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries. Cooder was ranked 8th on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time."

Ry Cooder released the following albums including Into the Purple Valley (1990), Get Rhythm (1990), Bop Till You Drop (1990), Chicken Skin Music (1990), Crossroads: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1990), Paris, Texas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1990), The Slide Area (1990), Borderline (1990), Jazz (1990), Paradise and Lunch (1990), Boomer's Story (1990), Why Don't You Try Me : The Best Of Ry Cooder (1992), Show Time (1994), Ry Cooder (1995), Music by Ry Cooder (1995), The Long Riders (1997), The End Of Violence: Score From The Motion Picture Soundtrack (1997), River Rescue: The Very Best of Ry Cooder (1999), Buena Vista Social Club (2000), Chavez Ravine (2005), Trespass (2006), The Border/Alamo Bay (2006), My Name Is Buddy (2007), Rising Sons (2008), I, Flathead Limited Deluxe Edition (2008) and The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed (2008).

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Into the Purple Valley
Oct 1990
  1. How Can You Keep Moving (Unless You Migrate Too)
  2. Billy The Kid
  3. Money Honey
  4. F.D.R. In Trinidad
  5. Teardrops Will Fall
  6. Denomination Blues
  7. On A Monday
  8. Hey Porter
  9. Great Dream From Heaven
  10. Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Us All
  11. Vigilante Man
Get Rhythm
Oct 1990
  1. Get Rhythem
  2. Low - Commotion
  3. Going Back To Okinawa
  4. 13 Question Method
  5. Women Will Rule The World
  6. All Shook Up
  7. I Can Tell By The Way You Smell
  8. Across The Borderline
  9. Let's Have A Ball
Bop Till You Drop
Oct 1990
  1. Little Sister
  2. Go Home, Girl
  3. The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)
  4. I Think It's Going To Work Out Fine
  5. Down In Hollywood
  6. Look At Granny Run Run
  7. Trouble, You Can't Fool Me
  8. Don't Mess Up A Good Thing
  9. I Can't Win
Chicken Skin Music
Oct 1990
  1. The Bourgeois Blues
  2. I Got Mine
  3. Always Lift Him Up/Kanaka Wai Wai
  4. He'll Have To Go
  5. Smack Dab In The Middle
  6. Stand By Me
  7. Yellow Roses
  8. Chloe
  9. Goodnight Irene
Crossroads: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Oct 1990
  1. Crossroads
  2. Down In Mississippi
  3. Cotton Needs Pickin'
  4. Viola Lee Blues
  5. See You In Hell, Blind Boy
  6. Nitty Gritty Mississippi
  7. He Made A Woman Out Of Me
  8. Feelin' Bad Blues
  9. Somebody's Callin' My Name
  10. Willie Brown Blues
  11. Walkin' Away Blues
Paris, Texas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Oct 1990
  1. Paris, Texas
  2. Brothers
  3. Nothing Out There
  4. Cancion Mixteca - Harry Dean Stanton
  5. No Safety Zone
  6. Houston In Two Seconds
  7. She`s Leaving The Bank
  8. On The Couch
  9. I Knew These People - Harry Dean Stanton And Nastassja Kinski
  10. Dark Was The Night
The Slide Area
Oct 1990
  1. UFO Has Landed In The Ghetto
  2. I Need A Woman
  3. Gypsy Woman
  4. Blue Suede Shoes
  5. Mama, Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean
  6. I'm Drinking Again
  7. Which Came First
  8. That's The Way Love Turned Out For Me
Borderline
Oct 1990
  1. 634-5789
  2. Speedo
  3. Why Don't You Try Me
  4. Down In The Boondocks
  5. Johnny Porter
  6. The Way We Make A Broken Heart
  7. Crazy 'Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know)
  8. The Girls From Texas
  9. Borderline
  10. Nerver Make Your Move Too Soon
Jazz
Oct 1990
  1. Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now
  2. Face To Face That I Shall Meet Him
  3. The Pearls/Tia Juana
  4. The Dream
  5. Happy Meeting In Glory
  6. In A Mist
  7. Flashes
  8. Davenport Blues
  9. Shine
  10. Nobody
  11. We Shall Be Happy
Paradise and Lunch
Oct 1990
  1. Tamp 'Em Up Solid
  2. Tattler
  3. Married A Man's A Fool
  4. Jesus On The Mainline
  5. It's All Over Now
  6. Fool For A Cigarette/ Feelin' Good
  7. If Walls Could Talk
  8. Mexican Divorce
  9. Ditty Wah Ditty
Boomer's Story
Dec 1990
  1. Boomer's Story
  2. Cherry Ball Blues
  3. Crow Black Chicken
  4. Ax Sweet Mama
  5. Maria Elena
  6. Dark End of the Street
  7. Rally 'Round the Flag
  8. Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer
  9. President Kennedy
  10. Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man
Why Don't You Try Me : The Best Of Ry Cooder
Jan 1992
  1. How Can A Poor Man Stand
  2. Available Space
  3. Money Honey
  4. Tattler
  5. He'll Have To Go
  6. Smack Dab In The Middle
  7. Dark End Of The Street
  8. Down In Hollywood
  9. Little Sister
  10. I Think It's Gonna Work O
  11. Crazy 'Bout An Automobile
  12. 634-5789
  13. Why Don't You Try Me
Show Time
May 1994
  1. School Is Out
  2. Alimony
  3. Viva Seguin
  4. Do Re Mi
  5. Volver, Volver
  6. How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live
  7. Jesus On The Mainline
  8. Dark End Of The Street
  9. Smack Dab In The Middle
Ry Cooder
May 1995
  1. France Chance
  2. One Meat Ball
  3. Do Re Mi
  4. My Old Kentucky Home (Turpentine & Dandelion Wine)
  5. Available Space
  6. Pigmeat
  7. Police Dog Blues
  8. Goin' To Brownsville
  9. Dark Is The Night
  10. Alimony
  11. How Can A Poor Man Stands Such Times And Live?
Music by Ry Cooder
Jul 1995
  1. Theme From Southern Comfort
  2. Theme From Alamo Bay
  3. Highway 23
  4. Bomber Bash
  5. Greenhouse
  6. Nice Bike
  7. I Like Your Eyes
  8. Main Theme
  9. Swamp Walk
  10. Angola
  11. The Long Riders
  12. Archie's Funeral (Hold To God's Unchanging Hand)
  13. Jesse James
  14. King Of The Street
  15. Sunny's Tune
  16. No Quiero
  17. Cruising With Rafe
  18. Klan Meeting
  19. I Can't Walk This Time/The Prestige
  20. East St. Louis
  21. Goose and Lucky
  22. Goyakla Is Coming
  23. Canoes Upstream
  24. Maria
  25. Bound For Canaan (Sieber and Davis)
  26. Train To Florida
The Long Riders
Apr 1997
  1. Long Riders
  2. I'm a Good Old Rebel
  3. Seneca Square Dance
  4. I Always Knew That You Were the One
  5. Wildwood Boys
  6. Better Things to Think About
  7. Cole Younger Polka
  8. Escape from Northfield
  9. Leaving Missouri
  10. Archies Funeral (Hold To Gods Unchanging Hand)
  11. Rally Round The Flag
  12. Jesse James
  13. Jesse James
The End Of Violence: Score From The Motion Picture Soundtrack
Sep 1997
  1. Define Violence
  2. I'm Leaving You
  3. Seeds Of Violence
  4. Observatory
  5. I'm Losing You
  6. You Shoot Him!
  7. Four Weeks Later
  8. Mathilda
  9. Six By Numbers
  10. Kinko's
  11. Vamos Empezar
  12. A Night In L.A.
  13. Pourquoi?
  14. E-Mail
  15. Don't Even Know She Got One (Echoplex Mix)
  16. What A City!
  17. Paige
  18. The End Of Violence (End Title)
River Rescue: The Very Best of Ry Cooder
Oct 1999
  1. River Come Down (PKA Bamboo)
  2. UFO Has Landed In The Ghetto
  3. Low-Commotion
  4. Smack Dab In The Middle
  5. Tattler
  6. Dark End Of The Street
  7. The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)
  8. Going Back To Okinawa
  9. Money Honey
  10. Why Don't You Try Me
  11. Paris, Texas
  12. Chloe
  13. The Pearls/Tia Juana
  14. I Think It's Going To Work Out Fine
  15. Down In Hollywood
  16. Which Came First
  17. Crazy 'Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know)
  18. Get Rhythm
  19. Little Sister
Buena Vista Social Club
Dec 2000
  1. Chan Chan
  2. De Camino a La Vereda
  3. El Cuarto de Tula
  4. Pueblo Nuevo
  5. Dos Gardenias
  6. Y Tu Que Has Hecho ?
  7. Veinte Anos
  8. El Carretero
  9. Candela
  10. Amor de Loca Juventud
  11. Orgullecida
  12. Murmullo
  13. Buena Vista Social Club
  14. La Bayamesa
Chavez Ravine
Jun 2005
  1. Poor Man's Shangri-La
  2. Onda Callejera
  3. Don't Call Me Red
  4. Corrido de Box Eo
  5. Muy Fifi
  6. Los Chucos Suaves
  7. Chinito Chinito
  8. 3 Cool Cats
  9. El U.F.O. Cayo
  10. It's Just Work For Me
  11. In My Town
  12. Ejercito Militar
  13. Barrio Viejo
  14. 3rd Base, Doger Stadium
  15. Soy Luz Y Sombra
Trespass
Mar 2006
  1. Video Drive-By
  2. Trespass (Main Title)
  3. East St Louis
  4. Orgill Bros
  5. Goose & Lucky
  6. You Think It's On Now
  7. Solid Gold
  8. Heroin
  9. Totally Boxed In
  10. Give 'Em Cops
  11. Lucy In The Trunk
  12. We're Rich
  13. King Of The Street
  14. Party Lights
The Border/Alamo Bay
Jul 2006
  1. Earthquake {from The Border}
  2. Across the Borderline {from The Border}
  3. Maria {from The Border}
  4. Texas Bop {from The Border}
  5. Highway 23 {from The Border}
  6. Palomita {from The Border}
  7. Rio Grande {from The Border} [Instrumental]
  8. Too Late {from The Border}
  9. No Quiero {from The Border}
  10. Skin Game {from The Border}
  11. Scorcho {from The Border} [Instrumental]
  12. Building Fires {from The Border}
  13. Nino {from The Border}
  14. Theme from Alamo Bay {from Alamo Bay}
  15. Gooks on Main Street {from Alamo Bay}
  16. Too Close {from Alamo Bay}
  17. Klan Meeting {from Alamo Bay}
  18. Sailfish Evening {from Alamo Bay}
  19. Last Sound (Alamo Bay) {from Alamo Bay}
  20. Quatro Vicios {from Alamo Bay}
  21. Search & Destroy {from Alamo Bay}
  22. Glory {from Alamo Bay}
My Name Is Buddy
Mar 2007
  1. Suitcase in my Hand
  2. Cat and Mouse
  3. Strike!
  4. J. Edgar
  5. Footprints in the Snow
  6. Sundown Town
  7. Green Dog
  8. The Dying Truck Driver
  9. Christmas in Southgate
  10. Hank Williams
  11. Red Cat Till I Die
  12. Three Chords and the Truth
  13. My Name is Buddy
  14. One Cat, One Vote, One Beer
  15. Cardboard Avenue
  16. Farm Girl
  17. There's a Bright Side Somewhere
Rising Sons
Mar 2008
  1. Statesboro Blues
  2. If The River Was Whiskey (Divin' Duck Blues)
  3. By And By (Poor Me)
  4. Candy Man
  5. 2:10 Train
  6. Let The Good Times Roll
  7. .44 Blues
  8. 11th Street Overcrossing
  9. Corrina, Corrina
  10. Tulsa County
  11. Walkin' Down The Line
  12. The Girl With Green Eyes
  13. Sunny's Dream
  14. Spanish Lace Blues
  15. The Devil's Got My Woman
  16. Take A Giant Step
  17. Flyin' So High
  18. Dust My Broom
  19. Last Fair Deal Gone Down
  20. Baby, What You Want Me To Do?
  21. Statesboro Blues
  22. I Got A Little
I, Flathead Limited Deluxe Edition
Jun 2008
  1. Drive Like I Never Been Hurt
  2. Waitin' For Some Girl
  3. Johnny Cash
  4. Can I Smoke In Here
  5. Steel Guitar Heaven
  6. Ridin' With the Blues
  7. Pink-O Boogie
  8. Fernando Sez
  9. Spayed Kooley
  10. Fillipino Dance Hall Girl
  11. My Dwarf is Getting Tired
  12. Flathead One More Time
  13. 5000 Country Music Songs
  14. Little Trona Girl
The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed
Oct 2008
  1. Get Rhythm
  2. Low-Commotion
  3. Available Space
  4. On A Monday
  5. Do Re Mi
  6. Which Came First
  7. The Very Thing That Makes You Rich [Makes Me Poor]
  8. Down In Hollywood
  9. Smells Like Money
  10. Let's Work Together
  11. I Got Mine
  12. Cherry Ball Blues
  13. Jesus On The Mainline
  14. Tattler
  15. Teardrops Will Fall
  16. Maria Elena
  17. Jesse James
  18. Paris, Texas
  19. Theme From Southern Comfort
  20. Tamp' Em Up Solid
  21. Billy The Kid
  22. Crazy 'Bout An Automobile [Every Woman I Know]
  23. Drive Like I Never Been Hurt
  24. Feelin' Bad Blues
  25. Boomer's Story
  26. How Can You Keep Moving [Unless You Migrate Too]
  27. Alimony
  28. Always Lift Him Up / Kanaka Wai Wai
  29. Theme From Alamo Bay
  30. Dark End Of The Street
  31. Why Don't You Try Me
  32. Poor Man's Shangri-La
  33. Going Back To Okinawa
  34. Little Sister
Songs
  1. Filipino Dance Hall Girl
  2. NEVER MAKE YOUR MOVE TOO SOON
  3. SPEEDO
  4. MARRIED MAN'S A FOOL
  5. AT THE DARK END OF THE STREET
  6. JESSE JAMES (Another version)
  7. HOW CAN YOU KEEP ON MOVING (UNLESS YOU MIGRATE TOO)
  8. BLUE SUEDE SHOES
  9. CHAN CHAN
  10. GOING TO BROWNSVILLE
  11. OLD KENTUCKY HOME
  12. PIG MEAT
  13. RALLY 'ROUND THE FLAG
  14. THAT'S THE WAY LOVE TURNED OUT TO BE
  15. THE WAY WE MAKE A BROKEN HEART
  16. BOURGEOIS BLUES
  17. MEDLEY: FOOL FOR A CIGARETTE/FEELIN' GOOD
  18. Crazy 'Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know)
  19. The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)
  20. I'M DRINKING AGAIN
  21. I ALWAYS KNEW YOU WERE THE ONE
  22. Can I Smoke In Here?
  23. Hold That Snake
  24. Archie's Funeral (Hold To God's Unchanging Hand)