"Comin' In on a Wing and a Prayer"

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[@leelewis6674]

Thank you. Love ry cooders acoustic stuff. Do em all. Its a must.

[@davidburnside1962]

Beautiful playing. I think Ry Cooder got some of this from Joseph Spence. If you haven’t checked him out you should. I can tell from the music you like you would love him. He’s a Bahamian guitarist I’ve heard referred to as the Rev. Gary Davis of the islands. Lol I didn’t watch far enough!

[@user-et2fj8xm5l]

Hey David, your beginning blues guitar book really helped me a lot when I was first starting back in the late 90s. Glad to see your still at it..

[@picknngrinn]

I can't begin to express my appreciation for this David!

[@janetoconnor9365]

Just what I've been waiting for...

[@gilb8072]

Amazing! Love it!

[@Guitar.152]

Thank you ♫♥♫

[@dwarnerprime]

+100 upvotes ... thank you for this lesson!

[@guidobolke5618]

I think there is a typo in the tab in bar 12: should be 0-6 instead of 0-8.

[@richardthomas1593]

Wasn’t the dropped D down to C thing just what Joseph Spence did? I’ve wondered if it was to do with backing up singers in a church setting and keeping everything in C? Gives a marvellous low bass anyway.

[@RandonGuyMostly]

Hey! What’s with the photo of the (Mitsubishi) Japanese ‘Zero’ on the title page? No Mustangs or Spitfires available? (Probably better than a Messerschmitt, though.) (Ha ha.)

[@joannekrueger8609]

Great playing and lesson. However, the title graphic should depict a B-17 bomber or a British Lancaster, not a damn Japanese Zero.

[@spacepodi]

It’s a pity acoustic players don’t use flatwounds. I can’t bear string squeak.

[@jeffcaldwell2544]

Maybe Ry, having been a session guy who couldn't read music, was pretty nimble in picking up what was being played and finding sometimes unorthodox fretboard solutions.

[@brandonwhyde3583]

Hey David, you don't happen to have the tab to the complete song, do you?

[@guidobolke5618]

This is so amazingly beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

[@alexkmbk]

7:39

[@John-ic6zo]

Great lesson David. Not many examples of Ry style playing available, so thanks. The only one I can think of is Rick Payne. He has 2 courses on Ry. Chicken Skin and Chicken Skin Slide.

[@robbiearamsay]

Been listening to Ry since Into the Purple Valley. Absolutely great/fantastic walk through of this song. What a great treat to stumble across this lesson. Many thanks !!!

[@ompberlin3792]

an american beauty

[@tropicalcropconsultantslim9204]

Great detective work and superb teaching….tab not necessary when the teaching is this good. I must say I struggled to identify the D G E11 A6 turnaround which sounds so good in Ry Cooder’s playing!

[@FretboardConfidential]

Ha! Thank you, high praise indeed :-). Glad to have solved any mysteries involved.

[@tropicalcropconsultantslim9204]

@@FretboardConfidential how about having a crack at Ry’s FDR in Trinidad? I think your approach to teaching is superb. Knee to knee and so unlabored compared to others! Five stars.

[@robgray9620]

Great David!!!

[@lovatfraser5360]

Excellent 👍🏼