Ry Cooder, back in the '70s. Live @ the Old Grey Whistle Test! This man has S.O.U.L.
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@helowako13 жыл бұрын
I am 16 years old, and for Christmas, I got a guitar slide, and so have become very interested in the blues and music of ry cooder :)
@Titan-gi4zr3 жыл бұрын
You must be very good by now.
@helowako3 жыл бұрын
@@Titan-gi4zr I'm afraid to say I never got on very well with the slide but I'm still playing guitar lots including in a duo :) and loving blues, folk, fingerstyle, and more!
@Titan-gi4zr3 жыл бұрын
@@helowako Nice.
@theexplodingmothfromhell80123 жыл бұрын
@@helowako Did you ever try it on your ring finger? I've always found it works better for me.
@winstonchurchill6243 жыл бұрын
@@helowako Glad to see you stuck with it, I’ve been playing for about a year now and luckily I seem to be getting on with the slide pretty well
@Geschirrspul9 ай бұрын
I am 3,200 years old and was just awakened from a slumber hexed upon me by a forest witch. This man is playing such an unusual looking lute, but I love the sounds it makes.
@OlivierLecerf4 ай бұрын
I think I am the same age or almost...I am not sure but it seems to me to see you in your dream... Remember, I was the man sleeping under the oak... My hat was green because the humidity... It was such long time I was there... The moss grew on my boots... Underside, a fresh source with rainbow trout swam...
@elizabethpinkerton98662 ай бұрын
Only vigilant people recognise the good and great musicians. No need to be afraid of the forest witch she is there to help and keep the forests of the world safe.
@blackdogbite4 жыл бұрын
Ry Cooder is a guitarist's guitarist. An incredible musician.
@davidmatthews31312 жыл бұрын
Not only that but also a non-guitarist's guitarist.
@clarkairbase35262 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mr. Obvious,,, the title says Ry Cooder. Bring back the thumbs back Screw Tube, or delete it.. Your as fake as FakeBook
@DeadmanWalking15 жыл бұрын
A great cover on a great song originaly by Woody Guthrie. Some people don't forget their roots and Ry Cooder is one of them. Respect.
@Everio620User12 жыл бұрын
I love the purity of this style.
@Bern4464 жыл бұрын
Rythmically one of the greatest guitarists of all time.
@francoisebeylie29233 жыл бұрын
Harmoniously and melodiously too...
@JosephMuir-ic2nwАй бұрын
Nothing can be better than that..seriously amazing
@teeby_7700Ай бұрын
Ry Cooder is amazing
@sixwingsram8 ай бұрын
Loved Ry Cooder along with Dave Ray and Kottke for decades then came Michael Hedges and Mike Dawes. Love the progression of guitar, so vast and varied. Spent my life playing and learning. "And rest yourself in the strength of strings".🎸🎼🎸
@marshallleo65892 жыл бұрын
Ry is as smooth as sweet cider, gliding and swaying those strings...he bends the strings and my soul becomes as free as a mississippi river boat gliding and swaying all the way down to new orleans.
@Fuzzpicker12 жыл бұрын
First I heard of Ry Cooder I was attending Community College in Cali. My Art Design class Instructor was a friend of his. Ry was finishing a new album, and we had a competition in class to design an album cover for it. While working on it we listened to Ry's music. First time I had heard it. Really dug it. I didn't win the competition, but I learned about some fantastic music. The album was to be "Borderline". I left Cali for Alaska shortly after and didn't hear what became of the album..1981.
@imannonymous77072 жыл бұрын
The man singlehandedly kept traditional folk blues alive for an entire generation and beyond. Take the time to hear this mans message
@anastasiapattison4393 Жыл бұрын
have you caught Billy Strings?hes pretty much done the same for bluegrass
@frankrichards3089 Жыл бұрын
Yes he did
@alanhayward8238 Жыл бұрын
Stefan Grossman and John Hammond are the players you need to check out. There are the ones who have kept the blues alive...
@thedudegrowsfood2844 жыл бұрын
Still gives me goosebumps in 2019. Wow.
@tristanmike2 ай бұрын
"If I die of vanity, promise me, promise me If they bury me some place I don't want to be You'll dig me up and transport me, unceremoniously Away from the swollen city breeze, garbage bag trees Whispers of disease and the acts of enormity And lower me slowly and sadly and properly Get Ry Cooder to sing my eulogy" -Gordon Downie
@coravisser7278 жыл бұрын
This is real legend so beautifull played super slide blues.
@ikkenhisatsu71702 жыл бұрын
I'm 63 years old and disgusted with myself I didn't discover him 45 years ago. He's a monster. Unparalleled.
@trukeesey8715 Жыл бұрын
"Is"?
@SoulDaddy33 Жыл бұрын
I'm right there with you. Bummed but grateful as well. Always heard the name but hadn't listened. Darn.
@realmofthesenses7 ай бұрын
I am just 1 year older than you. Cooder's music was wellknown in my country, and esp in my group of friends around the mid 1970s. However, I simply didn't like his music. Relatively recently I re-discovered 1960s and 1970s country rock, americana and black americana Apparently my taste has evolved. NOw, I'm loving Ry Cooder's music, guitar virtuosity, voice etc.
@damianzaninovich49004 жыл бұрын
Ry is an American hero, glad my older brother turned me on to him around ‘78 when I was in HS and disco was raging(Ugh). This is perfect!
@thebob27515 жыл бұрын
His work on the Paris, Texas soundtrack was absolutely incredible.
@jethromc5 жыл бұрын
And Southern Comfort.....Awesome Movie
@elizabethpinkerton98662 ай бұрын
Yeh it made the movie without it it would have been dull.
@5xq38p4u12 жыл бұрын
A true musical genius. One of a kind.
@Nangus0113 жыл бұрын
Im only six months old, and I love this kind of music!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't understand why other people my age listen to the junk that gets played these days! My mommy bumped this when I was in the womb and I've loved it ever since!
@JerryLaCasse6912 жыл бұрын
One of Americas greatest artists
@jarmar9847 Жыл бұрын
The sound of this guitar... Articulation like singing and at the same time the rhythm adapted to the singer's singing. Great performance of the blues.
@esotericsolitaire Жыл бұрын
This gives me chills every time.
@downtroddenmusic9 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing this live on the BBC at the time. Blew me away. I still play this song myself - in a pale imitation of this performance
@franksavage87308 жыл бұрын
+Marsh Sherrif what tuning is he using boys?
@joeking79248 жыл бұрын
Open D
@themusicaljunkie373 жыл бұрын
George Harrison's son played this song while he was hosting the Beatles channel (just minutes ago) for his father's birthday... It's an incredible jam!
@JG05070527512 жыл бұрын
The more I hear this the better it gets, Cooder is an amazing talent I wish he would make an album of pure slide guitar I could listen to this all day!!!
@MrRoundwound11 жыл бұрын
Ry Cooder is a genius.
@MUSIcMaN58713 жыл бұрын
Seven hundred seventy thousand and counting. Something good is happening here. Not all the powerful music in the world has been forgotten
@Northwestshenanigans9 жыл бұрын
This is a Woody Guthrie tune~ awesome blues version done by Ry Cooder!
@mctavish234 жыл бұрын
Still have "Into the Purple Valley." Love it.
@eddiekicksurass66610 жыл бұрын
Such a glorious slide performance! Love it
@max-andrewmcmillan4235 Жыл бұрын
this was from the best rock show that ever came out of the UK, "old grey whistle test".I recall the night they aired this song, we had just got colour TV. this was also the first time I had ever seen Ry Cooder.
@chiphughes10064 жыл бұрын
Ry changed my life about 1970 or '71 .. I knew someone had done what I wanted to do with the old songs. Saw him perform, along with my Brother David Schuldberg, at a small hall in downtown Boston in '72, in the late Spring, opening act john Lee Hooker. Dropped to the knees of my heart.
@taragreenetarotastrologyre49457 жыл бұрын
ive loved Ry Cooder since i listened to him in the 70's he is so talented. A beautiful soul
@ryancollins42728 жыл бұрын
I wish i had a 1000 more thumbs to give this video. AWESOME!!!!!!!!
@marshsherrif28247 жыл бұрын
have listened to John Fahey?
@huwking-jones15177 жыл бұрын
Ryan Collins ,
@sianchetty13616 жыл бұрын
I did one for you.xx
@stephensmith7993 жыл бұрын
Have to lend you some more thumbs 😉👍👍👍👍👋
@TheMargoCHANNING5 жыл бұрын
Just watching videos of the music I grew up with. Ry Cooder so good I named my first son after him. From the 70s up till the 90's he would visit the UK every five years and I went to every single one of his visits.
@openbuddhistforuminternational15 жыл бұрын
Ry Coder is also one of our favorited musicians. Such rare recordings are very precious.
@gerardusharjadib.209010 жыл бұрын
it is music in its purest form. Monumental
@Nudiescorner3 жыл бұрын
NO ONE.....and I mean....NO ONE ......can hold a candle to this guy...
@JoePesce6 жыл бұрын
One of my earliest blues influences and players, ever since I discovered his playing in "Crossroads" back in the mid 80's.
@jaymanjay10303 жыл бұрын
Every six months or so I play this video. There's some music that just touches my soul and this piece hits me. John Butler Ocean also keeps me coming back for more. Music is everything to me.
@ajciccar38 жыл бұрын
hell of a guitarist. exceptional
@strattuner6 жыл бұрын
RY COODER is on another plane than us,he is a master guitarist,master,he impresse me,and a hell of a lot of people,the ones I speak of have no ego about it,he shines
@kevinfrancis60335 жыл бұрын
Have been listening to rock since the 1970's ...then a kid who ed the radio music ....Ry COODER music would at times appear ..it would get like ..wow that's pretty good ...like if ......
@tennisbumojai12 жыл бұрын
Great sound quality. Ry's guitar sounds fantastic. The man has soul!
@zdime14 жыл бұрын
First time I ever laid ears on Ry's music he came out to warm up for Arlo Guthrie - had the rag top, sat in his chair; just him, his guitar, and a slide .... dropped his head back a little, closed his eyes and proceeded to completely wow the crowd - Vigilante Man was one of the tunes he did. In-effing-credible !!! Arlo was good but, frankly ....... pretty dang unexciting and uninteresting after having listened to Ry carrying on for the previous 45 minutes !
@JacobafJelling4 ай бұрын
I am 169 and I love this song with a passion
@mikemarlowe65246 ай бұрын
What a great duo! Love the Mississippi blues! You go girl 👏
@liammurphy27552 жыл бұрын
I haven't heard this in a long time. Much love from Ireland
@exdus2352 жыл бұрын
👋😊🇺🇸
@detlefkaiser22668 жыл бұрын
This guy played on Stones "Sister Moprhine" and stuff, he is the most underrated guitar player He is one of the kind
@TerriblePerfection8 жыл бұрын
He's not underrated. He's been around and recording for decades.
@DJWRailroad8 жыл бұрын
Definitely NOT underrated. E.g. numerous successful musicians have cited Cooder as their inspiration.
@detlefkaiser22668 жыл бұрын
Jerry Nielsen Sister Morhine etc, i know. Maybe i should have said: underrated by some so called Top 100 lists. He is in my TOP50
@blakebiss7 жыл бұрын
This guy has played with everyone. I don't think he's underrated but I do think the slide guitar is somewhat a "specialty" guitar niche compared to the traditional rock guitar which doesn't get the same respect.
@Cadillacula7 жыл бұрын
I know exactly what you meant. In typical conversations about rock and even blues guitarists his name would never come up around the water cooler... and it probably should. Bear in mind anyone who arrived at this video is probably not the person to ask if Ry is underrated *wink*
@renaklaas8 жыл бұрын
Brilliant. good post. loved his music for more than 40 years first time I actually saw him play. And sing too.
@leftyjcw71735 ай бұрын
Low down blues on a D45. Gotta love him.
@LynnMee12 жыл бұрын
born in 1955 in the UK - brought up on Old Grey Whistle Tests - thank you BBC
@donniemaxwell68648 жыл бұрын
Sweet stuff right here....
@deanmyrick78483 жыл бұрын
Delta Blues, period.
@Sanjmaghera Жыл бұрын
Just so so great!
@Kennymurraycampbell12 жыл бұрын
What a great sound on his guitar.
@jacksonparrish2249 жыл бұрын
Best thing I've ever fucking seen.
@paulinegallagher16754 ай бұрын
Just incredible.
@roblogosz15 жыл бұрын
just saw him perform this tonight w his band - unfortunately the words now reflect what is going in our teetering country. great guitarist & a moving spokesperson.
@TheYipsl7 жыл бұрын
wow! an old Woody Guthrie tune, about Preacher Casey's death in :Grapes of Wrath" and more, we need this again now. thank you for posting.
@michaelalbertson74573 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I didn't know that. Thank God it's now, Vengeance Is Mine, saith the Lord, I Will Repay. I can wait for that, God always does right, and maybe they would have gotten me by now, you know how unreasonable people can be.
@user-te2dp3pe2c10 жыл бұрын
When love ends, begins blues!
@scottcrosby-art54904 жыл бұрын
So much raw talent in one human being
@popxango7 жыл бұрын
Every once in a while I have to get a dose of this.
@cixelysd46864 жыл бұрын
This song has been rattling around in my head since I first heard it in the early 1970s. I believe it was written by Woody Guthrie.
@sherrard5492 Жыл бұрын
Correct.
@williamwoods16573 жыл бұрын
Wow...slapping the crap out of a $9,000 Martin D45 with a bottle neck! Ry gets a pass...love that tone!
@stevemccart91095 жыл бұрын
First show I went to 1969 Ry Cooder and Arlo Guthry and what do you know I sit cross legged directly in front of the man and have become a life long fan. He made a big impression . and they both did an acoustic show (no other musicians)
@keithhunter39103 жыл бұрын
I've watched this video countless times over the past decade. It's the best video on KZbin.
@NoTrend6415 жыл бұрын
Into the Purple Valley, Boomer's Story and Paradise & Lunch are my favorites. If you like this style, the earlier records have it. But his discography is sooo deep, there's tons to choose from. Enjoy!!
@sallybell87669 жыл бұрын
Brill,love your music. X
@whitehorsetom11 жыл бұрын
glad i am of the generation that was able to pick up on his music in the 70s up to now, and you know he's allways there and its good that he is.
@GaryOslide4 жыл бұрын
A man who inspired a lot of my music.
@Haaning9313 жыл бұрын
How can the guy from the "guitar" video, that's not even half as skilled as Ry Cooder, get 78.217.879 views, when a musical genius such as Ryan Cooder only gets 438.764 views. This is pure talent...
@igorgirotto13 жыл бұрын
Isso sim é slide blues! Ry Cooder é o cara
@jmoakley17 жыл бұрын
Loving this music.
@Getyabootsoffskinny6 жыл бұрын
Dislikes have no soul.must be awful to be empty inside. Just marvellous Mr Cooder
@brendarussell13964 жыл бұрын
Read 'The Grapes of Wrath' by John Steinbeck and you will understand this beautiful song better. Excellent rendition by one of the greatest slide men ever.
@Guitarooster5215 жыл бұрын
Ry Cooder is a very soulful player...he stirs it up in you...
@ronnierreynolds42188 жыл бұрын
tribute to Mr Cooder ,,Ronnie R Reynolds Utube , stuck with me for years ,, "Respect" LPS !!
@AltTunings8 жыл бұрын
Love this performance of Ry Cooder's take on "Vigilante Man." He plays it in Open G (low to high: D G D G B D). We're adding this performance to our KZbin Playlist "Songs in Alternate Tunings" -- perfect fit. Thank you for sharing!
@rogerdale19946 жыл бұрын
AltTunings Hmmmm.....pretty sure this is open D.
@timorean3202 жыл бұрын
Could this be magic, Ice Cream Man, Van Halen. Bron y Aur, Bron y Aur Stomp, Friends, That's the way, Black Country Woman, Black Mountain Side, Led Zeppelin. Never going back again. Fleetwood Mac. Over Now. Alice in Chains. A few I can think of off top of head.
@timorean3202 жыл бұрын
@@rogerdale1994 No, they are correct. The triad for D is: D, A, F#. The triad for G is: G, B, D.
@chriscampbell91912 жыл бұрын
Like others mention, this performance is in Open D (DADF#AD). Open G is played differently. My acoustic right now is in Open D and I can track the chords (and some of the riffs -- up to my own ability) that Ry is doing here easily. I normally play guitar in Open G and can't follow him here in that tuning.
@marcusphelan572 жыл бұрын
@@timorean320 Yep open D
@agingstoner12 жыл бұрын
@bytorbusch It was written and first recorded by Woody Guthrie on the album Dust Bowl Ballads. During the Great Depression, vigilantes beat and drove off migrants fleeing a drought that had destroyed their farms and their only way of making a living.
@Davett533 жыл бұрын
I came to know Ry Cooder's music in 1972,.....friends were into crap AM radio music,....I was steeping myself in old blues music,.....Ry never got any airplay on the radio,....but he could be found on albums. His music seemed a perfect match to where I was living at the time, down in Athens, in Southern Ohio, in the foothills of Appalachia.
@elizabethpinkerton98662 ай бұрын
I am replaceing all my old records with cds. I know they arnt as good as records but I cant afford a good record player. I do have a 1960's radiogram, when it works it shakes the walls.
@Davett532 ай бұрын
@@elizabethpinkerton9866 Cool. I tried replacing my albums with CDs,.....I could never find exact versions, so I gave up. Though I did discover other interesting compilations. Eventually, I just settled for listening to You Tube, and finding my old favorites.
@aunkajohn14 жыл бұрын
im 60 and im doing the same thing with my sons ie sharing real music and thankfully they get it
@jwhart898 жыл бұрын
anyone else find Ry Cooder song through the Tragically Hip? wicked song.
@tjerj17 жыл бұрын
jwhart89 exactly why I'm here right niw
@icebergvishnu12 жыл бұрын
ry cooder is the man! i love his playing more than i love the curves of a beautiful woman.
@uraldneprvw14 жыл бұрын
I saw Ry in Auckland New Zealand 2009 whilst on holiday fom the UK. Boy was I lucky! It was the chance of a life time. This guy is the bizz. I didn't even know he was gonna be there. It made the whole experience even sweeter. Geez what a song! He sang this song on the NZ tour. What a privilege to see him.
@MannyWar71112 жыл бұрын
could listen to it all day
@martinspencer3668 ай бұрын
A great voice, an acoustic guitar and brilliant playing. Don't need no electric guitar and Marshall stack when you can play like this.
@doctorstrainlove63183 жыл бұрын
Such good tone for a standard acoustic, has that nice raw breakup of a reaonator
@babytaylor5128 жыл бұрын
Sons of the military! come back.
@oldnoiseboy12 жыл бұрын
@MUSIcMaN587 Now over 900,000. Come on world, it really deserves at least a million!!!! Saw this and Goin' to Brownsville when it was originally shown on OGWT - '71?. Stopped me in my tracks. Thank you so much for posting & to the BBC for not wiping these tapes.
@slideharp114 жыл бұрын
Sheeeiiitt!!! He just blows me away !. Always did. And he was playing like this when he was 17-18. A Real Bluesman. Pure n Nat'l
@petersmith95304 жыл бұрын
God level slide guitar.
@rpotter61476 жыл бұрын
Get RY Cooder to sing my eulogy. The Hip
@molemole12579 ай бұрын
I'm 66 and been involved in music (playing, singing and road crew) Go for it brother - you'll never ever regret it
@colink48237 ай бұрын
Great upload. Watched this on the old grey whistle test. Great show
@stevemurdock754010 жыл бұрын
When I grow up I'm gonna be a vigilante man.
@marioski548 жыл бұрын
Woody winks smiling...
@1954barker3 жыл бұрын
Old grey whistle saw this loved it he connected with Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly..