Ryland Peter Cooder (Ry) (Los Angeles, March 15, 1947) is an American guitarist and producer.
Initially he worked as a slide guitarist. Cooder has worked extensively as a studio musician where he has worked on many film soundtracks. Cooder provided among other things the film music for Paris, Texas (1984) by Wim Wenders. He also played in Captain Beefheart's Magic Band.
Recently his trilogy: Chavez Ravine, My name is Buddy and I, Flathead. Also appeared in 2008 the collector The UFO has landed that his film music and his solo work together.
He worked with the Rolling Stones between 1968 and 1970. So he played the slide guitar solo on Sister Morphine. Cooder left the Rolling Stones because he felt that the members of the Stones there with his songs off went (plagiarism).
Cooder has made many albums in which he colluded with well-known and less well-known musicians and in lesser-known styles. An example of this is Chicken Skin Musicwhich resulted in a renewed interest in music from Hawaii.
He also made a contribution on the album Safe As Milk by Captain Beefheart, where he played slide guitar.
In 1994 , he participated with the Malian blues guitarist Ali Farka Touré album Talking Timbuktu on.
On his album Buena Vista Social Club (1997) he collaborated with Cuban musicians, which earned him a Grammy Award . Wim Wenders directed a documentary about this project, which in 2000 was nominated for an Academy Award.
During concerts in June 2009 in Carré in Amsterdam brought Cooder together with bassist Nick Lowe, his son Joachim and singer Juliette Commagere a selection from his oeuvre. The announced Flaco Jimenez had to attend because of a hernia.
In 2011 Cooders album Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down issued.
A year later, he released the album "Election special" as his support for the Democratic Party and president Barack Obama
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Discography[Edit][]
Albums[Edit][]
| Album (s) with any charts in the
the Dutch Album Top 100 |
Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken skin music | 1976 | 09-10-1976 | 14 | 24 | with The Chicken Skin Revue |
| Showtime | 1977 | 27-08-1977 | 34 | 7 | Live Album |
| Jazz | 1978 | 17-06-1978 | 32 | 4 | |
| Bop 'till you drop | 1979 | 04-08-1979 | 21 | 13 | |
| Borderline | 1980 | 25/10/1980 | 27 | 8 | |
| The slide area | 1982 | 24-04-1982 | 20 | 12 | |
| Paris Texas | 1985 | 16-02-1985 | 33 | 6 | Soundtrack |
| Get rhythm | 1987 | 21-11-1987 | 41 | 5 | |
| Talking Timbuktu | 1994 | 28-05-1994 | 62 | 12 | with Ali Farka Touré |
| Buena Vista Social Club | 1997 | 19-07-1997 | 6 | 220 | with Buena Vista Social Club |
| Mambo sinuendo | 2003 | 08-02-2003 | 28 | 28 | with Manuel Galbán |
| Chávez ravine | 2005 | 18-06-2005 | 18 | 16 | |
| My name is Buddy | 2007 | 10-03-2007 | 25 | 8 | |
| I, flathead | 2008 | 28-06-2008 | 46 | 8 | |
| The Ry Cooder anthology-The UFO has landed | 2008 | 08-11-2008 | 64 | 4 | Compilation album |
| San Patricio | 05-03-2010 | 13-03-2010 | 57 | 3 | with The Chieftains |
| Pull up some dust and sit down | 09-09-2011 | 10-09-2011 | 24 | 10 | |
| Election Special | 2012 | 25-08-2012 | 28 | 1 * |
| Album (s) with chart positions in
the Flemish Ultratop 200 albums |
Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mambo sinuendo | 2003 | 08-02-2003 | 13 | 17 | with Manuel Galbán |
| Chávez ravine | 2005 | 18-06-2005 | 27 | 10 | |
| My name is Buddy | 2007 | 17-03-2007 | 44 | 5 | |
| I, flathead | 2008 | 05-07-2008 | 40 | 5 | |
| The Ry Cooder anthology-The UFO has landed | 2008 | 15-11-2008 | 47 | 2 | Compilation album |
| San Patricio | 2010 | 20-03-2010 | 48 | 4 | with The Chieftains |
| Pull up some dust and sit down | 2011 | 10-09-2011 | 21 | 6 | |
| Election Special | 2012 | 25-08-2012 | 41 | 9 * |
Singles[Edit][]
| Single (s) with any charts in the
the Dutch Top 40 |
Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| He'll have to go | 1976 | 25-12-1976 | 12 | 7 | No. 8 in the Single Top 100 |
| Little sister | 1979 | 08-09-1979 | tip21 | - | |
| Chan Chan | 1997 | 01-11-1997 | tip6 | - | with Buena Vista Social Club |
| Single (s) with chart positions
in the Flemish Ultratop 50 |
Date of
appear |
Date of
entry |
Highest
position |
Number Of
weeks |
Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| He'll have to go | 1976 | - | No. 13 in the Radio 2 Top 30 |
Radio 2 Top 2000[Edit][]
| Number (s) with markings
in the Radio 2 Top 2000 |
' 99 | ' 00 | ' 01 | ' 02 | ' 03 | ' 04 | ' 05 | ' 06 | ' 07 | ' 08 | ' 09 | ' 10 | ' 11 | ' 12 | ' 13 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| He'll have to go | 988 | - | 875 | 756 | 814 | 731 | 778 | 874 | 1072 | 851 | 968 | 990 | 1286 | 1544 | 976 |
| Little sister | 1363 | - | 1089 | 1432 | - | 1703 | 1714 | 1657 | - | 1954 | 1732 | - | - | - | - |