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Ry Cooder
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Ry Cooder was born in Los Angeles in 1947 and was already playing the guitar at the age of three. He became known as a slide guitarist with a great interest in traditional music: blues, folk, gospel and music from other parts of the world. For the director Walter Hill he wrote, among others, the music for the western The Long Riders (1980), Southern Comfort (1981) and Crossroads (1986). His best-known score is Paris, Texas (1984) by Wim Wenders. Cooder based it on 'Dark Was the Night (Cold Was the Ground)' by the blues musician Blind Willie Johnson. In 1997 he produced the album Buena Vista Social Club with Cuban musicians. Wenders later made a documentary about it.
Listening
The Long Riders · Ry Cooder, 1980
Paris, Texas · Ry Cooder, 1984
Crossroads · Ry Cooder, 1986
Discography
Studio albums
- 1970Ry Cooder
- 1972Boomer’s Story
- 1972Into the Purple Valley
- 1972Jamming With Edward!
- 1974Paradise and Lunch
- 1976Chicken Skin Music
- 1978Jazz
- 1979Bop Till You Drop
- 1980Borderline
- 1980The Long Riders (soundtrack)
- 1982The Border (soundtrack)
- 1982The Slide Area
- 1985Alamo Bay (soundtrack)
- 1985Paris, Texas (soundtrack)
- 1986Blue City (soundtrack)
- 1986Crossroads: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (soundtrack)
- 1987Get Rhythm
- 1988Pecos Bill (soundtrack)
- 1989Johnny Handsome (soundtrack)
- 1993A Meeting by the River
- 1993Geronimo: An American Legend (soundtrack)
- 1993Trespass (soundtrack)
- 1994Talking Timbuktu
- 1996Last Man Standing (soundtrack)
- 1997The End of Violence (soundtrack)
- 1998Primary Colors (soundtrack)
- 2000Hollow Bamboo
- 2003Mambo sinuendo
- 2005Chávez Ravine
- 2007My Name Is Buddy
- 2008I, Flathead
- 2010San Patricio
- 2011Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down
- 2012Election Special
- 2012Feeling Good
- 2018The Prodigal Son
- 2022GET ON BOARD
Other work
- 1981Southern Comfort
- 1986Crossroads
In School of Rock
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