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Ry Cooder And Corridos Famosos – Live / At the great American Music Hall / Aug 31 - Sept 1, 2011, San Francisco / Perro Verde Audio CD 2013
UPC 075597959413
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Editorial Reviews:
Nonesuch / Perro Verde Records release Ry Cooder's first live record in more than 35 years, Live in San Francisco, on September 10, 2013. Recorded in 2011 during a special two-night engagement at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall, the album includes 12 songs and was produced by Cooder. The Corridos Famosos band includes Joachim Cooder on drums; Robert Francis on bass; vocalists Terry Evans, Arnold McCuller, and Juliette Commagere; Flaco Jimenez on accordion; and the ten-piece Mexican brass band La Banda Juvenil.
Live in San Francisco includes original songs and interpretations of other material ranging across Cooder's entire career, from classics like "Boomer's Story" and "Dark End of the Street" to more recent originals such as "Lord Tell Me Why" and "El Corrido de Jesse James," with a detour for Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs' "Wooly Bully" and Lead Belly's "Goodnight Irene." Cooder's only previous live album was the 1977 release Show Time, on which Evans and Jimenez were also featured. Show Time was also recorded at San Francisco's Great American Music Hall.
Tracklist:
| 1 | Crazy 'Bout An Automobile
Written-By – Billy "The Kid" Emerson |
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| 2 | Why Don't You Try Me
Written-By – Billy Young (2) |
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| 3 | Boomer's Story
Written By – Carson Robison, Traditional |
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| 4 | Lord Tell Me Why
Written-By – Ry Cooder |
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| 5 | Do Re Mi
Written-By – Woody Guthrie |
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| 6 | School Is Out
Written-By – Gary Anderson (4), Gene Barge |
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| 7 | The Dark End Of The Street
Written-By – Chips Moman, Dan Penn |
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| 8 | El Corrido De Jesse James
Written-By – Ry Cooder |
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| 9 | Wooly Bully
Written-By – Domingo Samudio |
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| 10 | Volver Volver
Written-By – Fernando Maldonado |
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| 11 |
Vigilante Man
Written-By – Woody Guthrie |
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| 12 | Goodnight Irene
Written-By – Huddie Ledbetter, John Lomax |
About Ry Cooder:
Ryland Peter Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer and record producer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known for his slide guitar work, his interest in roots music from the United States, and his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries.
Cooder's solo work draws upon many genres. He has played with John Lee Hooker, Captain Beefheart, Gordon Lightfoot, Ali Farka Touré, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Randy Newman, Linda Ronstadt, David Lindley, The Chieftains, The Doobie Brothers, and Carla Olson & the Textones (on record and film). He formed the band Little Village. He also produced the Buena Vista Social Club album (1997), which became a worldwide hit. Wim Wenders directed the documentary film of the same name (1999), which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2000.
Cooder was ranked eighth on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" (David Fricke's Picks). A 2010 ranking by Gibson placed him at number 32.
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- Accordion – Flaco Jimenez
- Alto Horn – Alonso Chavez
- Art Direction – Al Quattrocchi, Jeff Smith (17), Ry Cooder
- Bass – Robert Francis (3)
- Bass Drum – Everardo Rodriguez
- Clarinet – Willie Jimenez
- Clarinet, Alto Saxophone, Bass Saxophone – Arturo Gallardo
- Design – Tornado Design
- Drums – Joachim Cooder
- Photography – Susan Titelman
- Producer – Ry Cooder
- Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By – Martin Pradler
- Sousaphone – Pablo Molina (2)
- Timbales, Snare – Edgar Castro
- Trombone – Abel Guerra
- Trumpet – Carlos "Carlitos" Gonzalez, Gilberto Carbajal, Julian Diaz
- Vocals – Arnold McCuller, Juliette Commagere, Terry Evans
- Vocals, Guitar – Ry Cooder
