Been a huge fan if RC since about 1974, no bad albums and few like one another. Older stuff is a hoot; funky, country-ish, blues-ish, comical. He is hysterical! Chavez Ravine and I Flathead are more recent records which show his musical genius. Other perhaps under the radar albums definitely worth owning are The Slide Area, Borderline, Chicken Skin Music. I think I own most every commercial record and/or cd he's recorded. IMHO one of the top modern American musicians of our era. Hard to go wrong with Ry on the slide.
Ry Cooder recommendation...
My knowledge of his work has never been more than his participation on Safe As Milk...but I recently heard a performance at some folk festival from 1979 on the radio & it was just him playing a slide guitar.
Can anyone recommend an album of the same stripped back style ?
Thanks.
Can anyone recommend an album of the same stripped back style ?
Thanks.