I'm 75, it's 2024. Ry has directly and indirectly always been part of my musical life; I consider myself blessed to have lived in these musical times. Mine is the 1st generation to grow up on rock and roll. I loved it in the 50s and love it today. Every day of my life I've been able to find great music to enjoy. I get annoyed by people claiming there's no great music anymore or the 'best' was in the past.

One of the greatest’s of all time. So simple yet so nuanced. Sheer genius

That's the real thing. Ry Cooder is an authentic American music treasure.

Thanks Ryland for the last 50+ years. Oh, gotta go make the call. Bless you!

Love this man so much 38 years ago I named my son after him 💖

One of my favourites played with Ry's unique flair.

If I could play guitar like that, I'd just sit on my front porch and play till I died. Happily.

The Master at work, what a legend and still doing brilliantly after all these years...when will we see his like again

Ry Cooder has always a great presence on stage...

Ryland, you are a National Value... God Bless you .

Utterly unique, utterly irreplaceable. Top of the mountain.

Musician's musician, amazing musicologist and humanitarian. Ry and his music have gotten me through more hard scrapes than I can count. He has always stood for the pure and eternal-people music--in his lifetime. I sing this song all the time and it is totally because Ry sang it and presented it so well.

Love this guy.His music speaks to everyone.

Saw him in Glasgow twice back in the day. Mocha rhythm aces, special guest, Harry Dean stanton. Oh boy. Goodnight Irene.x😊

I am so jealous of anyone who has been to a live ry cooder show....I share the compelling attraction of this guy's uncanny story telling, slide playing, mandolin picking, instrument hot-rodding way of life. Theres alot of us influenced by his stylings.......if he is a dying breed, I am convinced there are a few of you out there who have the key to keeping the ry cooder legacy thriving.

I love Ryland. Been listenin' to him since the vinyl LP, Into the Purple Valley. Not just coz his playin' done showed me stuff how to play plucked musics, but coz he's taught me lotsa things about LA -- Chavez Ravine, the racey fast cars in the California desertlands, riots on Bunker Hill, the lady dressed in white with a white handbag playing a tenor guitar to the cigarette-dangling-from-a-lips loitering unemployeds around Pershing Square. Ry's not just one of the most interesting guitar players, he's a downtown, street & session musicologist and historian. His sense of history informs his sense of the present-day; if that's political, I'll let him channel Jesus any time.

I WANT more Ry Cooder music....

Hey I was at this show! Waited all night for Ry, and only one song...but it was a good one!

I’ve started playing this tune at my local bluegrass jam. I’m going to steal his tuning and chords! This is fantastic.

It's a melody you can fool around with. Ry is loving his old years. He's music incarnate.

I've listened to and admired Ry since "Safe As Milk". He brought a freshness and a timelessness to Americana songs and World music. I thought he "got" what music was about much more than many of his hit seeking seers. And I have always been fascinated by his seemingly endless focus on unearthing past musical works and the way he finds new ways to present them. I'm afraid Ry is a dying breed, but maybe great organic music can keep on keeping on. Every bit of slide guitar that I do now is 100% derived from Ry's great albums. .

This man's for real. An artist and a musical historian. A national treasure. Pity to hear the voice deteriorating.

I'm glad I saw Ry with various bands in the early 70's through the 80's. He had such power then. Everyone gets diminished when they are much older and frail. Thanks Ry.

'The Slide Man' ... Gold never rusts and Cooder's slide guitar will always sound great.

What a talent!What stellar tone!

A real man of real music in a world of musical bullshit and worthless plastic veneers of nothingness........a real warm soul in a arrid desert..........my hero since his very first album.

Ry always bringing it real. Saw him open for Littke Feat in the 60's. Jesus wa on the mainline, just call him up....tell him....

That is a LONG NECKED Telecaster. And the inimitable Ry Cooder.

Beautiful playing. Rock on Ry...

Thank you an god bless you all

I remember this as an "Old Standard", Blues / Gospel tune from the 50s ! Great version here, by Ry !

Just like a fine wine, gets better with age.......brilliant

Since Southern Comfort , that sound track is mind blowing....been a fan ever since.....brilliant music 🆒🎵

Just an inspired new version. Thank you, Ry. Your songs have always brought joy into my being.

YES Ry Cooder, this is wath is all about, Jesus is on the mainline, GOD BLESS YOU MY FRIEND !!!!!!! THIS IS JUST AWESOME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I second it,the greatest solo artist ever lived or appeared on a stage..sensational..and a great solo singer.a musician that has no end..r u with me?

What a performer ! An American Icon ! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Grew up on this man ,, on a Tape !!!! never saw him and never knew how he looked . Several albums later including " Thew long riders" CONVERTED What a man !!

Einer der größten und genialsten Musiker, weit weg vom Mainstream.😊

We had the great thrill of seeing ry in Belfast some years ago, where we aquired a signed copy of his book, Los Angeles stories.

Been a Ry fan since 1971!

Words are so true.Love Ry Cooder!

Th is . . . more than amazing. The guy is a musical genius . .

Ry Cooder is legend in the world music...Buena Vista Social Club forever in my mind and my heart!!!

I went to see Cooder live in Glasgow in the early 80's it was Ry Cooder and the Moulah Banda Rythm Aces (legends) He played 2 concerts Fri and Sat and tickets were sold out before the phone lines for tickets opened. I had no chance. However the ticket company contacted me and told me he was doing an extra concert on the Sunday due to demand (sold out the SECC the biggest venue in Scotland) They gave me 2 tickets. When I got there I couldn't find my seat.The venue was enormous. I kept getting waved down towards the front by stewards until I got to the FRONT ROW MIDDLE 2 SEATS. I dont know to this day why they gave me these seats. We made eye contact all the way through the show and it was filmed , the entire show was filmed and I will be in it with my gf but I have never been able to find any of the film footage. If you watch the Sant Cruz concert on here, it was the exact same show and band as that apart from 2 things. At the interval he did not go off stage he pulled up a chair and sat right at the edge of the stage and played acoustic singing Jesus on the Mainline etc. Then the band came back on. The other thing that happened was that he had a guest artist...the guest was 'Harry Dean Stanton' who came on and sang Across the Borderline. I never went to another concert ever after that..........what would be the point. I saw the best guitarist that has ever existed playing the best show ever. Anything else after that would be a crushing let down.

Absolute legend

got to see Ry Cooder in 1969 with Arlo Guthrie and fell in love with his music.big fan ever since

Amen Ry. Absolutely the LORD'S Line is Always Open✝️✝️✝️

Yes, yes, yes.....

A master class in chord soloing…with a slide.

Love this man Always did

Ry is and always has been the real deal.

Mr. Cooder is turning into a blues legend like the ones he learned from.

He won't hang up on you. Thanks for posting,

love the song...... tell him what you want

Ry is the best there is.

Oceans of respect for this man.

Outstanding!!!

The f…… best !!.

Ry the man !!!

A life well lived

King of world music - the best

Love Ry Cooder - always have. :)

Incredible musician, great slide player. I believe this one's on the Paradise and Lunch album.

That guitar sounds awesome.

Boy's hell with that slide.

I love him even more after hearing the 'orange haired faker' remark!

into the purple valley!! them where the days. Long live my hair!!

Ry Cooder will always be très magnifique!!!These days instead of Nixon he'd say Trump!

Ry's the guy...period

I love him.

A musical sage, a guru, a master, a visionary whose talent and humanity enriches the culture of all nations. As a species we should all be proud that our civilisation produced someone like Ry Cooder.

just wonderful, as ever

Just call him up and tell him what you want......

I'd never seen him playing a Telecaster before!

Hallelujah!

OMG dear Ry looks so old now. Suppose we all do eventually. Still brilliant

Ry Cooder, HE is a legend ! "If you don't like that orange-haired faker, throw him out the door ..." :-) sooooo good, couldn't stop laughin'

Ry has occasionally been called a minstrel minus the blackface. In the words of Cab Calloway...."it ain't what you do, it's the way how you do it"...and he does it....

Jesus done answered me!!!

Brilliant ❤

When you look up "guitar" in the dictionary there should be picture of Ry holding his mandolin just to confuse us some more!

BRAVO !

I think the phrase "Oldie but goldie" has never been more aproppriate

Vigilante man brings back memories of Howlin Wolf' s song Natchez is burning,,,,,, shadow,,,,,,george was there

Crowd went crazy for him....and no wonder!

Wooonderfull!!!

Legend

Love it!

Dat's one talented kat; right "dere!

All over what Dave Chapman said, absolutely, entirely, correct it, Sir. What goes round if you get on board, comes around again and again, the circle unbroken, commitments to something and becoming what you studied. It's cool.

The line ain't never busy.........

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Superb.

Some earn Their Time and Talent

And his book of short stories set around Los Angeles. Called, um, L.A. Stories. Get it, it's a blast.

the best

Great. 👍

❤.

Super talented. I love his style. Wish he would not politicize this song.But Still love Ry Cooder and his music.