Ry Cooder has for the past 50 years reminded me with surprising regularity what it means to be a musician, and a human being.
@randyteta91703 жыл бұрын
Was so glad I finally got to see him in concert and meet him , a few years ago
@luisafernandez32759 ай бұрын
Out of this world!!Ry cooder I am so grateful to have been turned onto you music. I love it.
@kevinbarry70553 жыл бұрын
Ry Cooder, you can’t overestimate the huge influence you’ve had on generations of guitar players. Thank you.
@CHodgy3 жыл бұрын
He's the reason I started! Ive been trying to play "Feelin Bad Blues" since Crossroads came out (almost got it) ✌😎
@TheVatonaught3 жыл бұрын
I'm almost 80...as a kid I used to listen to blues out in the barn while I Milked the sweet natured Guernsey cow 'Agnus'... she liked my music. My parents were not blues lovers and wondered why their little boy was attracted...stayed up late at night with the AM radio and heard stuff coming from far away... had a long wire antenna. Turned into a Ham Radio geek... and now a blues guitar fanatic.
@bench74343 жыл бұрын
Nice story man ,i wish you good life
@dangerraccoon52953 жыл бұрын
You were RICH, if you had a Guernsey who gave you milk And liked your tunes!
@richardmindemann69353 жыл бұрын
I had a long wire antenna that hooked to a telephone in my parents bedroom. This started in maybe 1959. I could pickup distant stations that my music-loving buddies could only dream about. I too am a blues guitar fanatic, playing mostly acoustic, pre-WWII blues.
@randallkurzman92483 жыл бұрын
I too am still playing and learning at 64. Ry has been with me since I was 20. Also just learned some from Tommy Emmanuel with song House of the Rising Sun that he shared 4 years agi that I just saw and took his generous instruction on.
@TheVatonaught3 жыл бұрын
@@richardmindemann6935 I started out doing acoustic blues for about 30 years then went to electric. Just started lookin g at resophonics again...sold my national tricone... I got no talent but even I still hit as lick once in a while... good luck best wishes.
@Baci3023 жыл бұрын
Ry Cooder is an American music treasure. A Hall of Famer in my mind.
@user-et5ch3gw8w Жыл бұрын
I′m so happy that I finally got Ry’s guitar he used to own! It‘s a Gibson J―35 Ry used either in studio, on tour or personally.
@milkcow Жыл бұрын
If you go on that website I have the Gibson hg 20 pictured right next to yours that was also his.
@x5-acousticguitarstuff.23 жыл бұрын
24 Thumbs Down... It looks like Ry Cooder had more Parents, than he thought he had. This was BLOODY UNREAL. Thank you for Posting.
@MrWallybones3 жыл бұрын
Ry Cooder is not only an incredible musician and musicologist he is just so cool!
@GreenManalishiUSA3 жыл бұрын
Ry is now around the same age as some of his blues heroes, but he still plays with all of the joy and enthusiasm of that 13 year old boy discovering the music for the first time. With Ry and Joachim at home, it's a wonder that Mrs Cooder gets any rest at all, ha ha. Big smile from this clip!
@richardryan84623 жыл бұрын
I could only guess Ry Cooder is quite a bit older when he made this video than Big Joe Williams was when he made that record.
@TheVatonaught2 жыл бұрын
and it sounds like his voice is better !
@bonerzslide2 жыл бұрын
He's a wild one!! Same as my mom and dad when I brought home Ozzy lp
@jamesmckillip73603 жыл бұрын
The first time I heard Sir Ryland of Cooder was when my older brother brought home a record from high school because it was part of a music appreciation course. For the life of me, I thought he was black; of course in my small town Canadian place, we couldn't imagine this sound from a white dude. This was more than fifty years ago.
@uselesseater96863 жыл бұрын
I ❤️ YOU RY, YOURE A SAINT AMONG MORTALS.
@stevesewall Жыл бұрын
Man never ceases to amaze
@michelparmentier30633 жыл бұрын
you can't get any closer to the spirit of Big Joe's playing !
@rwsfwifi3 жыл бұрын
Ha, I can remember going into a record store 1983 and buying my first Ry Cooder album after hearing him on Little Feat album. Then I picked up a guitar.
@simonroberts76593 жыл бұрын
loved Ry Cooder from Beefart to the Stones to now. He's introduced me to such a wide range of music. I thank him from the bottom of my heart.
@chucksanders5094 Жыл бұрын
That’s the truth right there!
@fossilmatic Жыл бұрын
Just as excited when he plays it as when he first heard it.
@loldwater3 жыл бұрын
A top favourit musician that plays one of your topfavourit bluesmen and acts as savage wonderful beast. How happy can you get? YamYamYam
@alexkalish82883 жыл бұрын
No one plays this music better than Ry Cooder. I grew up in Santa Monica at the same time. A young kid could ride the bus to downtown with no worries and we had POP. It was paradise -
@dhh4883 жыл бұрын
We had pop too in the midwest.
@NadavHbr3 жыл бұрын
I love Cooder but even he admits Big Joe played it better. It is, after all, Big Joe’s music
@barclaysauers255 Жыл бұрын
Did I see you in line on 'the last night' ride on the Sea Serpent at POP?
@DubMartin3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful! I got to see Big Joe many times in Chicago in the early ’60s. I wish Mike Bloomfield was alive to see Mr. Cooder doing this.
@georgemarquardt4435 Жыл бұрын
The doors and Paul Butterfield we're my companions literally in the cradle bloomers the first true guitar northern Illinois country boy
@joannebeauchamp11693 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely FANTASTIC!!! Ry really nails it........Big Joe would be proud!
@jeffpennock863 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Ry Cooter, your music is a gift to the Human Race. This song could be the Master Of Orchasta's Finest, Cheers.
@darnick5411 ай бұрын
Big Joe was brilliant, Ry Cooder is a legend. Fantastic
@shambolicguru2 жыл бұрын
Picked up slide after hearing Ry. His sound is still otherworldly.
@jefferyscott88753 жыл бұрын
That's the way it's done right there. Cooder style.
@CrankyHermit3 жыл бұрын
Started buying Ry Cooder records 40 years ago. The man's got a great big heart, and it shows in many ways. I'm still crazy about that music he made with them Cuban fellers a while back.
@sampleart13 жыл бұрын
Those old blues songs still gives me goosebumps of joy.
@Alun493 жыл бұрын
Don't they just? Incredible music that ignited modern music! Some old blues guy with just a battered guitar, and the world caught fire. Ry Cooder remains a truly great keeper of the flame!
@mannylopez9732 жыл бұрын
Ry cooder is a legend,in 1967 to my hometown library and you could rent records I had a library card and I wanted to know about Mississippi delta blues Southern artist like Elmore James Jimmy Reed Leadbelly blind Blake blind boy filler Charlie Patton list goes on and on Mississippi John Hurt I love this music so I taught myself how to play in open E tuning open D and open G on guitar my first instrument I've ever learned play with armonica I hope one day Rye cooder, our paths will cross to have a hoedown it would be an honor my dream bucket list
@sampleart12 жыл бұрын
Yeah Rock on Ry and Big Joe. I cant stop playing this over and over.
@robinbongos3 жыл бұрын
A great tribute to Big Joe Williams. Thank you Ry Cooder.
@jimajello102811 ай бұрын
The essence of Cooder grabbed me when I was a youte. He has traveled many musical roads. I love to study his footprints. Tamp em up solid. Tamp em up so good.
@The58stupot3 жыл бұрын
Phenomenal musician and also a great character. Been listening to Ry all my life.
@dreamwell20202 жыл бұрын
Man, he puts his hands on that guitar, and "Sloppy Drunk" jumps out!
@J.Dove3D3 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the download. The world needs more of this. Let's all get together playing and singing instead of getting together shooting one another. God bless Ry Cooder.
@HaroldHarris2 жыл бұрын
now THAT hit so HARD!! A master class of funk right there
@aksourdough48903 жыл бұрын
Highly recommend Michael Bloomfield's little book of his friendship with Big Joe. Some wild escapades. Ry, you filled my life with musical joy for past 50+ years.
@evanbluz9463 жыл бұрын
Where did you find this book. I know its existence for a while as a Bloomfield's fan. Thanks in advance.
@aksourdough48903 жыл бұрын
@@evanbluz946 I believe I found it on Amazon about 15 years ago.
@aksourdough48903 жыл бұрын
@@evanbluz946 Wow now sells for $200 used. Here is a link to full text of book: michaelmesser.proboards.com/thread/7797/me-big-joe-mike-bloomfield
@_sounds_abound_3 жыл бұрын
I have read this and agree!
@evanbluz9463 жыл бұрын
@@aksourdough4890 Thanks pal! Just read it yesterday, what a story!
@sergiogomasuarez3678 Жыл бұрын
For me you have always been the guitar of America. There is no one like you, nor worthy of comparison. I remember when I heard Houston in two seconds, My head literally exploded. You can't make music with more feeling, fragility and class. Without forgetting your sense of humor... I still find everything you have done impossible. No one understands music and guitar like you do. You can't set the bar higher. Gracias, amigo. Un saludo desde Barcelona.
@robbiearamsay Жыл бұрын
What a Great ! story. Thanks for sharing.
@gengisokhan3 жыл бұрын
Brilliant! Ry Cooder international treasure - thank you sir.
@davefrey59983 жыл бұрын
Ry Cooder is giant ! Big part of my musical taste!!
@dublock3 жыл бұрын
This man is a truly great American, and has only grown as an artist as he's gotten older. May he live forever.
@christiaandemarezoyens47203 жыл бұрын
Ry's talent, passionate playing and commitment to preserving the legacy of this music is astonishing..
@dsa73863 жыл бұрын
Linda Ronstadt is correct, Mr. Cooder is a truly dedicated craftsman. Love to listen to His versions of hidden gems.
@goodun29743 жыл бұрын
BTW, Linda Ronstadt and David Lindley are second cousins. Music runs strong and deep in that family. I've seen Dave and Ry play together 3 times in the distant past, I wish they'd tour together again.
@Scanjoon3 жыл бұрын
Just two words totally describe the Cood'. A legend!
@weezer54423 жыл бұрын
Ry, thanks for the music.
@marktaylor44583 жыл бұрын
That may have been the greatest rendition of one of the real blues men of that era. I have heard many. Some in concert and many recordings. Your voice became Big Joe's. I was amazed.
@DanFrechette3 жыл бұрын
This is pure genius and love for music embodied and given back.
@ggvbeer43392 жыл бұрын
the archeologist .. the scientist ... RY COODER !!
@katrinawallis-king15403 жыл бұрын
Ry’s impersonation of his mother made me laugh uncontrollably....yes, the disapproval is indeed a good sign. (Marc Clements)
@dhh4883 жыл бұрын
His Dad's impression was funny too.
@muhrvis Жыл бұрын
Damn, thanks for that performance! It's dirty and real.
@IL2TXGunslinger3 жыл бұрын
Holy smokes! This is a great and unusual recording of Ry in a most intimate setting. Thank You!
@brianriley42413 жыл бұрын
Made my year Ry.........!!!! keep em coming
@hypnoraythompson58243 жыл бұрын
what a version. Bravo Ry
@windyworm3 жыл бұрын
Big Joe Williams was superb. Saw him with John Lee Hooker, Curtis Jones, Oscar Peterson trio at the Fairfield Hall in Croydon near London in the 1969 Festival of Blues. What a concert!!!!
@randallkurzman92483 жыл бұрын
I would have liked to have been there. Oscar Peterson has been a favorite jazz musician of mine and Ry Cooder a favorite all-round musician, artist, composer, arranger and explorer. Funny story of his parents reaction to his early enthusiastic explorations into a genre his young self saw as something exceedingly good and full of assertion of life against all opposition. How could they question this as not being good? He knew they were not right, did not have the full story. So Ry went onward.
@randallkurzman92483 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of a quote from bandleader, composer and Ellington scholar David Berger that has stuck with me over the years that I copy here: "He was a very spiritual man, but his music is an expression of all the sides of Duke Ellington," Berger says. "He didn't compartmentalize. That's the beauty of his music. In his sacred music there is the profane. And in his profane music there is the sacred." With Ry's exploration of life's expression found in various places, refusing really to be compartmented into some box. "Hey, let us out" this song says, there is more to life than following some formula or notion of being polite when there is so much to be said.
@bluesharp593 жыл бұрын
Cool music and great video. Thumbs Up !
@francisbacon51403 жыл бұрын
Ry cooder u the man‼️ The best blues man that ever drew breath ‼️🤩🇬🇧
@mikeseed73287 ай бұрын
Beautiful
@saltspringdesign3 жыл бұрын
yah! Ry Cooder, what a masterful player. An intelligent player and soulful player, also. Love his work on Paris Texas, brilliant. And with Ali Farka Toure, Talking Timbuktu, as a steel player, that influenced me greatly and still reverberates to this day.
@michaelloffredo99132 жыл бұрын
Ry Cooder love and respect for blues music is limitless and now eternal.
@populustremula74963 жыл бұрын
What a great Ry Cooder clip. The way he captures the essence of the music he is drawn to has always opened new avenues for me. If you play guitar you know that laugh at the end of doing some piece of music that Ry lays on us here!
@wataboutya93103 жыл бұрын
Youngsters listening and watching this have no clue of the musical royalty unfolding in front of their eyes!
@foursticks1003 жыл бұрын
Best thing I've heard in a while Can't wait to see Ry live
@bobbynoe13 жыл бұрын
First time in my youtube life that I caught myself spontaneously applauding to a clip! Besides his great version of the song I like most his miming of his parent's reaction when they listend to Big Joe Williams' record (1:57)! And how Ry interprets his completely different perception of this kind of music as an act of emancipation from his parents.
@jamesrivis6203 жыл бұрын
Ry is the bomb !!! I have been 'with' him since first hearing in 1969. Great to hear from where his own sound was derived...reminds me of Chicken Skin Music.
@insaneinthebrain19783 жыл бұрын
This is the Groove! Ry you are an icon thank you for so many hours of bliss and joy I have spent with your music! Greetings from Austria
@doinurmomtwice13 жыл бұрын
LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOO !!!! You're rocking it man, thanks for that. At first I was having a shitty day but now I'm feeling better
@perryscott29833 жыл бұрын
Absolutely excellent!!!!
@hypnoraythompson58242 жыл бұрын
I LOVE THIS . I want Cooder as my neighbour . Got most of his stuff and never get tired of listening to him.
@glossy36516 ай бұрын
I have have a lot to thank my father for, one of things is exposing me to Ry Cooders music from a young age.
@jamesmckillip7360 Жыл бұрын
How does this not have a million views?
@PeterSchuett Жыл бұрын
It is not only that Ry Cooder gives a powerful interpretation of Big Joe‘s song, he has also built a 9 string guitar like Big Joe had invented. That indicates how deep Ry dived into Big Joe‘s music. Fantastic!!! I have seen Big Joe Williams live twice, but I have not yet seen Ry Cooder live. I hope he is gonna tour again (including Europe)!
@ikkenhisatsu71703 жыл бұрын
I didn't discover him until way too late. Ry Cooder is a monster. How a white kid from LA can do this... He's a real student of the blues.
@greglaprade99993 жыл бұрын
Outstandig!!! You sir are an artist in the truest sense of the word.
@bernadettecognacpitre2380 Жыл бұрын
quel son!!!! je ne peux pas imaginer vivre sans le "blues" que ces gens ont inventé Bravo
@markknopflerisnot3 жыл бұрын
Legendary player, brilliant stuff.....felt like applauding as I watched on KZfaq when he finished, so so good
@borjewahlen69174 ай бұрын
The blues just keep living in all of it forms. Wonderful
@torbenhellborn31753 жыл бұрын
Excuse . . are you kidding me . . that's THE most devoted, dedicated, sincere performance I've ever seen on this channel and I've seen a few . . all the best from Dänemark
@binderWAY2 жыл бұрын
Saw Ry live in Melbourne, Australia in the late 70's when I was around 18 or 19. I'd just bought Paradise n Lunch...What an album...He came on stage with just an acoustic guitar and a stool, maaaan it was a great concert. Now I'm 62 and after listening to this tribute to Big Joe.... he's still blowin me away. Ry, you are truly one of the greatest, thanks mate.
@stanjarin7779 Жыл бұрын
I was there. I think I might have seen him twice. Was it at the Palais?
@markhoffman22373 жыл бұрын
What an insightful commentary about Big Joe Williams! Ry is an amateur, in the original meaning of the word -- a lover of the music -- not a faddist. You don't get to his level of playing unless you really love the music. This is why he's had a career that's lasted for six decades.
@benmercadante57743 жыл бұрын
Two of the best
@mboykin60473 жыл бұрын
Devotion to authenticity is having a 9 string guitar put together to play Big Joe's stuff. Bet nobody gonna try to pick it up and play it besides Ry!
@paolocapraro99347 ай бұрын
Incredible. I love the introduction he gives, but I wasn't expecting him to start playing the song that way. So much energy!
@adamrubin75314 ай бұрын
The most versatile player alive
@8-tracktheater2623 жыл бұрын
Bless you brother Ry. Big Joe was a force. Great story as told thru your HiFi.
@ata18113 жыл бұрын
Beyond wonderful!! Thank you Ry!!
@greghoffmann79733 жыл бұрын
Wherever Big Joe Williams is, I'm sure that version put a big grin on his face.
@munkee1003 жыл бұрын
It's funny to me to hear Ry reminisce about his parents reaction to hearing him play the Big Joe Williams record on the family phonograph. When I was a teenager in the early '70s, Ry performed on a Detroit television show called "Tubeworks", that featured "underground" music. Ry played the instrumental piece, "Dark is the Night" by Blind Willie Johnson on slide guitar. I had never heard anything like that and was totally mesmerized. My dad was sitting with me, and at the end of the performance I looked at him with a sense of astonishment over the soulful beauty of the song we had just heard. I was even more astonished when my dad made a face similar to the one that Ry imitated from his own dad, and said, "You call that music?" I've been a big fan of Ry ever since.
@DavidSmith-ss1cg3 жыл бұрын
I consider myself lucky indeed that my Mom shared with me that once, before WW2, her folks elbowed her as she listened to some swing music when she was a teenager, and said, "How can you listen to that noise?" At the time, I was learning to play guitar(and listening to a beginning guitar player can surely be a horrible experience). I soon learned to practice in another place, where the noise wouldn't cause as much pain, and we could cuss and drink beer all we wanted. I remember feeling kinda bad when my folks bought me a big music book of "popular songs," and I finally figured out that they would like it better if I played songs they recognized when I practiced. I kinda wish that I had the Internet - and Rick Beato - to learn from then.
@ganazby2 жыл бұрын
Keep on rockin’, maestro Cooder! You are one of the greats.
@rodjones1172 жыл бұрын
Happy 75th birthday Ry!
@andreabaldoffei3188 Жыл бұрын
Probably the best video on KZfaq
@DanieleVacondio Жыл бұрын
you re a great bluesmannnnn
@walterotte34783 жыл бұрын
great fun, thank you Joe & Mister Cooder!
@petebansen97802 жыл бұрын
"That's Big Joe" Yessir, it certainly is - Ry just rocks it!
@davelynas55613 жыл бұрын
This is my favorite Ry Cooter. Such delight and enthusiasm. Ry is the best I’ve ever heard. Wow!
@stevehughes15103 жыл бұрын
He's a treasure alright........bought a lot of the old black music to us whities........God bless him!!
@ACOUSTIC_4LOVE3 жыл бұрын
Pure Blues at its Finest👍Great tribute to Big Joe!🇺🇸 thanks Ry- U be the Man!
@ronald220964 Жыл бұрын
Big joe williamssssssssssd with 9 string guitar i love him good imitation. Where is that guitar it belongs in a museum.
@bongobeatbox40205 ай бұрын
Freaking hilarious!!! Right on Ry!!
@felineth563 жыл бұрын
Wonderful Artist! Love you Ry Cooder!
@Tearloch3 жыл бұрын
God I love this guy .. we are so blessed to share these times..
@3340steve3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic footage of the blues MASTER. Love this sound, peel the paint.