Ry Cooder, Terry Evans - Down In Mississippi

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16 жыл бұрын

From "Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have A Ball", a film by Les Blank taped at The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA on March 25'th 1987.
Look out for "Delta Time" by Terry Evans & Hans Thessink out Sept. 21- a new version of this song will be on that record. Terry and Hans is joined by Ry Cooder, Bobby King and Arnold McCuller - all from this concert. See "The making of Delta Time" here: • HANS THEESSINK & TERRY...
Comment from MrBillindallas:
Concert was from a two night run - the last of nine total dates on the NorCal tour. Shot on 16mm film with an audio remote truck in the alley. Movie was released in Europe but not in the US. Great band, at one of the best venues in the 'States, the last two nights of the mini-tour they were truly on fire. One venue was so small the band filled the stage and the dance floor.
Setlist for the two nights in Santa Cruz:
3-24-87 Santa Cruz, CA (the Catalyst):
Showtime
Little Sister
Smack Dab In The Middle
Lets Have A Ball
Me and Frank
unknown title [Spanish lyrics]
Hell Have To Go
If Walls Could Talk
Jesus on The Mainline
How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times & Live?
One Meatball
Atom Bomb
Teeny Weeny Bit of Your Love
Why Dont You Try Me?
Down In The Boondocks
The Things That Make You Rich Make Me Poor
Crazy Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know)
encores:
Chain Gang
Down In Hollywood
Goodnight Irene
3-25-87 Santa Cruz, CA (the Catalyst):
Smack Dab In The Middle
Lets Have A Ball
unknown title [Spanish lyrics]
Hell Have To Go
If Walls Could Talk
Jesus On The Mainline
How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times & Live?
One Meatball
Atom Bomb
Teeny Weeny Bit of Your Love
Down In Mississippi
instrumental
The Things That Make You Rich Make Me Poor
Crazy Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know)
Chain Gang
Down In Hollywood
Goodnight Irene
Band:
Ry Cooder: guitar, vox
Jim Keltner: drums
Van Dyke Parks: keys
Jorge Calderon: bass
Flaco Jimenez: accordion
Miguel Cruiz: percussion
Steve Douglas: sax
George Bohannon: trombone
Singers:
Bobby King: tenor
Terry Evans: baritone
Arnold McCuller: tenor
Willie Green Jr: bass

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@billbrock7468 2 жыл бұрын

Down and dirty, can I get an “Amen?” Talk about sensitive interplay between musicians! A sleazy trombone, Ry Cooder wielding that guitar like a man possessed, and that voice - my God, that voice! Straight from the swamp, like he’s channeling a 1,000-year-old man. This, dear listeners, is music the way it’s meant to be performed. No silly auto tune vocals, no banal instrumentation, no smoke, no mirrors, no gimmicks. Just one long ton of talent.

@pvrednick 6 ай бұрын

Amen !

@DeloresSteverson 2 ай бұрын

😊

@DeloresSteverson 2 ай бұрын

❤❤ wow

@TheLupusm 2 ай бұрын

We The People love Mississippi! ;)

@markchronister4620 6 күн бұрын

Sounds swampy. Caught a couple of notes that sounded like “Southern Comfort” the movie that Ry did the music for.

@hilmarwensorra1215 Жыл бұрын

In VERY loving memory of Mr. Terry Lee Evans (1937 - 2018 R.I.P. Gone but NOT forgotten)

@thebigsthands 3 жыл бұрын

THIS IS SOME OF THE HEAVIEST BLUES SHIT IVE EVER HEARD IN MY LIFE THIS IS WHY I PLAY OH LAWD

@MrStonemike 13 жыл бұрын

How could eight people say they dislike this "tidal wave" of talent? Regardless of ones political or musical preferences, an honest person cannot deny greatness!

@allendodd4844 2 жыл бұрын

They in they KKK

@samhema620 2 жыл бұрын

I know this comments from 10 yrs ago but I'm 32 grew up listening to this guy thanks to my old man loving it n I completely agree ND also fuck these 8 people Ry Cooder's the Man Chur👍

@timothylewis2450 Жыл бұрын

People gonna hate…even kill what they do not like or understand.

@jimfladwood4393 Жыл бұрын

Music from the HEART!

@ouruniverse6005 11 ай бұрын

It's because their just gay 😅

@daisbumflea9070 2 жыл бұрын

Just having a rough day then stumbled across this belter in my country blues playlist....got shivers and started annoying my neighbour hooting 😂❤️

@danieleventura3810 5 жыл бұрын

7 minutes of goooooooooosebumps. This performance is a miracle.

@chasingvenusfilmarts 13 жыл бұрын

If it got any better, my head and heart would simply explode.

@DownwardSlideBlues 15 жыл бұрын

Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces was an outstanding ensemble. They made some beautiful music together.

@patriciahollister5906 9 жыл бұрын

This man's voice has the power of thousands of voices. It feels as if other lives are here with him..

@SuperBluesman56 3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, I couldn't agree more with you Patricia!!!

@ellahabibi1854 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, full of Soul!

@grindaff 2 жыл бұрын

What a great comment

@jennifer75727 3 ай бұрын

Amen

@toby1255 Ай бұрын

Who was the lead singer? Just found this music.

@colonelfrogs 3 жыл бұрын

Hell yea Mississippi boy here, good ass music

@Kev_Barea Жыл бұрын

For 7 minutes I give my soul away...

@mobilebar6629 2 жыл бұрын

Best version ever recorded...

@infichif 9 жыл бұрын

This is the best Mississippi song I have found so far. Reminds me of a cypress swamp after midnight.

@kurtspotts2504 9 жыл бұрын

This live performance you can feel all the way down in your soul. Mind blowing.

@MelekBetul 9 жыл бұрын

Superb performance!

@timothylewis2450 Жыл бұрын

He lived it. Born in Vicksburg 1937.

@huwking-jones1517 6 жыл бұрын

Forty years of listening to Ryland Cooder through all his musical evolvements so good

@romattigk 3 жыл бұрын

One of the best blues perfomance ever live on stage ,,,greate voice of mr.evans

@MrEdwaar 5 жыл бұрын

One word Timeless

@williamwillis581 11 жыл бұрын

Such a powerful song. Terry Evans gets his shoulders going and Ry looks like he is in a trance during his solo ride

@francoisebeylie2923 4 жыл бұрын

He was in a music trance !

@user-gi2zk9cr4q Жыл бұрын

Makes the hairs on the back of my neck STAND RIGHT UP!!!!!!!! This is the REAL thang...

@thatsmysolstice1584 2 жыл бұрын

This is crazy wicked good! You are down in old Mississippi listening to this. Up under your ribs stuck like old Molasses!

@nancine2 8 жыл бұрын

Dear Lord! Could this be any better? So perfect and powerful.

@dawnballew7907 8 жыл бұрын

uummm nooo

@ingervantulder2138 6 жыл бұрын

Put your sweet lipps closer

@ingervantulder2138 6 жыл бұрын

Ry cooder

@HighlyCruciferous 6 жыл бұрын

@nancine it's a great cover, but to answer your question, yes, just listen to the original

@ericvolenz7737 6 жыл бұрын

Nancine2, I gasp and struggle to express how this song, in fact the whole concert at the catalyst moves me. it is supernatural how extraordinary it is. Im 69, an old retired doctor, a nonmusician, and this is to me the most finely crafted, soulful piece of work...well, it makes me want to stay alive. It makes me love everybody around me. What more can you expect of music?

@AllenGoodman 3 жыл бұрын

This is so hot you can feel the humidity like high noon in the Delta.

@missomurphy 7 ай бұрын

Ry Cooder used to come to London with these guys and play the Hammersmith Odeon in the 1980s. I would buy tickets for the last night, and then they’d add more nights and I’d have to buy more tickets for the new last night 😀 Bobby King would come in in a tux and take his jacket off, and then his tie and then his shirt 😀 Those singers were something else and Ry, well Ry Cooder was God. Still is. Best live music I ever heard ❤

@greggjensen1350 3 жыл бұрын

The best blues i ever heard and i am an old white haired guy

@Rashoop 6 жыл бұрын

May you rest in peace Terry. Amazing voice that will be missed.

@timothylewis2450 Жыл бұрын

Truly a gifted musician.

@ikkenhisatsu7170 2 жыл бұрын

Ry Cooder is a phenomenal guitarist. I am bummed I never listened to him for over 40 years, until recently.

@ditkoofseppala 10 жыл бұрын

Powerful, intense music! Ry Cooder's guitar performance is wonderful... but man! Those VOICES. That sound is somehow the essence of Mississippi for me. It's like what this cut says, says it once for all time. GREAT.

@PintsandVerbosity 16 жыл бұрын

I don't care who you are are, you can feel this. Brilliant.

@mikedownend6861 3 жыл бұрын

Hey nick, you still feeling this 13 years later?

@johngulino2651 2 жыл бұрын

Ry Cooder is as good as it gets. Best blues ever.

@andykayll1414 8 жыл бұрын

all i can say is thanks for the great music.

@analogemma Жыл бұрын

Such a great Lenoir song AND this is just as good

@MrPHart 9 жыл бұрын

The reason we all seem to understand the Blues is every (almost every) adult has had that "hole in your bully with the wind blowing thru." And it's better listening to it than having to live it day by day. Glad I live here on the left coast and can still play a little music to keep an old man smiling, yes! ℗.

@showaddy11 14 жыл бұрын

this is the man. not playing for a clap. when are we gonni get that music when the real is gone ry.

@rhondawiseman9234 3 жыл бұрын

Very good group of musicians.very powerful for sure.

@2c4u222 13 жыл бұрын

Ry has such a heart, passion and connection for the sentiment of this song - and the people so moved by their long-ago hurtful memories of Mississippi. He did a likewise BEAUTIFUL job of producing Mavis Staples' wonderful CD.

@mrboogie107 13 жыл бұрын

DAMN! that man howls like howling wolf!

@diannecoluchi226 2 жыл бұрын

There are no words. This just leaves me speechless.let the miracle of these talented people speak for itself

@thegreatconsummation6939 Жыл бұрын

This tune is so heavy incredible musicians man! How can you get better than heavy blues? Impossible!

@morphinlounge101 16 жыл бұрын

Man, so much feeling, so much feeling.

@henryVIIIification 9 жыл бұрын

And that was live boys and girls. None of that production that you can't repeat on your own. Live, Live it was live I tell ya. Talk about setting a mood. Good God Almighty, that was something special. 'Ol Roy can make it talk and the vocals are just perfect. It's like I just took a trip and never left the farm. In my younger days I worked in Mississippi on the Tombigbee River. Yes boys and girls we was surveying the Tombigbee for the subsequent locks and dams. 1971 or 1972 I believe it was. Mississippi is sure something special. Especially the folks out in the country You talk about down home and country well they have it or at least had it. Met some wonderful people for both races. And this song sets the mood. Also check out RL Burnside Holly Springs Miss. He's gone now but he had a little club in Holly Springs. I once spent a weekend their at one of the surrounding farms. Met some wonderful people and some real share croppers. It was like taking a step back into the past.

@larryfleck1985 9 жыл бұрын

ainthurtinnobody I think u meant Ry not Roy j/s Yeah the south is known for hospitality although I ain't sure if it's like it used to be. Years ago I had a flat and some young guys helped us out right up to bringing it back n putting it on the car, in FL! Really nice young men they were.

@henryVIIIification 9 жыл бұрын

Larry Fleck Your right. I probably had been listening to Roy Buchanan and got my Ry and Roy's mixed up. They're both good though.

@halbiggiam3320 4 жыл бұрын

My family reunions were in Mississippi, near Columbus, Camp Pratt, a former YMCA campground.. Our cabin was a few yards from bank of Tombigbee River. Every 2 yrs. for 4 days 3 nights in muggy Miss. August, our families would come from around the U.S. and bring that place to life. Each family stayed in different cabins. We all thank the yr. they finally put in AC units in them. My Mother's brother's and sister's still lived in Miss. and Alabama. Everyone played an instrument and or sang, most played by ear and extremely well. My wonderful Aunt Norene raised all the mouth watering food we ate, black eyed peas, melons, corn, pecan pies[ my fav] fresh purserves and on and on. I gained 10 pds. every time, I didn't mind at all. I savored each morsel. She played guitar, fiddle and sang so beautifully. We ate, played, sang, hugged, told well worn, but welcome stories . Fished, swam, tennis, baseball, basketball, rode horses. Man I loved it so. Now all is left are wonderful memories, as most all have passed on or too old to travel the great distance. The closest airport is in Memphis.This song always takes me back, I've always liked it and Ry's music. Many of my relatives were born in shacks with no running water, heat, electricity, indoor toilet. They picked cotton as children and grew up in Great Depression, a hard life. 12 brother's and sister's on my Mother's side, her the baby. Still kickin' at 94 yrs. young. But all prospered in many and varied ways and places. In 94 I took my wife and newborn daughter to the reunion. We traveled from Illinois, about 1600 miles round trip. I always switched from interstate, to two lane road, once I got to Tupalo. Stayed the night there, always stayed at same hotel. I'm a photographer, who loves shooting the old stores, buildings, shacks and barns, still then, on the one time main highway. Some sites seemed still stuck, in a time warp of days long ago. The trip in 94 I decided to stop in Holly Springs, of all places, to eat a picnic lunch. A lush green vine infessed spot , blanketed on all sides , some 50 yrds. off road. The Vines were so thick around us and our feet, it felt like plush green carpet to walk and sit upon. I'm fond of the timed photo, I took on tripod of the three of us, surrounded by a green lush canopy. I wanted to ''go back in time''briefly, with my wife and 2 month old daughter. You see , I was the only one in my family born in the North, a damn Yankee! Of all things! I had always wished for Southern roots in a way. Well, this damn Yankee can't believe this extended, long winded diatribe. Your comment just made me ''step back into the past'', as you said. Ya'll take care now. lol

@leogeee1 8 ай бұрын

The first time I heard Down in Mississippi was by Mavis Staples. Both renditions are gutsy and genuine. RIP Terry Lee Evans.🙏✝️

@sopelt005 Жыл бұрын

Terry Evans is one of the greatest blues man ever !!

@47hammer 7 жыл бұрын

Mississippi Delta Blues.!

@laaxe 13 жыл бұрын

This song moves my ass everytime I hear it. Man... the most haunting vocals I've probably ever heard, with Ry Cooder sliding that icing on the cake... Some music theorists think the "third" doesn't belong in the panatonic (blues) scale.. Couldn't disagree more...

@gummyworms3911 7 жыл бұрын

This is what music is.

@chromemutt 14 жыл бұрын

I get so tired of all the who,s better than who shit ,just enjoy an immensly talented artist this is stunning

@bigd312 5 жыл бұрын

BAD ASS brother.....Ry tore it UP on this one....and great vocals with Terry.....Magnificent job....

@josh0g 6 жыл бұрын

R.I.P. Terry Evans. I never knew a voice could contain so much soul.

@lorenz096 11 жыл бұрын

100% pure feeling !!!! Fucking love this song !

@Peace4All09 4 жыл бұрын

Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, love love love, big smiles from Downunda Oz, i never ever get sick of this song or Crossroads. Much Love 💓💖💓

@kevinhaggart7668 11 жыл бұрын

Pure delta blues, nothing compares a dying art

@Yrr666 4 жыл бұрын

Gut bucket blues at it's absolute best. Rockin' back and forth with the beat.

@woordenstroom7 12 жыл бұрын

And this said: my father had this concert on VHS back in the 80's. Together with a few parts of Woodstock this must have been the concert video I watched the most in my teens. It just gets to you, the voices, the slide, the atmosphere of the whole thing...

@Hansthatjudicious 10 жыл бұрын

If you can keep your body still listening to this, you must be dead! Great stuff! Thanks for uploading it.

@mikeswain6058 Ай бұрын

As a Mississippi boy ( an proud of it) I cn honestly say this is the shit.

@jackd8602 Жыл бұрын

O my old white Soul loves this, NOT worthy but still learning

@JarvisMod 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing. Gives me goosebumps.

@25firejuggler 6 жыл бұрын

RIP Terry Evans. So sad to have lost you. Powerful, powerful voice

@siemvandenoever 11 жыл бұрын

amazing performance

@SkankinMojo 6 жыл бұрын

RIP Terry Evans.

@SPLENDIDZEN 2 жыл бұрын

Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi where I was born Down in Mississippi where I come from Way down As far back as I can remember I either had to plow or hoe One of them long ol’ nine feet sacks Standin’ at the old turn row Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi where I was born Down in Mississippi where I come from Way down Nothin' I got against Mississippi It also was the home of my wife But I feel just like a lucky man To get away with my life Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi where I was born Down in Mississippi where I come from Way down They had a huntin’ season on the rabbit If you shoot him you went to jail The season was always open on me Nobody need no bail Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi Down in Mississippi where I was born Down in Mississippi where I come from Way down Way down

@raimundebel2531 5 жыл бұрын

I am sorry that Terry past away

@Smudgeroon74 3 жыл бұрын

Rest in Peace Terry Evans. A true legend

@yargxof 6 жыл бұрын

Rest In Peace, Terry Evans...

@mbroders 12 жыл бұрын

Terry Evans - has worked for ages with Ry Cooder, as well as having an impressive solo career. Check out his duo albums with Bobby King, his solo albums, and the awesome "Visions" CD with Hans Theessink.

@1blastman 4 жыл бұрын

This is a POWERFUL piece of music, can you post the whole concert?

@neilc8657 3 жыл бұрын

@@1blastman it's on KZfaq somewhere I've watched it

@timothylewis2450 Жыл бұрын

He was an amazing musician.

@kathymccauley7589 3 жыл бұрын

Powerful. I never get tired of hearing this.

@SuperBluesman56 11 жыл бұрын

What a powerful voice, what a song !

@joehalbop1928 3 жыл бұрын

Now thats a band in the zone...brilliant stuff...

@user-in6ic2lq3p 3 жыл бұрын

Best of the best!

@eddando113 8 жыл бұрын

Terry Evans ! what a voice! full of power and emotion!

@kristiannissen6366 6 жыл бұрын

:-(

@johnmitchelljr 7 жыл бұрын

I call this "slide shredding". Ryland was really feelin" it. Mr. Evans Vocals were great. Thank you

@francoisebeylie2923 4 жыл бұрын

And I call this soul slide shredding .

@James57AOL 8 жыл бұрын

All, who may pass this way, get busy, I say, help me lord, help me.......Bring the kind of music, strength in essence and energy in the heart......Songs you feel deeply about, for more than the playing of fast notes, or pretty buts talkin bout lustin the night away.....The passion of the tone, the deep sense of familiarity and the feel better after its done. Ready for yet another concert ....... Tina could, Beyoncé could, Dolly and Loretta could, and the list, can take a week to verify of those in past generations who could take voice and instrument and make the whole world better, if only for a night, a song, an album...or just the sight of them.....there are many who do just that.....define what it is to be a Great Performer.

@Inconel505 11 жыл бұрын

Singers: Bobby King: tenor Terry Evans: baritone Arnold McCuller: tenor Willie Green Jr: bass

@ManDudeYeah 14 жыл бұрын

Down in Mississippi, the sun does indeed does beat down from the sky.

@gianvittoredeboni1647 2 жыл бұрын

I Just love you Ry not for Just being a Great musician but for the respect you Ve Always paid to what we White could call "minor" cultures...and to your musicians. You can bring It All to Heaven!!! If some guitarists are supposed to be stars..you are the sun!!

@rsjmd Жыл бұрын

had to be said...a real humanitarian from the get go.

@robertlisternicholls 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that was bloody good - I didn't want it to end.

@Danifuken Жыл бұрын

Man, this is Heaven.

@richardbusson5903 3 жыл бұрын

Ry Cooter is the luckiest man alive.

@chromemutt 6 жыл бұрын

And that's how you do it , less is more this is truly stunning what an amazing player no fret ripping runs just real ability with soul brilliant

@MelekBetul 9 жыл бұрын

Terry Evans is so underrated.

@hapibeli 16 жыл бұрын

Ry's "Boomer's Story" was my introduction to his work. Amazed ever since. Saw him live in Liberty Hall Houston, Texas, 1972. Solo, acoustic. It was musically groundSHAKIN for me.

@francoisebeylie2923 4 жыл бұрын

And you were very lucky to see him so young ...

@bledartirane3975 2 жыл бұрын

Blues Gospel and Soul music those masters live as a good remember and for the next generation thanks for oll my ♥ ✌✌✌

@RogerSteinbrinkh2oBrother 3 жыл бұрын

Mississippi Goddamn!

@ZonkTheBear 12 жыл бұрын

This is Music with capital M! That voice sends shivers down my spine!

@StanimirGiba 13 жыл бұрын

Magnificent

@imrepohl 16 жыл бұрын

ry cooder is simply a genious. not only that, but he is a proper musician, he seems to have not ego!

@francoisebeylie2923 4 жыл бұрын

He knows he's good and he loves music and beautiful songs , that's all ...

@aloisemason3972 2 жыл бұрын

Ry Cooder,a solo artist and singing,playing guitar legend..terrific on stage..Mississippi huh..backup singers are fantastic .

@lindarobertson1341 2 жыл бұрын

THAT is talent!!!!!

@sissine68 8 ай бұрын

Sublime c'est la magnificence.Quelle pure beauté! J'adore la 🎶 c'est d'un charme fou!!! Bravo à vous tous. ♥️♥️♥️🌞🌈🔥🔥🔥💧💐💯💯💯💫💥👍👌✌️🙏🙏🙏🥰

@GnomicMaster 7 ай бұрын

Now that's blues!!!

@BlisterOnTheMoon 13 жыл бұрын

one and only terry evans!

@manfreddistel4323 10 жыл бұрын

awesome! i´ve seen terry live 2times here in austria 2gether with hans theessink - it was a wonderful experiance!! especially THIS song! thanx & god bless!

@step7274 3 ай бұрын

Love this so much.

@desmo999 7 жыл бұрын

To understand, to feel, the American Culture it is a must to listen to this fantastic musicians like Ry Cooder. Wonderfull that Joey Landreth is walking on this wonderfull sound.way a bit now.

@goodun6081 7 жыл бұрын

I think you meant to say his name is sonny landreth, not Joey, but yeah, Sonny is a phenomenal slide player.

@desmo999 7 жыл бұрын

Both are some wonderfull Blues players, and never forget Justin Johnson!!!!

@desmo999 7 жыл бұрын

Shure Sonny is really great but Joey Landreth, Justin Johnson and Ry Cooder are my favourites.

@carlcunningham8221 7 жыл бұрын

Wow what an amazing guitar solo.

@pewterpork 15 жыл бұрын

Ry makes his guitar sing, so he doesn't have to. This is the REAL blues, folks: the music style was born of oppression and misery, and it HAD TO BE THAT WAY, or we would not have this emotional music style that changed the world. Ry is onle of the last greats. I am learning slide, and lemme tell ya, it's a HELLA lot harder that it looks! Awesome post, thanks! (BTW: This song is used in the movie soundtrack "Crossroads". More vocal, but good nonetheless.)

@francoisebeylie2923 4 жыл бұрын

RY Cooder sayed himslf :" I needed 8 years to play with a bottleneck " , so it's not easy to play well . Keep on learning ... ( on Ry Cooder 1970 interview )