finetune artist: Ry Cooder

L.A.-based guitarist Ry Cooder learned from the best, getting lessons from legendary bluesman Rev. Gary Davis at an early age. In the mid 1960s, he formed pioneering blues-rock band the Rising Sons with Taj Mahal. When that dissolved, he became an in-demand session player for everyone from Captain Beefheart to Randy Newman. He worked with the Rolling Stones in the late '60s, and nearly became Brian Jones's replacement. Over the years he released numerous quirky solo albums venturing into folk, blues, country, and even Hawaiian music. In the late '90s he instigated the Buena Vista Social Club project, getting veteran Cuban musicians together and presenting their sound to the world via shockingly successful albums, concerts, and a documentary.

Listen to Ry Cooder at Finetune.

(2008) Chicken Skin Music
(2008) I, Flathead
(2008) The Long Riders [OST]
(2008) Johnny Handsome [OST]
(2008) Crossroads [OST]
(2008) The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed
(2008) Show Time
(2008) Alamo Bay
(2008) Borderline
(2008) The Slide Area
(2007) My Name Is Buddy
(2005) Chavez Ravine
(1995) Music By Ry Cooder
(1995) Ry Cooder
(1991) Boomer's Story
(1989) Paris, Texas: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
(1988) The Slide Area
(1988) Into the Purple Valley
(1988) Borderline
(1987) Paradise And Lunch
(1987) Get Rhythm
(1983) Bop Till You Drop
(1978) Jazz
(1976) Show Time

Paris, Texas
Little Sister
Jesus On the Mainline
I Can Tell By the Way You Smell
The Very Thing That Makes You Rich