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Who is Ry Cooder
In June 2010, responding to the passage of Arizona SB 1070, he released the single "Quicksand", which tells the story of Mexicans attempting to emigrate to Arizona through the desert.[30][31] Cooder's critically acclaimed[32][33] new album Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down, released on August 30, 2011, contains politically charged songs such as "No Banker Left Behind"[34] which was inspired by a Robert Scheer column.[35] In 2011, he published a collection of short stories called Los Angeles Stories, written about people living in Los Angeles in the 1940s and 1950s. The book's characters are mostly talented or skilled, clever or hardworking people living in humble circumstances. With story titles such as "La vida es un sueño" and "Kill me, por favor", the collection's stories often have a Hispanic theme, and the book deals partially with Latinos living in Los Angeles during this time. An American Songwriter article in 2012 suggested that Cooder's recent string of solo albums have often taken on an allegorical, sociopolitical bent. Music journalist Evan Schlansky said that "Cooder's latest effort, Election Special (released August 21, 2012, on Nonesuch/Perro Verde) doesn't mince words. It's designed to send a message to the 'deacons in the High Church of the Next Dollar'".[36] The album was composed in support of the Democratic Party and President Barack Obama in the 2012 election. On September 10, 2013, Cooder released Live in San Francisco, featuring the Corridos Famosos band, including Joachim Cooder on drums; Robert Francis on bass; vocalists Terry Evans, Arnold McCuller, and Juliette Commagere; Flaco Jiménez on accordion; and the Mexican brass band La Banda Juvenil. The album was recorded during a two-night run at Great American Music Hall in San Francisco, August 31 and September 1, 2011. It is Cooder's first official live recording since Show Time in 1977 (which had also been recorded at Great American Music Hall).[37] In 2015, Cooder toured with Ricky Skaggs, Sharon White and other members of the Whites with their "Music for The Good People" show.[38] The tour continued through into 2016. On May 11, 2018, Cooder released his first solo album in six years entitled The Prodigal Son.[39] The subsequent tour featured opening performances by his son, Joachim, who also accompanied Cooder on drums.[40] In 2019, he toured with Rosanne Cash on a brief tour as a tribute to Johnny Cash called "Cooder and Cash on Cash".[41] 2020s[edit] On April 22, 2022, Cooder and Taj Mahal released Get on Board: The Songs of Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee.[42] Awards[edit] 1988 Grammy Award (Best Recording for Children) – Pecos Bill, producer (Rabbit Ears Productions) 1993 Grammy Award (Best World Music Album) – A Meeting by the River (with Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt) 1994 Grammy Award (Best World Music Album) – Talking Timbuktu with Ali Farka Toure 1997 Grammy Award (Best Tropical Latin Performance) – Buena Vista Social Club 2003 Grammy Award (Best Pop Instrumental Album) – Mambo Sinuendo with Manuel Galbán 2003 Grammy Award (Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album) – Buenos Hermanos, producer (Ibrahim Ferrer, artist)[43] 2000 – Honorary doctorate from Queen's University, Canada 2001 – Honorary doctorate from the California Institute of the Arts 2017 – BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards – Lifetime Achievement Award[44] 2018 – Montreal International Jazz Festival – Spirit Award [45] Discography[edit] Solo albums[edit] .mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column} Ry Cooder (December 1970) Into the Purple Valley (February 1972) Boomer's Story (November 1972) Paradise and Lunch (May 1974) Chicken Skin Music (October 1976) Show Time (January 1977) Jazz (June 1978) Bop Till You Drop (August 1979) Borderline (October 1980) The Slide Area (April 1982) Get Rhythm (November 1987) Chávez Ravine (May 2005) My Name Is Buddy (March 2007) I, Flathead (June 2008) Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down (August 2011) Election Special (August 2012) The Prodigal Son (May 2018)[46] Compilations[edit] Why Don't You Try Me Tonight (1986) River Rescue – The Very Best of Ry Cooder (1994) Music by Ry Cooder (1995) (two-disc set of film music) The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed (October 2008) Singles[edit] "He'll Have to Go" / "The Bourgeouis Blues" (1977; Reprise Records) "Little Sister" / "Down In Hollywood" (1979; Warner Records) "Crazy 'Bout an Automobile (Every Woman I Know)" Recorded live, October 25, 1980, at Victoria Apollo, London / "If Walls Could Talk" Recorded live, February 26, 1981, at Old Waldorf, San Francisco, California / "The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)" Recorded live, February 26, 1981, at Old Waldorf, San Francisco, California / "Look at Granny Run Run" Recorded live, February 26, 1981, at Old Waldorf, San Francisco, California (1981; Warner Records) "Gypsy Woman"/ "Alimony" (1982; Nonesuch Records) "Get Rhythm"/ "Get Your Lies Straight" / "Down in Hollywood" (1988) "Come Down" / "Get Rhythm" / "Little Sister" (1994) "Quicksand" (June 2010) Collaborations[edit] Tanyet (1967) (with The Ceyleib People) Jamming with Edward! (Let It Bleed sessions, 1969, with Nicky Hopkins, Mick Jagger, Bill Wyman, Charlie Watts) (1972) "GABBY PAHINUI HAWAIIAN BAND vol.1" Gaby Pahinui and Ry Cooder (1975) "GABBY PAHINUI HAWAIIAN BAND vol.2" Gaby Pahinui and Ry Cooder (1977) Ry Cooder and the Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have a Ball (1988) Rising Sons featuring Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder with Rising Sons (recorded 1965/66, released 1992) Little Village (1992) A Meeting by the River (1993) (with Vishwa Mohan Bhatt) Talking Timbuktu (1994) (with Ali Farka Touré) Ry Cooder/Lindley Family: Live At The Vienna Opera House (1995) with Joachim Cooder, David Lindley and Rosanne Lindley The Long Black Veil (1995) (with the Chieftains) Buena Vista Social Club (September 1997) Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ibrahim Ferrer (1999) (with Ibrahim Ferrer) Hollow Bamboo with Jon Hassell and Ronu Majumdar (bansuri) (2000) Mambo Sinuendo (January 2003) (with Manuel Galbán) Buenos Hermanos (2003) (with Ibrahim Ferrer) Mi Sueño (2007) (with Ibrahim Ferrer, production of 'Melodía del río' only) Buena Vista Social Club at Carnegie Hall (2008) (with Buena Vista Social Club) San Patricio (March 2010) (with the Chieftains) Live in San Francisco (September 2013) (with Corridos Famosos) Lost and Found (March 2015) (with Buena Vista Social Club, production of 'Macusa' and 'Lágrimas Negras' only) Get On Board (May 2022) (with Taj Mahal) Soundtracks[edit] Performance (1970, three of 13 tracks) The Long Riders (June 1980) Southern Comfort (1981) The Border (1982) Streets of Fire (1984) Paris, Texas (February 1985) Alamo Bay (August 1985) Blue City (July 1986) Crossroads (July 1986) Cocktail (1988, one track: "All Shook Up") Johnny Handsome (October 1989) Trespass (January 1993) Geronimo: An American Legend (1993) Last Man Standing (1996) The End of Violence (1997) Primary Colors (1998) My Blueberry Nights (2007) As session musician[edit] Safe as Milk (1967) with Captain Beefheart Taj Mahal (1968) with Taj Mahal Gentle Soul (1968) with The Gentle Soul Neil Young (1968) with Neil Young Head (1968) with the Monkees Permanent Damage (1969) with the GTOs Hard 'N' Heavy (with Marshmallow) (1969) Paul Revere & the Raiders Border Town (1969) with Fusion[47] Longbranch Pennywhistle (1969) with Longbranch Pennywhistle Let It Bleed (1969) with the Rolling Stones "Something Better / Sister Morphine" (1969) with Marianne Faithfull Running Down the Road (1969) with Arlo Guthrie 12 Songs (1970) with Randy Newman The Candlestickmaker (1970) with Ron Elliott Washington County (1970) with Arlo Guthrie Stained Glass Morning (1970) with Scott McKenzie Sit Down Young Stranger (1970) with Gordon Lightfoot Crazy Horse (1971) Stories (1971) with David Blue Sticky Fingers (1971) with the Rolling Stones Little Feat (1971) with Little Feat She Used to Wanna Be a Ballerina (1971) with Buffy Sainte-Marie Living (1971) with Judy Collins Rita Coolidge (1971) with Rita Coolidge Petaluma (1972) with Norman Greenbaum Salty (1972) with Alex Richman[48] Sail Away (1972) with Randy Newman Stories We Could Tell (1972) with the Everly Brothers Don Quixote (1972) with Gordon Lightfoot Hobo's Lullaby (1972) with Arlo Guthrie Rod Taylor (1973) with Rod Taylor[49] Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys (1973) with Arlo Guthrie Maria Muldaur (1973) with Maria Muldaur Good Old Boys (1974) with Randy Newman Arlo Guthrie (1974) with Arlo Guthrie Stampede (1975) with the Doobie Brothers Little Criminals (1977) with Randy Newman Blue Collar (1978) (soundtrack)[50] Into the Music (1979) with Van Morrison No Nukes: The Muse Concerts for a Non-Nuclear Future (1979) Money and Cigarettes (1983) with Eric Clapton Midnight Mission (1984) Carla Olson and the Textones Bring the Family (1987) with John Hiatt Trio (1987) with Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris Live and Let Live (1988) with Bobby King and Terry Evans Party of One (1990) Nick Lowe Mr. Lucky (1991) with John Lee Hooker Warm Your Heart (1991) Aaron Neville Peace to the Neighborhood (1992) Pops Staples Father Father (1994) Pops Staples King Cake Party (1994) with the Zydeco Party Band The Tractors (1994) with the Tractors A Toda Cuba le Gusta (1997) with the Afro-Cuban All Stars Good Dog, Happy Man (1999) with Bill Frisell Sublime Ilusión (1999) with Eliades Ochoa Chanchullo (2000) with Rubén González October Road (2002) with James Taylor The Wind (2003) with Warren Zevon Enjoy Every Sandwich: The Songs of Warren Zevon (2004) Delta Time (2012) with Hans Theessink and Terry Evans Fuchsia Machu Picchu (2018) with Joachim Cooder Films[edit] Ry Cooder and the Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: at The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, California; March 25, 1987 (1987), Director: Les Blank, Producer: Ry Cooder, Flower Films and Warner Brothers. 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Written works[edit] Los Angeles Stories, City Lights Publishers (2011)[51] References[edit] .mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman} ^ .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}Chinen, Nate (November 15, 2015). 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