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Smilin Ed H
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« on: February 29, 2016, 04:42:30 AM »

Any love? Or is he too 'Americana'?

Bop till You Drop was my first Cooder and I still think it's a seriously infectious album. Since then, I've bought the newer stuff and gone back and filled in some of the past. Seems sacrilegious, but I'm less enamoured of his soundtrack work (even Paris, Texas - I think I prefer The Long Riders to this).

I've only seen him once. He was supposed to be accompanied by Flaco Jiminez, but he couldn't make it, so Nick Lowe was along for the ride, with Joachim Cooder on percussion. Great night, though stylistically, a lot of their stuff was miles apart (despite their short stint as Little Village with the equally good John Hiatt and Jim Keltner).

Anyhow, here's somebody else's list of the best 15 Cooder songs:

http://fridaynightboys300.blogspot.co.uk/2016/02/ry-cooder-15-best.html

I think I might need Go Home Girl, Crazy 'Bout an Automobile, Why Don't You Try Me and How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?
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« Reply #1 on: February 29, 2016, 06:05:01 AM »

You've seen him? Wow.

Into the Purple Valley is a lovely album. And of course Cooder the slide guitarist was there at a seminal moment in pop history: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayUqmladJuo
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Smilin Ed H
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« Reply #2 on: February 29, 2016, 07:18:07 AM »

Yeah, he came over a few years back. Got tickets at the last moment and was really glad I did. It also gave me the chance to see Lowe because I'd missed him when he was touring with Ron Sexsmith.
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