Donovan On Jim

Don't Look Back: The Donovan Interview

By Paolo Vites

Hello. Actually I met you when you were here in Milano last time when you were here to promote your Sutras album.

Oh, very good.

I remember talking with you in the short press conference after the show. It was great.

Yes, thank you.

So it was about seven or eight years from your last album. What happened in these seven years?

Oh, many things. I was busy promoting the album in the USA. I worked on my book. I have a book coming out next year. I continued to work on my archive of my music and I created a label called 'Donovan Discs’ and I created a website. So I was quite busy but I wasn't in the studio until 2 1/2 years ago when I made this new record.

You said you did your own label but are you planning to re-release your old albums with extra tracks or something like that?

Something like that. Like this: 'Donovan Discs' is looking after my archive which no one has heard. The lost tapes… and the first lost tape we released was called 'Sixty Four' on the website which is www.donovan.ie. so on this website there is my first archive, number one.

Oh great. I will check it. I didn't know.

Yes, 'Sixty Four' it's called. My first nine recordings... before commercial records and this was a great find and then 'Donovan Discs' also made 'Beat Café' but this time it's not for sale on website. It’s on the Appleseed label in the USA and the world. So the label is doing two things. It’s making my new record but it's also going to handle the archive. But the catalog, the actual catalog of my past is going to be handled by Sony in America and they will release the box set next year. That will be with outtakes, yes.

Fantastic news. I can't wait for that ...and hopefully there will be also in your archives some recordings in concert thru the years or just...

Yes! We have concert recordings also. So the plan is to begin to release more next year of the archive.

Fantastic. So, about this new, great album 'Beat Café’, I should say that I enjoy a lot.

Thank you.

It was kind of a surprise. And of course it is not a surprise knowing about your history.

Ha-ha.

Musically speaking it is a very interesting album. How did the idea for such a particular project come out?

Well, John Chelew, the producer... (he is a) roots producer, he won three Grammy Awards, he is a very good roots producer. He worked with Blind Boys of Alabama, Richard Thompson... he worked with John Hiatt. He worked with very good musicians and he called me up and he said he just made a record with my good friend, Danny Thompson. So Danny called me and said, ‘This John Chelew, he wants to take you in the studio and wants to do the magic Donovan and Danny Thompson sounds’ and this sound, how it works is Danny plays this acoustic bass which is antique, Victorian bass called 'Victoria' and I play acoustic. Danny Thompson and Donovan, we made records... so many good records over the years. He also was on 'Sutras'. John said, 'Would you like to try experiment with Danny?' and I said 'I'm ready.' Danny is the master bass and I'm the master acoustic! Ha-ha-ha! So the three masters got together in Hollywood and we made seven recordings, one after another which became 'Beat Café.' Now the theme of 'Beat Café' became important because it was like a Bohemian record, making like improvisation, but not old jazz, not old blues but a new kind of a way of recording.

Yes, actually listening to a song like 'Love Floats' is a very interesting experimental-kind of music.

Yes, it sounds a little bit like Jimmy Smith or Georgie Fame on the organ. It sounds like rhythm and blues but then it's got this other sort of world music thing going...and atmospheric vocals and so we experimented there on 'Love Floats'.

Yes, that's great. How easy was it to reach such a sound? I mean...

Well, it's easy when you've got Jim Keltner and Danny Thompson and...and Donovan.

Ha-ha, yeah.

To make a good sound, the producer is very important and the studio is....very very VERY important and it was analog and it was analog and then some digital experimentation later with loops, but not digital, loops, you know we looped a bit but most of it was very easy to record with these guys.

Yes, that's great. Actually, as I say, the sound in some moments like this song 'Love Floats' sounds very, very modern, if I can say... because it reminds me of some kind of trip-hop music...

Yeah

I don't know if you listen to that kind of music...in England there is a very interesting scene, I don't know how much you...

Yes, we wanted to experiment with modern...

And it's interesting because that kind of music is usually electronic music, while you play acoustic instruments.

Yes! So it's like a modern loop, dance thing in some places in 'Love Floats' but we're using acoustic loops rather than electronic. We said we must stay as pure as possible to the acoustic sound because that's what we were looking for.

That’s great. The title track, the 'Beat Café' song, talking about the lyrics, you describe so well the atmosphere of the Beat Café. I was wondering, when you were growing in Scotland there were the same kind of Bohemian scene that there was in New York City or San Francisco coffee houses.

Yes, they are different in different countries and the American was the model of the beat generation but we had a beat scene in Britain. I was ten years old when the family moved from Scotland to outside London and there was a Bohemian Jazz Club, Blues Clubs, folk clubs, poetry, art schools, coffee house that was London but it was very different from America in the sense that the cafés of America and Paris...in London it was pubs. There were some cafés/coffee houses. It was pubs where the music Café was played but it was same kind of Bohemian thing. You see, Bohemia is an incredible experience. It’s begun way back in 1840 in Paris...in the cafés of Paris and a new kind of figure, a new kind of man and woman was walking the streets and they called them Bohemians because they hung out in the Bohemian cafés in the Latin quarter where the gypsies played and of course gypsies are called Bohemians 'cause they come from Bohemia and so the Bohemian scene was very strong in the UK also.

So it's possible to say you were more influenced by these European approach than the classic beat writers like Kerouac Ginsberg?

I was influenced by Kerouac and Ginsberg and Burroughs as well and they were American, yeah, but when you look, Kerouac, his family comes from Brittany and France. So he's like Kerouac a French-Keltic poet. So there was a connection and of course, the connection of Ginsberg and the classic poetry of Europe. So it was very europeanized and so we loved the Americans because of jazz. You see America created jazz. They mixed poetry and jazz. So those three poets opened those doors.

The song 'Yin My Yang', to me it sounds like a classic Donovan song. How did this particular song came out?

How I write? How I record?

How did the idea come about?

The idea came from, I guess, the music. I have so many different styles. I love different styles from the folk to the blues, to the jazz, to the Latin America and this has got a Latin American rhythm but it's unusual Latin. It's Donovan Latin and it has this very easy Bosa Nova feel, but with a difference, a kind of dak-dak-dak. More like, I should say, more like tango. It's like a tango, as well and the words come from the Bohemian books on Zen Buddhism and Eastern philosophy and the Buddhism of Ying and Yang. So I making some jokes with spiritual and philosophical words. 'Yin My Yang' is a love song.

Also, another of my favorite tracks at the moment is your version of the 'Cuckoo' the classic version of the song. I remember the Pentangle doing a version of this one many years ago.

Oh yeah. Well, Danny, of course was in the Pentangle.

It was, maybe an idea from Danny Thompson to record?

No, it's a famous song, of course. We, who come from the folk scene, love it.
People jam on it because it's so simple and infectious. It's great. So the idea came... I didn't have a plan. No plan to make 'Cuckoo', but of course the Bohemian Cafés have jazz, blues, classical, poetry, painting, sculptures, dancers and they have folk musicians. So when we heard this in the studio, it was a jam. Jim Keltner heard me tuning up and I started picking for the tuning up. I started picking the 'Cuckoo' and he said to me 'What's that mountain thing?' You know, 'mountain' meaning Appalachian mountain/banjo coz he knows a lot about music. I said it's called 'The Cuckoo' and he said 'Why don't we record it?' So we went in the studio and we played it twice and that was it! The masters, Danny already knew it from the Pentangle, of course. I already knew it and Jim learned it and so it was great. At one point we said 'Should we put it on the album? It sounds so different' and Jim Muscleman of Appleseed records said 'It MUST go on the album! It's part of the 'Beat Café' and so the 'Cuckoo' is one of my favorites now, also and when Jim Keltner listened to the track he was so pleased. I said, 'Why are you smiling?' Jim Keltner said 'I've finally outcashed Johnny Cash!' Because Jim always wanted to make a record with Johnny, but he never did and now he gets a chance and it sounds when I listened to it playing just like the drummers on the Johnny Cash records.

That's a great story. That's absolutely a great version.

Yeah, thank you. I love that track. It's one of those you record two times and that's it.



Magic, yeah!

What about the Dylan Thomas poem? I mean it makes perfect sense talking about Bohemian…the poetry....but why did you chose that particular poem?

Well, Dylan Thomas is our Bohemian poet of the 50's, I guess...of the 1950's and very influential, incredible, Welsh, British/Welsh, Keltic and a great influence on me and others. Many young poets were influenced and of course the Jazz and the poetry of the west coast, San Francisco where Kenneth Roth and Lawrence Ferlinghetti in the late '40's they pioneered reading poetry to jazz and of course Dylan Thomas grew up in the jazz age and so we put the two pieces together and I particularly like this poem 'Do Not Go Gentle' because my father passed away in the last four years.

I'm sorry.

He was...lived a long life and he read me poetry and so this is my tribute to my father. Just like Dylan Thomas' poem is a tribute to his father.

Inside the record you wrote 'The journey leads to where you've always been.' Do you feel that with this album you've completed your journey in a way or…

Um...I don't think....

Musically speaking, of course.

Yes, the journey continues. It's not complete yet. There is this other thing going to happen next year called the Forty Anniversary and the book and the documentary and the box sets and all that, but 'the journey continues' I celebrate 'Beat Café' this year because it was the beginnings. It's…out of the Bohemian Café came all the wonderful sounds and ideas that have changed the world of music and the arts and changed the world for better, but out of that Bohemian Café came me and I'll celebrate my journey as a popular artist next year and talk about all the subjects again of anti-war, civil rights. All my songs, they speak of the movements. The civil rights, the anti-protest songs, the anti-war songs then the discovery of the holy plants inner world and psychodelia and then meditation and ecology and feminism and cosmic conscientiousness and on and on. So after next year, my journey will continue into 2006 and I have another project which will take me in the studio to develop the journey further. So the journey goes on and the journey always leads to where you've always been. It's an expression to say that the e spiritual world is inside always. Always the spiritual world is here and always the music will return to the roots. It will always go back to where you've always been and so my journey goes on but it always goes back to the center...to the root of folk and roots music.

You say that you are writing your book. I understand is a biography. I read in an English magazine that you wrote a short article about Bob Dylan's biography. Have you had the chance to see Bob Dylan in concert in recent times?

Sure and I read the complete book and he also speaks of his early Bohemian days which is fascinating and a lot of my book speaks of the early British Bohemia which is fascinating for me as well and....recent concerts? No. Five years since I saw Bob but I think the concert probably is similar to the same concert today and he's very much into the electric rhythm and blues, which he loves, but recently I heard he was doing acoustic...a couple of acoustic songs on the stage and I'd like to see that, but I haven't seen a concert for some time.

How do you like his recent albums?

I love the Daniel Lanois. I think he's the perfect producer for Bob.

I have just a couple more questions if you have some time. Just a personal curiosity. Not many people know that the Allman Brothers Band famous 'Mountain Jam' is inspired by your 'There Is a Mountain' song. So I'm just very curious to know if you ever discussed with the people in the Allman Brothers Band about that particular song. The 'Mountain Jam' is a kind of landmark to the Allman Brothers Band. the Allman Brothers Band music is so different from your music...I thought maybe you were friends?.

No, we didn't...we briefly met when once, with one of the Allman brothers', his name is Gregg. Who's the other brother's name?

Duane

Who's the guy who died?

Duane

Duane. Gregg is still alive?

Yes

It was Gregg when he was with Cher and that was fifteen years ago (not really, this is a note by me, it must have being at least 30 years ago). He was dating Cher and they were in Berlin and I didn't get a chance to talk but I said 'hello' and I said 'thank you' for that jam' because it's fantastic when a great band covers your song. 'Season Of The Witch' also has been jammed by Steven Stills and Al Kooper in a super session and the 'Mountain Jam' of course and it's so cool to have these kinds of songs that bands groove on. Led Zeppelin used to rehearse…begin the rehearsal with 'Season of the Witch' because it made the balance of the band correct. The arrangement was so simple and so full of groove that the drums and the bass and the guitars and the keyboards could be balanced easy and also the band could enjoy the sound check....ha-ha....and not play their own songs. They could play that and so I love 'Mountain Jam', yeah

Talking about 'Season of the Witch', it's one of my favorite Donovan songs. Other songs like 'Hurdy Gurdy' , you have special musicians on those… Jimmy Page actually recorded with you.

Yes

And also Jeff Beck.

Yes

What you remember about recording with those people, I mean…

Well it's fabulous. Jimmy Page was in The Yardbirds and then he...the band broke and he left and he became a studio player and that's how he made some money. We did some sessions in London and I was very lucky to have Jimmy on my records and he was extraordinary. He IS an extraordinary player and he played on 'Sunshine Superman' and 'Hurdy Gurdy Man' and he played on some other items which I think I have in my archive which I'm trying to find. Then Jeff Beck, he's amazing. My wife, Linda had a friend called Cecilia Hammond and Cecilia Hammond married Jeff Beck so Cecilia Hammond, the model and Jeff were living together many years and I always loved his playing and Mickey Most, my producer was recording Jeff Beck on the album ' Beck-Ola ' and he invited Jeff and the band to come in and do a single with me and we came in the studio.

Jeff was late and the song was 'Barabajagal' and the drummer of Jeff Beck's band....what was his name...Mitch Miller...no no...can't remember his name, but the drummer was playing the beat and the tempo of 'Barabajagal' when I walked in and...Mickey Waller is his name....and I said 'Mickey, how are you doing?' and Mickey said 'Alright, Don. How are you?' I said 'You've heard the tune then?' and he was tuning the drums and playing the drums to the same exact pattern that 'Barabajagal' needed and I said 'Well, you're playing the tempo.' He said 'No I haven't heard a bloody thing' and I said 'Well, that's the tempo.' and he said 'Well that's good' and then I went into the studio and there was Ronnie Wood who was playing with Beck at the time and he plugged in and said 'What's the chords?' and I said 'Here they are.' He said 'Right, got it' and Nicky Hopkins on piano said nothing to us. He was just reading a comic book called 'Silver Surfer' and that's when he made a band called 'Silver Surfer' later and then I just played the chords. The band played it once and said 'Right, where's Jeff Beck?' and Jeff was late and Mickey Most had a table with hor d'ourves and wine and beer and coffee and tea and we were all waiting for Jeff and then he arrived and he said nothing. He was Jeff Beck. He just had jeans and these boots on and Mickey Most said 'Ok Jeff, get out your guitar.' and Jeff looked around the studio and he said ' Where's my fuckin' guitar?' and the band said 'Oh no! It's locked in the van!' So Jeff Beck arrives at the 'Barabajagal' session with NO Jeff Beck guitar and so he says to Mickey Most 'Look, just phone up and rent me one.' So they phoned up and rented the best Fender Stratocaster they could find in London and they brought it in and we recorded it…in three takes. Jeff was incredible. He only had to hear it once and he knew what to do and the two girls, Madelyn Bell and Leslie Duncan did the backup vocals and I made a record with Mickey Most and Jeff Beck and it was the most unusual Donovan record. I think there is another most unusual Donovan record. It is called 'Epistle to Dippy'. That one may be the weirdest one. Ha-ha.

Why?

It's SO experimental with classical and rock guitar and strange chords. I tuned the guitar into very weird chords and so, just like 'Beat Café', I experimented then and I continue to try and experiment. For instance, on 'Beat Café' the experimental song 'Whirlwind' (he makes guitar sounds) It's like a kind of backwards...I'm playing a riff like a blues riff but backwards and that works. It's a good experiment, that one. On the 'Beat Café', talking about guitar players, we wanted Jimmy Page for the 'Beat Café' project

Wow

And we sent so many telephone calls to him and we wanted him to play acoustic because that was the project, but he had a bad back and he was busy. He couldn't come and at one point I said to John Chelew, the producer 'Look, why not I'll play the guitar?' So I play all the lead guitar on 'Beat Café' and I'm so glad because I'm a little shy about playing lead. I play fantastic pick finger style guitar.

You did a good job

But I never really played the lead styles. So I tried to play the lead and we put the guitar thru Leslie speakers to try to make the guitar sound very unusual and anyway I enjoyed playing lead and I'm so sorry Jimmy didn't join us on 'Beat Café' but hey I think I discovered a new guitar player called ME! Ha-ha

Just the last question, since you were such good friends with the Beatles, in a few days it will be the sad anniversary of the deaths of George Harrison and John Lennon too. If you don't mind I'd like to ask you a few words to remember your friends?

Well, John is sadly missed and yet his music goes on forever. He was a casualty of fame and the worst kind. My book next year speaks of my relationship with John and the freedoms we lost when we became famous and the dangers of fame from fans and from excess, but John...we miss him. George, well he was my closest of the Beatles friends and the spiritual path and his songs and the spiritual path and my songs were the same path. We miss George, but his music, also, goes on forever and George would be the first to say 'Don't worry about my body. I don't believe in bodies. 'George would say. 'The body is just a vehicle. We pick it up and we drop it and we go on into our future lives.' So George is reincarnated or else he's in one of the heavens. Maybe he's on cloud nine. Ha-ha. But we miss them both but they would be the first to say 'Don't be sad for me. You get on with your own live and make this world a better place to be.'

Bob Dylan - Live In Europe 2002

Bob Dylan - Bournemouth 2002
Crystal Cat Records CC 635-36 Unofficial Release (2002)






Track Listing:

Disc One:
1. Intro
2. Wait For The Light To Shine
3. If Not For You
4. Desolation Row
5. Mama, You Been On My Maind
6. Absolutely Sweet Marie
7. Floater
8. Subterranean Homesick Blues
9. Cry A While
10. Boots Of Spanish Leather
11. A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall
12. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right


Disc Two:
1. Summer Days
2. Not Dark Yet
3. Drifter's Escape
4. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
5. Not Fade Away
6. Like A Rolling Stone
7. Forver Young
8. Honest With Me
9. Blowin' In The Wind
10. Highway 61 Revisited









Personnel:
Jim Keltner - Drums
Bob Dylan - Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Charlie Sexton - Backing Vocals, Guitar
Larry Campbell - Backing Vocals, Cittern, Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel Guitar, Violin
Tony Garnier - Bass

Bob Dylan - Cardiff 2002
Crystal Cat Records CC 637-38 Unofficial Release (2002)





Track Listing:
1. Intro
2. Humming Bird
3. The Times They Are A-Changin'
4. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
5. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
6. Solid Rock
7. Positively 4th Street
8. Lonesome Day Blues
9. Stuck Inside The Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
10. Masters Of War
11. Visions Of Johana
12. Tangled Up In Blue


Disc Two:
1. Moonlight
2. Summer Days
3. The Wicked Messenger (Harmonica)
4. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
5. Things Have Changed
6. Like A Rolling Stone
7. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
8. Honest With Me
9. Blowin' In The Wind
10. All Along The Watchtower








Personnel:
Jim Keltner - Drums
Bob Dylan - Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Charlie Sexton - Backing Vocals, Guitar
Larry Campbell - Backing Vocals, Cittern, Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel Guitar, Violin
Tony Garnier - Bass

Bob Dylan - Oslo 2002
Crystal Cat Records CC 617-18 Unofficial Release (2002)






Track Listing:

Disc One:
1. Intro
2. Wait For The Light To Shine
3. The Times They Are A-Changin'
4. Desolation Row
5. The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll
6. Solid Rock
7. Floater (Too Much To Ask)
8. Positively 4th Street
9. Lonesome Day Blues
10. Mama You Been On My Mind
11. Visions Of Johanna
12. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right


Disc Two:
1. Ballad Of A Thin Man
2. Summer Days
3. The Wicked Messenger
4. Leopard-Skin Pill-Box Hat
5. Man Of Constant Sorrow
6. Like A Rolling Stone
7. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
8. Honest With Me
9. Blowin' In The Wind
10. All Along The Watchtower








Personnel:
Jim Keltner - Drums
Bob Dylan - Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Charlie Sexton - Backing Vocals, Guitar
Larry Campbell - Backing Vocals, Cittern, Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel Guitar, Violin
Tony Garnier - Bass

Bob Dylan - Stockholm 2002
Crystal Cat Records CC 615-16 Unofficial Release (2002)






Track Listing:

Disc One:
1. Intro
2. Humming Bird
3. The Times They Are A-Changin'
4. It's Alright, Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)
5. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
6. Man Of Constant Sorrow
7. Lay Lady Lay
8. Solid Rock
9. Positively 4th Street
10. Twedle Dee & Tweedle Dum
11. Make You Feel My Love
12. Maggie's Farm


Disc Two:
1. Summer Days
2. Sugar Baby
3. Drifter's Escape
4. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
5. Things Have Changed
6. Like A Rolling Stone
7. Forever Young
8. Honest With Me
9. Blowin' In The Wind









Personnel:
Jim Keltner - Drums
Bob Dylan - Vocals, Guitar, Harmonica
Charlie Sexton - Backing Vocals, Guitar
Larry Campbell - Backing Vocals, Cittern, Guitar, Mandolin, Pedal Steel Guitar, Violin
Tony Garnier - Bass

V/A - Blaze OST

V/A - Blaze OST
A&M Records SP 3932 (1990)







Track Listing:
1. Bennie Wallace - Main Title (The Great Pea Patch Waltz)
2. Fats Domino - One Night
3. Bennie Wallace - Harlem Nocturne
4. Bonnie Sheridan - The Next Time You See Me
5. Bennie Wallace - Drive To The General Store
6. Hank Williams, Sr. - Hey, Good Lookin'
7. Bennie Wallace - Kidnap
8. Bonnie Sheridan - Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
9. Bennie Wallace - He Ain't Crazy (He's A Lover)
10. Bennie Wallace - Sho-Bar To Pea Patch
11. Bennie Wallace - C.C. Rider
12. Bonnie Sheridan - When The Saints Go Marching In
13. Bennie Wallace - Fine Day For A Walk
14. Bennie Wallace - Heart Attack
15. Bennie Wallace - Open 'Em Up Boys
16. Bennie Wallace - To The Couch And Beyond
17. Bennie Wallace - Precious Lord
18. Randy Newman - Louisiana 1927









Personnel:
Jim Keltner - drums
Bennie Wallace - arranger, producer, saxophone
Fats Domino - vocals, piano
Bonnie Sheridan - vocals
Randy Newman - vocals, piano
Hank Williams - vocals, guitar
Billy Preston - organ
Buell Neidlinger - bass
Byron Berline - fiddle
John Charles Moore - trumpet
Eugene Wright - acoustic bass
Frank Strazzeri - piano
Fred Staehle - drums
George Doering - guitar
Greg Leisz - guitar
James Burton - guitar
Jerry Scheff - bass
Jerry White - trumpet
John Ewing - trombone
Leo Nocentelli - guitar
Mac Rebennack - piano
Marshal Royal - clarinet
Mike Lang - piano
Red Callender - tuba
Bob Hardaway - saxophone
Snooky Young - trumpet
William "Smitty" Smith - keyboards
Adriana Zoppo, Armen Garabedian, Armen Ksadjikian, Berj Garabedian, Buell Neidlinger, Carole Kleister-Castillo, Dennis Karmazyn, Denyse Buffum, Ezra Kliger, Haim Shtrum, Harry Cykman, Joe Goodman, Kazi Pitelka, Kevan Torfeh, Linn Subotnick, Margaret Storer, Maria Newman, Pamela Goldsmith, Rick Gerding, Roland Kato, Ronald Leonard, Russ Cantor, Shoshana Claman, Sid Page - strings

Riley Etheridge Jr. - The Straight And Narrow Way

Riley Etheridge Jr. - The Straight And Narrow Way
Rock Ridge Music 61406 (2014)





Track Listing:
1. Song For Amy
2. What's A Man To Do?
3. Another Time, Another Place
4. Roll Away The Stone
5. Heart Attack
6. The Maze (Of My Own Creation)
7. Even As We Fall
8. The Straight And Narrow Way
9. Second Chance, Saving Grace
10. (She's) Only In New York
11. Down To My Last Twenty Dollars











Personnel:
Jim Keltner - Drums
Riley Etheridge Jr. - vocals, guitar
Doug Belote - Bass, Drums
Bobby Campo - Horn
Tony Dagradi - Horn
Danny Sadownick - Percussion
Dan Dugmore - Pedal Steel Guitar
David Ellis - Bass, Drums
Erica Falls - Background Vocals
Rex Gregory - Horn
Philip Manuel - Background Vocals
Greg Morrow - Bass, Drums
Johnny Neel - Harmonica, Keyboards
NOLA Horns - Horn
Michael Rhodes - Bass, Drums
Larry Sieberth - Horn Arrangements
Shane Theriot - Guitar, Producer, Background Vocals
Wendell Tilley - Guitar, Producer, Background Vocals
Rick Trolsen - Horn
Calvin Turner - Bass, Drums
Sara Watkins - Violin, Background Vocals

Bob Dylan - The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (Deluxe Edition)

Bob Dylan - The 30th Anniversary Concert Celebration (Deluxe Edition)
Columbia/Legacy Records 303410 (2014)







Track Listing:

Disc One:
1. Like a Rolling Stone - John Mellencamp
2. Leopard-skin Pill-box Hat - John Mellencamp
3. Introduction by Kris Kristofferson
4. Blowin' in the Wind - Stevie Wonder
5. Foot of Pride - Lou Reed
6. Masters of War - Eddie Vedder & Mike McCready
7. The Times They Are a-Changin' - Tracy Chapman
8. Introduction by Kris Kristofferson
9. It Ain't Me Babe - June Carter Cash & Johnny Cash
10. What Was It You Wanted - Willie Nelson
11. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight - Kris Kristofferson
12. Highway 61 Revisited - Johnny Winter
13. Seven Days - Ron Wood
14. Just Like a Woman - Richie Havens
15. When the Ship Comes In - The Clancy Brothers and Robbie O'Connell with special guest Tommy Makem
16. Introduction by Johnny Cash
17. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere Mary-Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash & Shawn Colvin
18. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Rehearsal - October 15, 1992) - Eric Clapton



Disc Two:
1. Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues - Neil Young
2. All Along the Watchtower - Neil Young
3. I Shall Be Released - Chrissie Hynde
4. Don't Think Twice, It s All Right - Eric Clapton
5. Emotionally Yours - The O'Jays
6. When I Paint My Masterpiece - The Band
7. Absolutely Sweet Marie - George Harrison
8. License to Kill - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
9. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35 - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
10. Mr. Tambourine Man - Roger McGuinn
11. It's Alright, Ma (I m Only Bleeding) - Bob Dylan
12. My Back Pages - Bob Dylan, Roger McGuinn, Tom Petty, Neil Young, Eric Clapton & George Harrison
13. Knockin' on Heaven s Door - Everyone
14. Girl from the North Country - Bob Dylan
15. I Believe in You (Afternoon Rehearsal - October 16, 1992) - Sinead O Connor









Personnel:
Jim Keltner - drums
Bob Dylan - vocals, guitar
George Harrison - vocals, guitar
Eric Clapton - vocals, guitar
Tom Petty - guitar, vocals
Willie Nelson - vocals, guitar
Neil Young - vocals, guitar
Benmont Tench - organ
Reggie Young - guitar
Johnny Cash - vocals
Stevie Wonder - vocals, harmonica, piano
Mike Campbell - guitar
Sheryl Crow - background vocals
Kenny Aronoff - drums
Mickey Raphael - harmonica
Ron Wood - vocals, guitar
Lou Reed - vocals, guitar
Kris Kristofferson - vocals, guitar
Al Kooper - organ
Johnny Winter - vocals, guitar
Tom Petty - vocals, guitar
Rosanne Cash - vocals, guitar
Mike McCready - guitar
Garth Hudson - accordion
Anton Fig - drums, percussion
Steve Cropper - guitar
Levon Helm - vocals, mandolin
Rick Danko - vocals, guitar, electric bass
Eddie Vedder - vocals
Kerry Marx - guitar
June Carter Cash - vocals
Booker T. Jones - organ
Curtis King - background vocals
Dennis Collins - background vocals
Roger Mcguinn - vocals, guitar
John Mellencamp - vocals
David Grissom - guitar
Mary-Chapin Carpenter - vocals, guitar
Chrissie Hynde - vocals, guitar
Eddie LeVert - vocals
Shawn Colvin - vocals, guitar
Walter Williams - vocals
Lisa Germano - violin
Mike Wanchic - guitar
G.E. Smith - guitar, mandolin
Richard Bell - accordion
Ron Fair - piano
Tracy Chapman - vocals, guitar
Richie Havens - vocals, guitar
Pat Peterson - percussion, background vocals
John Cascella - accordion, keyboards
Brenda King - background vocals
Liam Clancy - vocals, guitar
Tommy Makem - vocals, banjo
Paddy Clancy - vocals, harmonica
Robbie O'Connell - vocals, guitar
Bobby Clancy - vocals, percussion
Christine Ohlman - background vocals
Darryl Keith John - background vocals
Jim Weider - vocals, guitar
Randy Ciarlante - vocals, drums
Sam Strain - vocals
Sue Medley - background vocals
Jerry Barnes - background vocals
Katreese Barnes - background vocals
John Cascella - accordion, keyboards
Leotis Clyburn - background vocals
Donald "Duck" Dunn - bass
Howie Epstein - bass
Nanci Griffith - guitar, vocals
Carolyn Hester - vocals
Cissy Houston - background vocals
Jeff Rosen - producer
George Thorogood - guitar
Don Was - bass
Sophie B. Hawkins - vocals
Sinead O'Connor - vocals

RHYTHM December 2004

RHYTHM July 2004

Ry Cooder Discography: Live Shows / DVD's

Ry Cooder Discography: LIVE SHOWS / DVDs




RY COODER SOLO & WITH BAND 1963-1976
1963 - Jackie DeShannon & Ry Cooder: Live at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA. - Sept. 3 1963 Set 1 and Set 2
1963/1964 - Pamela Polland & Ry Cooder: Live at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA. (various performances)
1964 - Pamela Polland & Ry Cooder: Live at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA. - July 1 1964 Set 1 and Set 2
1964 - Pamela Polland & Ry Cooder: Live at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA. - Aug. 21 1964
1965 - The Rising Sons: Live at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA. - May 28 1965 (early and late show)
1965 - The Rising Sons: Live at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA. - May 29 1965 (early and late show)
1965 - The Rising Sons: Live at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA. - May 29 1965
1965 - The Rising Sons: Live at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA. - May 30 1965 (early and late show)
1965 - The Rising Sons: Live at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA. - May 31 1965 (early and late show)
1965 - The Rising Sons: Live at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA. - June 1 1965 (early show)
1965 - The Rising Sons: Live at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA. - June 29 1965 (Grown So Ugly)
1966 - The Rising Sons: Live at The Ash Grove, Los Angeles, CA. - May 9th 1966
The Rising Sons are:
Ry Cooder - vocals, lead guitar; Taj Mahal - vocals, harmonica, guitar, piano; Jesse Lee Kincaid - vocals and rhythm guitar; Gary "Magic" Marker – bass; Ed Cassidy – drums

1970 - Ry Cooder & Band: Fillmore West, San Francisco, CA.
Musicians:
Ry Cooder: guitars, vocals, mandolin; Steve Ferguson, piano; Chris Etheridge, bass; Richie Hayward, drums.
1972/1979 - Ry Cooder: "Digger" Nyon, Switzerland 1979, Lost In The Late Late Show, Mainport, Cleveland and elsewhere in the US 1972
1972 - Ry Cooder: Town Hall, New York, 1972/11/10
Musicians:
Ry Cooder: guitars, vocals, mandolin; Jim Dickinson, piano; Tommy McClure, bass; Jim Keltner, drums.
1972 - Ry Cooder: Radio Ranch, WMMS FM Broadcast, Mainport, Cleveland. Does not include Holy Spirit
1972 - Ry Cooder: Radio Show promo. Interview + live performance
1973 - Ry Cooder: The Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC TV UK (Also on DVD)
1973 - Ry Cooder: Popgala, De Vliegermolen, Voorburg, Netherlands. Dutch TV
1973 - Ry Cooder: Studio performance Hilversum VPRO Radio, Netherlands
1974 - Ry Cooder: Passim's, Cambridge, Mass
1974 - Ry Cooder: The Bottom Line, New York City
1974 - Ry Cooder: Travellin' Man (Tracks 1-13 from The Bottom Line (above); Tracks 14-17 Main Point, Philidelphia)
1974 - Ry Cooder: Buffalo, New York City USA Februari 1974
1974 - Ry Cooder: Record Plant, Sausalito, CA.
Musicians:
Ry Cooder: guitars, vocals, mandolin; Russ Titelman: bass; Jim Keltner: percussion, drums; Milt Holland: percussion, drums; Singers: Bobby King, Gene Mumford and Cliff Givens.
1974 - Ry Cooder: If Walls Could Sing - Tracks 1-11 Sausalito, CA, Tracks 12-18 Buffalo, NY
1974 - Ry Cooder: Ebbets Field, Denver, Co
1974 - Ry Cooder: The Midnight Special. USA TV Show
1975 - Ry Cooder: Greezy Wheels, The Bottom Line, New York City
1975 - Ry Cooder: Fool For A Cigarette, Clark University, Worcester, Mass
1976 - Ry Cooder: My Father's Place, Roslyn, New York City
1976 - Ry Cooder solo: Amazinggrace, Evanston IL. July 6 1976

FLACO JIMENEZ & BAND feat. RY COODER AND AUGIE MEYERS 1975
Musicians:
Flaco Jimenez: accordeon and vocals; Isaac Garcia: drums; Henry "Big Red" Ojeda: bass; Hugo Gonzales: bajo sexto; Ry Cooder: electric guitar and vocals; Augie Meyers: vocals
1975 - Flaco Jimenez & Band feat. Ry Cooder and Augie Meyers: Austin City Limits Texas, Oct. 30 1975

RY COODER & THE CHICKEN SKIN BAND 1976-1977
Musicians:
Ry Cooder: electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals; Flaco Jimenez: accordeon; Isaac Garcia: drums; Henry "Big Red" Ojeda: bass; Jesse Ponce: bajo sexto; Frank Villarreal: alto sax (USA TOUR); Pat Rizzo: alto sax (EUR TOUR); Singers: Eldridge King, Terry Evans, Bobby King
1976 - Ry Cooder: Saturday Night Live, USA TV Show
1976 - Bottom Line, NYC. Two Shows: early and late Show on Oct. 27 1976
1976 - The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA. Two shows, early show and late show on 13th December
1976 - Santa Monica Civic Centre, Santa Monica CA December 16 1976
1976 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA, December 15 1976
1977 - Concert Building, Amsterdam, Netherlands, January 23 1977
1977 - Rockpalast, German Rock Music TV Show, January 26 1976
1977 - Manchester Apollo, Manchester UK (45 min.)
1977 - The Old Grey Whistle Test, BBC TV UK

RY COODER "JAZZ" 1978
1978 - Ry Cooder with The Golden Gate Quartet & David Lindley, Soundstage (USA TV Show)

RY COODER SOLO 1979
1979 - Mallemunt Festival, Brussels Belgium, July 26 1979
1979 - 15th Cambridge Folk Festival UK - Friday July 27 1979 - Sunday July 29 1979
. Saturday July 28 1979 Afternoon Show
. Saturday July 28 1979 Evening Show
. Sunday July 29 1979 Evening Show
1979 - Lost In The Late Show, Nyon, Switzerland. Same as Digger

RY COODER & BAND NO NUKES 1979 COMPLETE
1979 - Ry Cooder & Band, Madison Square Garden NYC, Sept. 21 1979.
Musicians: Ry Cooder: guitar & vocals; David Lindley: guitar; Jim Keltner: drums; Tim Drummond: bass; Ras Baboo: percussion; William "Smitty" Smith: organ; Bobby King (lead on Looking for a Love) & Herman Johnson: backing vocals; Chaka Kahn: lead vocals (Good Thing);
No Nukes: The Muse Concert for a Non-Nuclear future was from Sept. 19 - Sept. 23 1979

RY COODER & DAVID LINDLEY 1979
1979 - Perth, Australia, October 1979
1979 - Live In Kubo Kodo, Tokyo Japan. October 29 1979
1979 - Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo Japan. October 31 1979
1979 - Osaka, Japan. November 2 1979

RY COODER & BAND feat. JOHN HIATT 1980 -1981
Musicians:
Ry Cooder: guitar, vocals; Jesse Harms: keyboards; John Hiatt: guitar, vocals; Daryl Verdusco: drums; James Rolliston: bass; Singers: Bobby King: tenor, Willie Green Jr: bass
1980 - Borderlive (Warner promo) London, UK
1980 - Ry Cooder: Victoria Apollo Theatre, London, UK Oct. 25 1980
1980 - Ry Cooder: Düsseldorf Germany EUR Oct. 10 1980
1980 - Ry Cooder: Theatre Mogador, Paris France, October 4 1980
1980 - Ry Cooder: Frankfurt, Germany Eur. Oct. 1980
1981 - Ry Cooder: Uptown Theatre, Kansas City Febr. 21 1981
1981 - Ry Cooder: The Old Waldorf San Francisco CA, February 27, 1981
1981 - Ry Cooder: Reseda Country Club, Los Angeles CA, March 4 1981
1981 - Ry Cooder: Convocation Hall Toronto Canada 1981
1981 - Ry Cooder: New Port USA 1981
1981 - Ry Cooder: Park West, Chicago Ill. WXRT Radio Broadcast 1981

FLACO JIMENEZ feat. RY COODER 1981
1981 - Flaco Jimenez feat. Ry Cooder: McCabe's Guitar Shop, Santa Monica CA - May 2nd 1981

RY COODER & BAND - SLIDE AREA WORLD TOUR 1982
Musicians:
Ry Cooder: guitar, mandolin, vocals; Jim Dickinson: keyboards; Chris Etheridge - bass; Jim Keltner: drums; George "Baboo" Pierre: Percussion; William D. "Smitty" Smith: Organ; Singers: Bobby King: tenor, Pico Payne: baritone, Willie Green Jr: bass.
1982 - Ry Cooder: Trondheim Norway April 20 1982
1982 - Ry Cooder: Götheborg Sweden April 29 1982
1982 - Ry Cooder: Kongresshaus, Zürich, Switzerland, May 3 1982
1982 - Ry Cooder: Hammersmith Odeon London UK May 27 1982
1982 - Ry Cooder: Hammersmith Odeon London UK June 6 1982
1982 - Ry Cooder: Pavillon Baltard Paris, France May 6 1982
1982 - Ry Cooder: Milano Italy May 4 1982
1982 - Ry Cooder: Old Grey Whistle Test BBC Television 1982
1982 - Ry Cooder: Carré Theatre Amsterdam The Netherlands May 7 1982
1982 - Ry Cooder: Brussels, Belgium May 8 1982
1982 - Ry Cooder: Carré Theatre Amsterdam The Netherlands May 9 1982

RY COODER & BAND - OPENING FOR ERIC CLAPTON 1983
Musicians:
Ry Cooder on vocals, guitar; John Hiatt on guitar; Steve Douglas on sax; Jim Dickinson on keyboards; Jim Keltner on drums; John Garnache on bass; Bobby King and Willie Green on backing vocals.
Ry opens about 20 shows for EC in 1983. Backed by four pieces and two singers, Cooder artfully teamed blues, R&B and gospel styles, though he's better off in a more intimate venue.
1983 - Ry Cooder & Band: Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA., Febr.1st 1983.
1983 - Ry Cooder & Band: Brendan Byrne Arena, Meadowlands, East Rutherford, New Jersey - Febr. 22 1983
1983 - Ry Cooder & Band: Capital Centre, Largo, Maryland, Washington DC, Febr. 28 1983
1983 - Capital Centre, Landover, MD 1983-02-28 (Alt. Source)

RANDY NEWMAN FEAT. RY COODER & LINDA RONSTADT 1983
1983 - Randy Newman: The Odeon, NYC 1983

JOHN HIATT & BAND FEAT. RY COODER 1983
Musicians:
John Hiatt: guitar, vocals; Jesse Harms: keyboards; Howie Epstein: bass; Daryl Verdusco: drums; Ry Cooder: guitar.
1983 - John Hiatt: Cotati Cabaret, Cotati CA (early show) Nov. 19 1983
1983 - John Hiatt: Cotati Cabaret, Cotati CA (late show) Nov. 19 1983
1983 - John Hiatt: Cotati Cabaret, Cotati CA (early show) Nov. 20 1983
1983 - John Hiatt: Cotati Cabaret, Cotati CA (late show) Nov. 20 1983
1983 - John Hiatt: Wolfgangs, San Francisco CA Nov.22 1983
1983 - John Hiatt: The Palace, Hollywood CA Nov. 23 1983
1983 - John Hiatt: The Palace, Hollywood CA Nov. 24 1983
1984 - John Hiatt: Various King Biscuit Moments 1984

DUANE EDDY & BAND FEAT. RY COODER 1983
Musicians:
Duane Eddy: guitar; Ry Cooder: guitar; Hal Blaine: drums; Steve Douglas: sax; Don Randi: keyboards; John Garnache: bass.
1983 - Duane Eddy: Catalyst Santa Cruz, CA. - June 22 1983
1983 - Duane Eddy: Keystone Palo Alto, CA. – June 23 1983
1983 - Duane Eddy: Keystone Berkeley, CA. - June 24 1983

RY COODER & BAND 1984
Musicians KCRW:
Ry Cooder: guitar, mandolin, vocals; Van Dyke Parks: keyboards; Jim Keltner: drums; George "Baboo" Pierre: percussion; Singers: Bobby King, tenor; Willie Green Jr, bass.
1984 - Ry Cooder: KCRW 89,9 FM Radio Studio, Santa Monica CA USA
Musicians Cotati and Kansas:
Ry Cooder - guitar, mandolin, vocals; Van Dyke Parks, keyboards; Jorge Calderon, bass; Jim Keltner, drums; Singers: Bobby King, tenor; Willie Green Jr, bass
1984 - Ry Cooder: Cotati Cabaret, Cotati CA USA Aug. 4 1984
1984 - Ry Cooder: Cotati Cabaret, Cotati CA USA Aug. 5 1984
1984 - Ry Cooder: Catalyst, Santa Cruz CA USA Aug. 7 1984
1984 - Ry Cooder: Catalyst, Santa Cruz CA USA Aug. 8 1984
1984 - Ry Cooder: Kansas City USA June 8 1984

RY COODER & THE MOULA BANDA RHYTHM ACES 1987-1988
Ry Cooder - Let's Have A Ball video
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. 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, Let's Have A Ball, Go On Home Girl, Mas Y Mas, 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, Just A Little Bit, Why Don't You Try Me?, Down In The Boondocks, The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Will 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, Mas Y Mas, He'll Have To Go, If Walls Could Talk, Jesus On The Mainline, How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times & Live?, One Meatball, Atom Bomb, Just A Little Bit, Down In Mississippi, Maria Elena, The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Will Make Me Poor), Crazy 'Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know), Chain Gang, Down In Hollywood, Goodnight Irene.
Musicians USA and Japan Tour:
Ry Cooder: guitar, vocals; Jim Keltner: drums; Van Dyke Parks: keyboards; Jorge Calderon: bass; Flaco Jimenez: accordeon; Miguel Cruz: percussion; Steve Douglas: sax; George Bohannon: trombone; Singers: Bobby King, tenor; Terry Evans, baritone; Arnold McCuller, tenor; Willie Green Jr, bass.
1987 - Ry Cooder at the City of Hope Salute to Bill Graham at the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, California on July 9, 1987 (approx. 6 minutes)
1987 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Santa Monica CA., March 16 1987
1987 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Wolfgang’s San Francisco CA., March 18 1987
1987 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Cabaret Cotati, Cotati CA., March 23 1987
1987 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: The Catalyst, Santa Cruz CA., March 24 1987
1987 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: The Catalyst, Santa Cruz CA., (interview + 60 + 90 minutes show) March 25 1987 (from the Les Blank docu on DVD)
1987 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Laguna Seca Recreation Area, Monterey CA,. May 10 1987
1987 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, CA. October 10 1987
1988 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Nakano, Tokyo Japan June 28 1988
1988 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Do-Re-Mi, Tokyo Japan June 29 1988

Musicians European Tour:
Ry Cooder: guitar, vocals; Jim Keltner: drums; Jim Dickinson: keyboards; Jorge Calderon: bass; Flaco Jimenez: accordion; Steve Douglas: sax; Singers: Bobby King, tenor; Terry Evans, baritone; Willie Green Jr, bass.
1988 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: NEC Birmingham UK May 1988
1988 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Hamburg, Germany EUR May 24 1988
1988 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Frankfurt, Germany EUR May 28 1988
1988 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Vredenburg, Utrecht Netherlands EUR May 29 1988
1988 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Provinssirock Festival, Seinäjoki, Finland, EUR June 5 1988
1988 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Carré Theatre Amsterdam Netherlands EUR May 31 1988
1988 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Nurburgring Open Air Festival Germany EUR 1988
1988 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Münich, Cirkus Krone Germany EUR May 26 1988
1988 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Manchester Apollo UK June 2nd 1988 (VanDyke Parks on piano)
1988 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Wembley London UK June 13 1988 (Harry Dean Stanton on vocals on "Across The Borderline", "Cancion Mixteca" and "Goodnight Irene" and VanDyke Parks on piano).
1988 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: National Stadium, Ireland June 18 1988

FLACO JIMENEZ & BAND FEAT. RY COODER 1989
1989 - Flaco Jimenez and Band feat. Ry Cooder: Santa Monica Pier, August 10 1989 (KPCC FM)
- The Fifth Annual Twilight Dance Series Free Concert -

RY COODER SOLO 1989
1989 - Ry Cooder: New Orleans – Artists Against Hunger and Homelessness Benefit Sept. 13 1989. "Hard Times" duet Ry Cooder with Aaron Neville (Ry Cooder part)
1989 - Various Artists: Benefit Artists Against Hunger And Homelessness - New Orleans Municipal Auditorium Sept. 13 1989. "Hard Times" duet Ry Cooder with Aaron Neville (Complete show)
1989 - Ry Cooder: New Port Folk Festival USA (Feat. John Hiatt on Across The Borderline
& That’s The Way The Girls Are From Texas) Febr. 25 1989

RY COODER & DAVID LINDLEY 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994
1989 - Santa Monica Civic Center, Santa Monica, CA, November 15 1989 = With Bonnie Raitt =
Review: Sly Guitar from Raitt, Cooder, Lindley at Benefit
Pop Capsules
November 17, 1989|DON WALLER
The rare pairing of sly git-tar whizzards Ry Cooder and David Lindley provided the highlights, caustic comic Bob Goldthwait provided the punch lines and red-haired bluesrocker Bonnie Raitt provided the headliner at the benefit concert for the California Environmental Protection Initiative that sold out the Santa Monica Civic on Wednesday.
Raitt (a pretty fair sly guitarist herself) and her band breezed through a solid set of old, new, borrowed and blues tunes and the "Bobcat" spewed a blue brew of today's political and pop-music stew, but it was the near-telepathic, multi-ethnic, musicological, multi-instrumental, ego-free playing of Cooder and Lindley that simply shot out the lights. Cajun, gospel, country, blues, cars, sex, humor, politricks, virtuosity. This one should have been a live album. Source: Los Angeles Times
1990 - Stadt Park, Hamburg, Germany - July 1 1990
1990 - Carré Theatre, Amsterdam Netherlands, July 2 1990
1990 - Carré Theatre, Amsterdam Netherlands, July 3 1990
1990 - Grand Rex, Paris, France - July 4 1990
1990 - Palatrussardi Theatre, Milan Italy, July 6 1990
1990 - Werchter Rock Open Air Festival, Belgium, July 8 1990
1990 - Montreux Jazz Festival, Montreux, Switzerland - July 9 1990 (with Flaco Jimenez Accordion on Goodnight Irene)
1990 - Glastonbury Festival UK, BBC Broadcast UK
1990 - Hammersmith Odeon, London UK
1990 - Newport Folk Festival, Newport, RI.
1990 - Eel River, French's Camp, Garberville, CA Aug 25 1990
1990 - Berkeley Community Centre, Zellerbach Auditorium, Berkeley, CA Aug. 24 1990
1990 - Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle, Washington. Feat. Joachim Cooder: drums; Flaco Jimenez: accordeon
1990 - Benson and Hedges Blues Festival, Beacon Theatre, New York City Oct. 13 1990
feat. Joachim Cooder: drums; Bobby King, Terry Evans & Willie Green: vocals; Flaco Jimenez: accordeon
1990 - Womad Harbourfront, Toronto Canada Aug 10 1990
1990 - NHK Hall Tokyo Japan - May 13 1990
1990 - Festival Hall Osaka Japan May 14 1990
1992 - "Native American Indian Benefit" Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountainview, CA, Oct. 11 1992
1993 - Arlington Theatre Santa Barbara CA, March 19 1993
From the Arlington Theatre concert flyer:
A BENEFIT CONCERT FOR BILL WALLACE
"MAKE EVERY VOTE COUNT" Santa Barbara County.
Act One: Tom Ball & Kenny Sultan, Act two: Ry Cooder & David Lindley, intermission, Act three: Kenny Loggins.
The story:
The 3rd District Supervisor Election Saga
Bill Wallace won this election! After months of counts, recounts and manual tallies, an Election Contest trial court judge has now ruled that Bill is ahead with a few outstanding votes to be counted which could lead to a tie. In the June primary, sixteen-year incumbent Third District Supervisor Bill Wallace was challenged by one serious candidate - Willy Chamberlain - and two spoiler candidates. A November run-of became necessary. The Wallace campain structured a massive voter-registration drive in Isla Vista and on the UCSB campus and an intensive get-out-the-vote campain that, compared to the primary, more then doubled the voter turn-out in Isla Vista and UCSB to 67 percent. Bill received 77 percent of this IV/UCSB vote, wich comprise an important progressive voting bloc that is a major factor in local environmetal campains. The November election was so close that the results were not certified until December. With only a seven-vote difference between the two cadidates, Bill Wallace asked for a recount and manual tall, wich took place under intense political pressure.
Why Discrepancies In The Voter Count?
On January 5th the Elections Office announced that both candidates picked up dozens of votes during the manual tally - votes that the computers hadn't caught. But more importantly, the Elections Office added 21 new votes that we discovered had been simply misfiled or wrongly cancelled or wrongly purged. Altough the recount left Bill officially 6 votes short of victory, we knew many more voters had been simply misfiled or canceled, and these were almost all "provisional votes" from the Isla Vista area! Many Isla Vista Voters were disenfranchised by either clerical errors at the Election Offices and/or misdirection at the polls. These were the "provisional votes" that occur when people show up at the polls and poll workers cannot find the voters names on the roster. More than one-third of the 974 provisional ballots cast county wide were from Isla Vista and UCSB - an amazing percetage considering that IV/UCSB voters made up only 6 percent of county voters. Over 150 Third Distrct provisional votes were ultimately counted before the court Contest ever began. During the recount and the trial we presented over 100 provisional votes, from people who followed the guidance of elections officials when their names weren't found at the polls. In court we showed how each voter had done everything they reasonable could to vote, yet the court allowed only 21 more provisional votes to be counted. Particularly frustrating are situations where validly registerd voters were assured their provisional votes would count, but their reliance on incorrect information from pollworkers and other officials on election day led to disenfranchisement on their votes. On Thuesday, March 16th, the judge announced that Bill Wallace is leading by two votes; the court also credited the Chamberlin side with showing votes in the original (November) count that ought to be uncounted. Yet the Chamberlain attorneys did not present enough evidence to show how four of these voters voted, and thus they cannot be substracted from either sides tally. This means some formula may be devised to split these ballots; the judge could allow an apportionment formula which, on such a small sampling, could lead to a new costly election. Or the judge could let stand his decision that Bill Wallace had the majority of votes and should be re-seated.
We Won This Election!
We cannot give up now. This round will not be the last. Within the next 14 days the judge will issue a final ruling which eather cast a new election in the Third District (taking the seat away from Willy Chamberlain) or award the seat straight out to Bill Wallace. There will be continued court challenges of the judge's decisions. With your continued help and support we will hold and win this battle.
THE COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT DR. BILL WALLACE
Bill Wallace won this election.
1994 - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Mississippi 1994 feat. Joachim Cooder: drums and Bobby King, Terry Evans & Willie Green: vocals

JOHNNY JOHNSON FEAT. RY COODER 1990
Musicians:
Johnny Johnson - piano; Ry Cooder - guitar; Steve Douglas - saxophone; Tim Drummond - bass; Scott Mathews - drums; Annie Sampson & Richard Berry - guest vocals
1990 - Johnny Johnson Band: Sweetwater, Mill Valley, California "Village Music Annual Party" - September 23, 1990

JOHN LEE HOOKER FEAT. RY COODER 1990-1992 & 1995
John Lee Hooker Tribute:
Musicians:
Ry Cooder: guitar, vocals; Tim Drummond: bass; Jim Keltner: drums; Singers: Bobby King, tenor; Terry Evans, baritone; Willie Green Jr, bass.
1990 - Various Artists: John Lee Hooker Tribute Madison Square Garden NYC Oct. 16 1990 Complete Show
1990 - Ry Cooder part: John Lee Hooker Tribute Madison Square Garden NYC Oct. 16 1990
1992 - John Lee Hooker & Ry Cooder: All Our Colors Benefit - Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View Oct. 10 1992
1990 - John Lee Hooker & Ry Cooder & Friends: Showtime Coast to Coast - Ry Cooder guitar on Hobo Blues and Boogie Chillun, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray, Charlie Musselwhite, John Hammond and Carlos Santana joined John Lee on stage for a concert in San Francisco, taped for a cable TV special spotlighting John Lee. (1/90)
1992 - John Lee Hooker, Ry Cooder, John Hammond, Bonnie Raitt: Sweetwater Mill Valley 1992
1995 - John Lee Hooker and Friends - House Of Blues - West Hollywood CA - June-30-1995
"Live From The House Of Blues".
Featuring: John Lee Hooker, The Duke Robillard Band, Lazy Lester, John Hammond, Charlie Musselwhite, Taj Mahal, Ry Cooder, Zakiyah Hooker

BOBBY KING & TERRY EVANS 1991
Musicians:
Bobby King - vocals, Terry Evans - vocals, Jeff Abiani - keys, Jessie Sampson - guitar, Don Work - drums, Kenny Duke - bass, Ken Scanlon - guitar.
1991 - Bobby KIng & Terry Evans: Mississippi Valley Blues Fest, LeClaire Park, Davenport Iowa, July 6, 1991
No Ry Cooder on this one folks, but Bobby King & Terry Evans deserve to be named here, because of their long time cooperation with Ry Cooder and... THESE GUYS CAN SING!!!

RY COODER, STEVE DOUGLAS, NICK LOWE, NICKY HOPKINS, SANTANA, JOHN LEE HOOKER AND OTHERS 1991
Village Music 23rd Anniversary Party - August 5, 1991, Sweetwater, Mill Valley, California, USA
Village Music was a little record store in Mill Valley California and its owner, John Goddard, threw quite a few very interesting anniversary parties at the tiny nearby club, The Sweetwater.
Backing Band:
Ry Cooder - guitar
Nick Lowe - bass
Steve Douglas - sax
Tony Johnson - drums
Musicians and information:
- Nicky Hopkins solo (No Ry)
- Jimmy McCracklin Band - Jimmy died December 2012 at age 91 - ("The Walk" and "After Hours" with Wayne Bennett and Ry Cooder)
- Robert Ward solo and with the backing band on "(You Make My) Blood Run Cold" and "Forgive Me Darling" (with Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe, Steve Douglas and Tony Johnson)
- John Lee Hooker and Ry Cooder duet
- John Lee Hooker, Ry Cooder with backing band, feat. Carlos Santana, Albert Collins, Robert Ward, Austin deLone, Jim Guyette and Bowen Brown

PAHINUI BROS. FEAT. RY COODER 1992
1992 - Pahinui Bros. feat. Ry Cooder: Interview & Live Performance - USA

LITTLE VILLAGE 1992
Musicians:
Ry Cooder: Guitars, vocals; John Hiatt: Guitars, vocals; Nick Lowe: Bass, Vocals & Jim Keltner: Drums, vocals.
1992 - Little Village: Tower Theatre Philadelphia - USA April 22 1992
1992 - Little Village: The Late Show BBC Radio UK Febr. 24 1992
1992 - Little Village: Minneapolis - USA April 13 1992
1992 - Little Village: Massey Hall Toronto - Canada 1992
1992 - Little Village: Denver, COL. - USA 1992
1992 - Little Village: Crystal Palace Bowl – London UK July 5 1992
1992 - Little Village: Arie Crown Theatre Chicago ILL. - USA April 15 1992
1992 - Little Village: Place-Date unknown - USA 1992
1992 - Little Village: Unknown - 3 songs Live 1992
1992 - Little Village: Seattle Ill. March 4 1992
1992 - Little Village: Santa Barbara CA Sept. 9 1992
1992 - Little Village: Radio Interview Nick Lowe & John Hiatt 1992
1992 - Little Village: San Francisco CA., Fox Warfield Theatre, April 7 1992 (FM Broadcast)
1992 - Little Village: Santa Monica, Civic Centre CA April 1992
1992 - Little Village: Burbank CA Dec. 2 1992
1992 - Little Village: Boston, European Theatre USA (Last gig USA Tour) April 26 1992
1992 - Little Village: Studio Rehearsels April 1992
1992 - Little Village: Kongresshalle, Frankfurt Germany EUR Febr. 2nd 1992
1992 - Little Village: Gurten Festival, Bern Switzerland - July 4th 1992
1992 - Little Village: Beacon Theatre NYC USA April 22 1992
1992 - Little Village: JAZZ Fest Wien, Arena, Vienna, Austria - July 7 1992
1992 - Little Village: Festival Dell “Unita” Arena, Correggio, Italy July 9th 1992
1992 - Little Village: Philipshalle, Düsseldorf, Germany March 1st 1992
1992 - Little Village: Hamburg, Germany March 1992
1992 - Little Village: Berlin, Germany March 2nd 1992
1992 - Little Village: Austin Texas, March 13 1992
1992 - Little Village: Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas, Farm Aid V, March 14 1992
John Hiatt about the making of "Thing Called Love" from the album Bring The Family: Q: "Did the band you recorded it with -- guitarist Ry Cooder, bassist Nick Lowe and drummer Jim Keltner -- help shape the song itself?"
A: "I had everything when we went to record it, but Nick Lowe came up with that riff -- ba dir di dir dit -- which is the icing on the cake. As soon as he started playing that on the bass, Ry started playing it on the guitar, and he was laughing, "Oh, that's great." And that was pretty much the arrangement".

SANTANA FEAT. RY COODER & STEVE MILLER 1992
1992 - Santana feat. Ry Cooder & Steve Miller: All Our Colors Benefit - Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View Oct. 10 1992

ALI FARKA TOURE FEAT. RY COODER 1993-1995
1993 - Ali Farka Touré & Ry Cooder: Unplugged + Interview KCRW 89,9 FM Radio Santa Monica CA Sept. 3 1993
1994 - Ali Farka Touré feat. Ry Cooder: New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival - May 1 1994
1995 - Ali Farka Touré feat. Ry Cooder: Edmonton Music Festival USA Aug. 13 1995

STEVE DOUGLAS TRIBUTE 1993
Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA. 5-3-93 (Thank you Jon, who was there, for the review and information)
This show was announced about a week and a half after Steve Douglas died in a recording studio with Ry Cooder and other musicians present. It was organized by Joel Selvin (a longtime music writer/reviewer for the SF Chronicle) as a public memorial and family gathering. Douglas' widow said a few nice words.
Ry, Booker T., Hal Blaine and a few other great musicians performed as "house band" and played several songs that really missed the great sax player. (His horn stood at center stage unplayed.) A whole bunch of sax players started and ended the show with the theme from "Peter Gunn" (with Mickey Hart and others on percussion for the finale).
Comment:
- Not in my collection folks, sorry! Is there someone with this show who want to trade? -

AEROSMITH FEAT. RY COODER 1993
1993 - AEROSMITH feat. Ry Cooder on "Hangman Jury" and "All Your Love" - Great Western Forum "L.A. Connection" Inglewood, CA. August 4, 1993

THE GREAT UNESCO MUSIC EXPERIENCE OSAKA JAPAN 1994
1994 - Joni Mitchell, Shoukichi Kina, Ry Cooder, Jim Keltner + Chieftains: Osaka Japan May 22 1994
On Day 2, another rehearsal room started with Ry Cooder playing with an Okinawan band, Shoukichi Kina, chosen by Cooder himself and whose music he described as garage funk. The ensuing music was “great fun – bouncy and uplifting”.

RY COODER & DAVID LINDLEY, JOACHIM COODER & ROSANNE LINDLEY - FAMILY TOUR 1995
1995 - Vienna Staatsoper, Austria July 6 1995
1995 - Queen Elisabeth Theatre, Antwerp, Belgium June 22 1995
1995 - Nakano Sun Plaza, Tokyo Japan Aug. 24,1995
1995 - Kan-J-Hokan Hall Tokyo Japan Aug. 28 1995
1995 - National Stadium, Dublin Ireland June 17 1995
1995 - Vredenburg Utrecht Netherlands June 19 1995
1995 - Royal Festival Hall London, UK June 30 1995
1995 - Royal Festival Hall London, UK July 01 1995
1995 - Midtfyns Festival, Ringe, Denmark [German TV broadcast] - "All Shook Up" (with Joachim Cooder on drums) - July 1995

JOHN LEE HOOKER feat. RY COODER & FRIENDS 1995
1995 - John Lee Hooker feat. Ry Cooder & Friends: San Francisco Blues Festival, Fort Mason, S.F. CA. Sept. 24 1995
The lineup for the 23rd Annual San Francisco Blues Festival, which includes "Five Days of Blues" preceding concerts on the weekend of September 23 and 24, has been announced.
The festival, which has the theme "A Tribute to John Lee Hooker" and will be held at various city locations, with the weekend's concerts at the Great Meadow at Fort Mason, features performers such as the Little Milton Revue, Junior Wells, Hank Ballard and the Midnighters, and John Lee Hooker and Friends.
Sunday, September 24: Concert at Fort Mason includes John Lee Hooker and Friends in "John Lee Hooker: A Tribute to an American Blues Legend"; Hank Ballard & the Midnighters; Luther Allison; Miss Lavelle White; Geno Delafose & French Rockin' Boogie; the Johnny Nocturne Band, featuring Brenda Boykin; Earl (Good Rockin') Brown; Preacher Boy & the Natural Blues; and Talk of Da Town.

BUENA VISTA SOCIAL CLUB 1998
1998 - Later with Jools Holland - BBC TV UK

A GATHERING OF THE CLAN - FRED WALECKI TRIBUTE WITH JACKSON BROWNE, BONNIE RAITT & WARREN ZEVON 2000
2000 - Various Artsist: feat. Ry Cooder, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt - Fred Walecki Tribute Concert, A Gathering Of The Clan Aug. 8 2000
2000 - Various Artsist: feat. Ry Cooder, Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt - Fred Walecki Tribute Concert, A Gathering Of The Clan Aug. 9 2000
2000 - Ry Cooder part: Fred Walecki Benefit: A Gathering Of The Clan Aug. 8 and Aug. 9 2000

LOS LOBOS FEAT. RY COODER and WILLIE G. 2005
2005 - Los Lobos feat. Ry Cooder & Willie G: Los Angeles CA 2005

FROM THE BIG APPLE TO THE BIG EASY 2005
2005 - Ry Cooder, Buckwheat Zydeco, Lenny Kravitz, Irma Thomas: Madison Square Garden, NYC Sept. 20 2005

DON TOSTI TRIBUTE FEAT. RY COODER & LALO and MARC GUERRERO 2005
2005 - Marc Guerrero band feat. Lalo Guerrero and Ry Cooder: Rivera Hotel, Palm Springs, CA

RY COODER & THE NEW CARDBOARD AVENUE JAYWALKERS 2007
Musicians:
Ry Cooder: acoustic guitar; Paddy Malony: flute; Mike Seeger: banjo and Roland White: mandolin
2007: Ry Cooder And The New Cardboard Avenue Jaywalkers, Town Hall Theater New York - NY - USA (My Name Is Buddy, Suitcase In My Hand, Footprints In The Snow, J.Edgar) March 24 2007

ERSI ARVIZU FEAT. RY COODER 2008
2008 - Ersi Arvizu: (2 songs) Bagramian Hall, Montebello, CA, June 27, 2008

RY COODER, NICK LOWE & JIM KELTNER 2008
GUITAR, BASS & DRUM (Richard DeLone Housing Project Benefit)
Musicians:
Ry Cooder: Guitars & Vocals; Nick Lowe: Bass & Vocals; Jim Keltner: Drums
2008 - Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe & Jim Keltner: Great American Music Hall - San Francisco CA Oct. 2 2008
2008 - Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe & Jim Keltner feat. Elvis Costello: Great American Music Hall - San Francisco CA, Oct. 3 2008

JULIETTE COMMAGERE FEAT. RY COODER 2009
2009 - Juliette Commagère: The Echo, Los Angeles CA, May 25 2009

RY COODER & NICK LOWE - THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT TOUR EUROPE - 2009
Musicians:
Ry Cooder: guitars, mandolin, vocals; Nick Lowe: bass, acoustic guitar, vocals; Joachim Cooder: drums & percussion; Juliette Commagère & Alex Lilly: vocals.
2009 - Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe: “They Drive By Night” tour, Olympia Theatre, Dublin Ireland June 12 2009
2009 - Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe: “They Drive By Night” tour, Carré Theatre, Amsterdam Netherlands June 18 2009
2009 - Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe: “They Drive By Night” tour, Teatro Arcimboldi, Milan, Italy June 26 2009
2009 - Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe: “They Drive By Night” tour, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Roma, Italy June 27 2009
2009 - Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe: “They Drive By Night” tour, Palacio Municipal de Congresos del Campo de Las Naciones, Madrid – Spain, July 1 2009
2009 - Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe: “They Drive By Night” tour, Palacio Euskalduna, Bilbao - Spain July 2 2009
2009 - Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe: “They Drive By Night” tour, snippets of various European shows, Dublin, Antwerp, Rome, Milan, Liverpool - June/July 2009

RY COODER & NICK LOWE - THEY DRIVE BY NIGHT TOUR JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND & AUSTRALIA - 2009
Musicians:
Ry Cooder: guitars, mandolin, vocals; Nick Lowe: bass, acoustic guitar, vocals; Joachim Cooder: drums & percussion; Juliette Commagère & Alex Lilly: vocals.
2009 - Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe: "They Drive By Night" tour, JCB Hall, Tokyo - Japan, Nov. 5 2009
2009 - Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe: "They Drive By Night" tour, Grand Cube, Osaka - Japan, Nov. 6 2009
2009 - Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe: "They Drive By Night" tour, Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo - Japan, Nov. 9 2009
2009 - Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe: "They Drive By Night" tour, Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Tokyo - Japan, Nov. 10 2009
2009 - Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe: "They Drive By Night" tour, Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Shibuya, Tokyo - Japan, Nov. 11 2009
2009 - Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe: "They Drive By Night" tour, The Civic Theatre Auckland, New Zealand, Nov. 16 2009
2009 - Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe: "They Drive By Night" tour, State Theatre Sydney - Australia, Nov. 23 2009 (Vigilante Man)
2009 - Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe: "They Drive By Night" tour, State Theatre Sydney - Australia, Nov. 24 2009

THE CHIEFTAIN FEATURING RY COODER 2010
2010 - The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder - The Sands Of Mexico live Dublin Ireland 2010

RY COODER & CO, LOS CENZONTLES, SANTIAGO JIMENEZ 2011
Musicians: Ry Cooder: vocals, (slide) guitar and mandolin; Joachim Cooder: drums and percussion; Robert Francis: bass; Hugo Arroyo: tuba, two ladies from Los Cenzontles.
2011 - Ry Cooder, Los Cenzontles, Santiago Jimenez and others. Arhoolie Records 50th Anniversary Celebration February 4, early show, Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, Berkeley, CA

RY COODER & BAND 2011
Musicians:
Ry Cooder: vocals, guitar, mandolin; Flaco Jimenez: accordeon; Joachim Cooder: drums; Robert Francis: bass, Terry Evans, Arnold McCuller: backing vocals; Juliette Commagère: vocals; 10 piece Mexican/American brass band.
2011 - Great American Music Hall, San Francisco CA., August 31 and September 1 (7 songs)

HADEN TRIPLETS WITH RY COODER & FRIENDS 2012
2012 - Club Nokia, Los Angeles CA., May 6 2012 (2 songs with Ry Cooder on guitar)

RY COODER SOLO 2013
Ry Cooder: Vocals and acoustic guitar
2013 - Ry Cooder singing at the No Koch Hate in LA rally protesting selling the LA Times (Tribune Co.) to the Koch Brothers (May 14 2013)
2013 - KPFK 90.7 FM LA John Wiener interview with Ry Cooder and Ry plays the song "We Don't Want Your Millions, Mister" in the studio (May 15 2013)


THE DVD COLLECTION

1970 - Ry Cooder Warner Bros promo docu directed by Van Dyke Parks
1973 - Ry Cooder solo - Popgala Vliegermolen Voorburg Netherlands - Dutch TV
1973 - Ry Cooder solo - Old Grey Whistle Test BBC TV UK
1974 - Ry Cooder (Paradise and Lunch) - Live at The Record Plant Studio's, Sausalito CA.
1975 - Flaco Jimenez & Band feat. Ry Cooder & Augie Meyers - Austin City Limits, Oct. 30 1975
1977 - Ry Cooder & The Chicken Skin Band - Old Grey Whistle Test BBC TV UK
1977 - Ry Cooder & The Chicken Skin Band - WDR Rockpalast German TV
1978 - Ry Cooder - Jazz - Live@WTTM Chicago - with The Golden Gate Quartet and David Lindley (copy from original broadcast tape)
1979 - Various Artists - No Nukes: The Muse Concerts for a Non-Nuclear Future, September 19 -23 1979, Madison Square Garden, New York
1982 - Ry Cooder "Slide Area World Tour" - Old Grey Whistle Test BBC TV UK
1983 - Randy Newman feat. Ry Cooder & Linda Ronstadt - Live at The Odeon NYC (not available for trade, official release)
1987 - Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces - The Catalyst Santa Cruz CA - March 25 1987 - Les Blank documentary (60 and 90 minutes version)
1987 - Ry Cooder at the "City of Hope Salute to Bill Graham" at the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, California on July 9, 1987 (approx. 6 minute video)
1990 - Ry Cooder & David Lindley - Rock Werchter Open Air Festival, Belgium (camcorder)
1990 - John Lee Hooker & Ry Cooder & Friends: Showtime Coast to Coast - Ry Cooder guitar on Hobo Blues and Boogie Chillun, Bonnie Raitt, Robert Cray, Charlie Musselwhite, John Hammond and Carlos Santana joined John Lee on stage for a concert in San Francisco, taped for a cable TV special spotlighting John Lee. (1/90)
1990 - Ry Cooder & David Lindley - Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle Center Coliseum, Seattle WA, September 2 1990. (camcorder)
1990 - John Lee Hooker Tribute feat. Ry Cooder with band and with John Lee, Bonnie Raitt and others (camcorder)
1990 - Johnny Johnson Band: Sweetwater, Mill Valley, California "Village Music Annual Party" - September 23, 1990 - Johnny Johnson - piano; Ry Cooder - guitar; Tim Drummond - bass; Scott Mathews - drums (with guests Annie Sampson & Richard Berry)
1991 - Ry Cooder, Steve Douglas, Nick Lowe, Nicky Hopkins, Santana, John Lee Hooker and Others
Village Music 23rd Anniversary Party - August 5, 1991, Sweetwater, Mill Valley, California, USA
Village Music was a little record store in Mill Valley California and its owner, John Goddard, threw quite a few very interesting anniversary parties at the tiny nearby club, The Sweetwater.
Backing Band:
Ry Cooder - guitar
Nick Lowe - bass
Steve Douglas - sax
Tony Johnson - drums
Musicians and information:
- Nicky Hopkins solo (No Ry)
- Jimmy McCracklin Band ("The Walk" and "After Hours" with Wayne Bennett and Ry Cooder)
- Robert Ward solo and with the backing band on "(You Make My) Blood Run Cold" and "Forgive Me Darling" (with Ry Cooder, Nick Lowe, Steve Douglas and Tony Johnson)
- John Lee Hooker and Ry Cooder duet
- John Lee Hooker, Ry Cooder with backing band, feat. Carlos Santana, Albert Collins, Robert Ward, Austin deLone, Jim Guyette and Bowen Brown
1992 - John Lee Hooker & Ry Cooder - All Our Colors Benefit - Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View Oct. 10 1992
1992 - Santana feat. Ry Cooder & Steve Miller - All Our Colors Benefit - Shoreline Amphitheatre Mountain View Oct. 10 1992
1990-1992 - Various John Lee Hooker performances feat. Ry Cooder
1992 - Little Village - Philipshalle Dordtmund Germany (camcorder)
1992 - Little Village - Beacon Theatre NYC (camcorder)
1992 - Little Village - Texas Stadium, Irving, Texas - Farm Aid V March 14 1992
1992 - The Pahinui Bros feat. Ry Cooder, David Lindley and Jim Keltner
1995 - Midtfyns Festival, Ringe, Denmark [German TV broadcast] - "All Shook Up" (with Joachim Cooder on drums) - July 1995
1995 - The Wizard Of Oz In Concert - Various Artists feat. Ry Cooder, Jackson Browne, Roger Daltry, Phoebe Snow, David Sanborn and others
1997 - Don Van Vliet - "The Artist Formerly Known As Captain Beefheart". BBC TV Documentary. Narration by John Peel. A 51 minute bio of Don Van Vliet with interviews and live footage. Features interviews with Doug Moon-Guitar, John French-Drums, Ry Cooder-Guitar, Matt Groening, Frank Zappa, Jimmy Carl Black-Drums, Don Van Vliet, Bruce Fowler-Trombone & Eric Feldman-Keyboards
1998 - Buena Vista Social Club - Documentary by Wim Wenders (not available for trade, official release)
1998 - Buena Vista Social Club - Later with Jools Holland BBC TV UK
2000 - Buena Vista Social Club - DVDaudio (With CD and Ry Cooder interview and members of the BVSC, other than in the Wim Wenders docu.)
2003 - Ry Cooder & Manuel Galban - The making of Mambo Sinuendo - A documentary by Susan Titelman
2004 - Chavez Ravine "A Los Angeles Story", the impressive documentary with Don Normark, Frank Wilkinson & the people who lived in Chavez Ravine
2004 - Warren Zevon - VH1 (Inside)Out, Documentary about making of The Wind
2005 - Chavez Ravine docu (7 minutes): Ry Cooder and Little Willie G. were interviewed by Nick Spitzer (American Routes) for ABC's "Nightline".
2005 - Various Artists - From The Big Apple To The Big Easy "The concert for New Orleans" feat. Ry Cooder with Buckwheat Zydeco, Lenny Kravitz and Irma Thomas (not available for trade, official release)
2007 - Ry Cooder "TV Anthology" - Various Live performances and Japanese TV interview + video clips
2007 - Strat Masters "The Definitive History of the Worlds Most Famous Guitar" with Ry Cooder Interview (not available for trade, official release)
2007 - The New Haven Raids/Las Redadas de New Haven - A documentary by David R. Koff with music by Ry Cooder (not available for trade, official release)
2008 - Talking Guitars a documenary about Dutch guitar builder Flip Scipio. A fragment of Ry Cooder back stage Carré 1998 with the BVSC and an interview with Jackson Browne and David Lindley talking about Ry Cooder (not available for trade, official release)
2008 - Calavera Highway - Documentary - Ry Cooder & Joachim Cooder: additional musicians on the score
2008 - Ersi Arvizu: (2 songs "Mil Besos" and "I'm A Good Woman" feat. Ry Cooder) Bagramian Hall, Montebello, CA, June 27, 2008
2009 - Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe: "They Drive By Night" tour, Bunkamura Orchard Hall, Shibuya, Tokyo - Japan, Nov. 11 2009 (Very poor video quality!!)
2009 - Ry Cooder & Nick Lowe "They Drive By Night" tour Europe, Japan, New Zealand & Australia - A mismash of youtube recordings
XXXX - Various Ry Cooder videoclips, live fragments, interviews etc.
2010 - Lost Prophets - Search for the Collective. Music: Joachim Cooder & Sunny Levine (Bangkok Starters) with Ry Cooder, Robert Francis, Juliette Commagère, Jarid Smith and others. Sport Docu about surfing. (Not available for trade, official release)
2010 - Los Tigres Del Norte with Ry Cooder & Paddy Molony - Cancion Mixteca - youtube video
2010 - The Chieftains featuring Ry Cooder - Behind the scenes - DVD from the San Patricio Deluxe edition (not available for trade, official release)

V/A - Teaching Mrs. Tingle OST

V/A - Teaching Mrs. Tingle OST
Capitol Records 497 4302 (1999)








Track Listing:
1. Stretch Princess - Sorry
2. Eve 6 - Tongue Tied
3. Tara MacLean - If I Fall
4. Sozzi - 'Til I Cry You Out Of Me
5. Kendall Payne - Wonderland
6. Eman - I Shut Down
7. Radford - Fall At Your Feet
8. Bree Sharp - Show Me
9. Duncan Sheik - Alibi
10. The Moffatts - Misery
11. Tara MacLean - At Seventeen










Personnel:
Jim Keltner - drums (3,11)
Hutch Hutchinson - bass
Tara MacLean - vocals
Bill Bell, Malcolm Burn - producer
Paul Q. Kolderie, Sean Slade, Don Gilmore, Jonnie Most, Sheppard, Emanuel Kiriakou, Spiro Phanos, Jonathan R. Mead, Mike Rogers, Glen Ballard - producers