Frisky and Ry
- 13 Mar 07, 09:59 AM
It was a guitarist called Ry Cooder who put the honk into ¡®Honky Tonk Woman¡¯. The same fella helped to bring the Buena Vista Social Club to the world¡¯s grateful attention and his entire career sounds like a journey to find the essential pulse of the music. His work with accordion player Flaco Jiminez is pure pleasure and his appearances with The Chieftains are the coolest. Check out his work with the Hawaiian guitarist Gabby Pahinui, his African odyssey with Ali Farka Toure or the Indian mysticism of ¡®A Meeting By The River¡¯ with VM Bhatt.
His slide guitar on the soundtrack to ¡®Paris, Texas¡¯ is a wow. It was this same knowledge of country blues tunes that was ¡®borrowed¡¯ by Keith Richards for the Rolling Stones album ¡®Let It Bleed¡¯. And the guy¡¯s ongoing career is perfectly illustrated on a new album called ¡®My Name Is Buddy¡¯.
It¡¯s a furry and fabulous yarn about a red cat, travelling through America during the dust bowl years. Our feline hero converses about his troubled relationship with mice, about Hank Williams, union unrest and the possibility of a moggie heaven, beyond the clouds.
The playing is sublime, the humour is spot on and there¡¯s even a little picture book to help us visualise the freewheeling fun. Y¡¯all should love this.
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There's no doubt that since Ry's son stepped in and told his dad to stop arranging soundtracks and start playing guitar that he has not looked back.
However I was slightly underwhelmed by Chavez Ravine. Have not heard the new one but fear it may feature lots of tasteful playing that leaves me unmoved ...
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