Ry Cooder is an American guitarist, composer and producer known for his slide guitar work, roots/Americana recordings and film soundtracks (notably Paris, Texas). His career spans from the 1960s to the present.

Born 1947; renowned slide guitarist and roots musician; produced the Buena Vista Social Club project; frequent collaborator with Flaco Jimenez; his son Joachim Cooder is a drummer and collaborator.

DeBaser reviews praise Ry Cooder for his slide guitar, soundtrack work (notably Paris, Texas) and his exploration of Tex‑Mex and Latin‑American roots. Albums like Chávez Ravine and Paradise and Lunch receive strong acclaim for storytelling and arrangements. Some non-musical work (Los Angeles Stories) drew criticism.

For:Fans of roots/Americana, slide guitar enthusiasts, listeners of film soundtracks and Latin‑influenced American music.

 A man wanders through the desert with a gasoline can in hand, traveling along imaginary and blinding highways, while a scorching slide guitar delves into the soul and at the same time evokes specters of a Rimbaudian boat adrift towards infinity.

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 It took a sensitive, attentive, and curious artist like Ry Cooder to bring this story of ordinary injustice back to light and decipher it in fifteen splendid songs, which reveal the uncertain boundary between melancholy and the warm vitality of the human spirit.

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 The most beautiful song ever composed by Ry Cooder, who writes “musician” and reads “treasure hunter.”

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