Ry Cooder - Slide Guitar Man

Ryland Peter "Ry" Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, and record producer. He is a multi-instrumentalist but is best known for his slide guitar work, his interest in roots music from the United States, and his collaborations with traditional musicians from many countries.

Cooder's solo work draws upon many genres. He has played with John Lee Hooker, Captain Beefheart, Ali Farka Touré, Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Randy Newman, David Lindley, The Chieftains, The Doobie Brothers, and Carla Olson & the Textones (on record and film). He formed the band Little Village. He also produced the Buena Vista Social Club album (1997), which became a worldwide hit. Wim Wenders directed the documentary film of the same name (1999), which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2000.

Cooder was ranked eighth on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"[3] (David Fricke's Picks). A 2010 ranking by Gibson placed him at number 32.

Ry Cooder 1970

Into The Purple Valley 1972

 Boomer's Story 1972

Paradise And Lunch 1974

 Chicken Skin Music 1976 

Bop Till You Drop 1979

Borderline 1980 

Crossroads - A Encruzilhada (OST)

A Encruzilhada conta à história de um cara, que aprendeu a tocar guitarra em uma universidade renomada de música e que acaba caindo na estrada ao lado de um velho gaitista negro, em busca das músicas inéditas do bluesman Robert Johnson. O garoto é interpretado por Macchio e o filme tem uma participação muito especial de Steve Vai, no final, em um monumental duelo de guitarras em que o som que sai da guitarra de Macchio vem, na real, do mestre Ry Cooder. O filme é um belo tributo às raízes do blues, tem direção de Walter Hill - um dos cineastas mais rock'n'roll da década de 1980 - e toda a trilha tem blues elétrico de Ry Cooder. Trilha sonora completa, incluindo o grande duelo final com Steve Vai.

Paris, Texas

Paris, Texas is a 1984 American drama film directed by Wim Wenders and starring Harry Dean Stanton, Dean Stockwell, Nastassja Kinski, and Hunter Carson. The screenplay was written by L.M. Kit Carson and playwright Sam Shepard, and the distinctive musical score was composed by Ry Cooder. The cinematography was by Robby Müller. The film was a co-production between companies in France and West Germany, and was filmed in the United States. The plot focuses on an amnesiac (Stanton) who, after mysteriously wandering out of the desert, attempts to revive his relationship with his brother (Stockwell) and seven-year-old son (Carson), and to track down his former wife who abandoned their family (Kinski). At the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, the film unanimously won the Palme d'Or (Golden Palm) from the official jury, as well as the FIPRESCI Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury.

Election Special (2012)