I was a exchange student in CA early 90s. Ry Cooder was a family friend of my host parents and lived in the same block. I saw him many times. I remember first time I saw him. It was on his sons birthday. I had my hair big and best rock shirt on he comes over and was super nice and says: "Ive heard you play guitar too, Atte?" I felt so small right there and then. Very nice man
This group backing Ry Cooder is the best example I've seen of "less is more." They all say a lot with just a little. The listener has to fill in the blanks in a way. The music really draws the listener in.
Ry Cooder is a national treasure when it comes to the American song....absolute legend with a style that’s all his own. What an inspiration he is. Even his last album was beautiful! These sessions are awesome and that’s actually his son playing the drums!
As a musician and music lover my jaw was on the floor. As a bass player I just got schooled. That rhythm section was the perfect foil to one of the greatest guitarists of all time. True ensemble masterpiece with a virtuoso turn.
Tragically hip lyrics in one.of they're songs says it all... "If I die of vanity, promise me, promise me If they bury me some place I don't want to be You'll dig me up and transport me, unceremoniously Away from the swollen city breeze, garbage bag trees Whispers of disease and the acts of enormity And lower me slowly and sadly and properly Get Ry Cooder to sing my eulogy"
Led Zeppelin , 4th row, center stage May 1977. I would trade that lifetime moment just to sit in the corner and watch a Ry Cooder session. I consider Ry Cooder and Mark Knopfler two of the best guitarist in the world. And thank you for pointing out the bassist. The dude stands on his own merits, and the way he walks the notes with perfection is just amazing. "Why was he smiling?" Dude, session with Ry Cooder? says it all
I just saw prodigal Son on UA-cam and said I should suggest this to Michael Palmisano and sure enough he reviewed this a year ago and had pretty much the same reaction I did…Ry Cooder may very well be the coolest guy on the planet!
I've been waiting for a Ry Cooder video! "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live" live version has some beautiful slide. Speaking of beautiful slide, Death Letter Blues under Blackpool lights, by The White stripes.
I saw Ry Cooder at Paris live.The concert, that impressd me the most.The Sax got a big solo spot.I suppose, he had some eletctronics at his instrument. If you sudy the ry cooder paris 2018. I compare it, if I have to leave the house, so I put my warm shoes on, chattering with a friend, zippers at the jacket up, all at the same time. A daily routine. Ry Cooder does this with the music, playing, changing, searching, developingn new ways.
He's one of my absolute favorite guitarists. So, kind of in the way that Hendrix/SRV could be described as "doing it all", e.g. rhythm, lead, bass, etc, Ry just does friggen EVERYTHING. His bag of tricks in terms of his attack on the guitar is...endless, man! He dug SOOOO many tones out of that guitar during this performance. It is unbelievable. He IS the coolest man on the planet. Thank you for Reacting to this. I love it. And yeah, that Sax player deserves 2 gold stars. That was wild. That would have been incredibly tasteful keyboard playing if he actually were a keyboard player! Let alone doing whatever he did to manipulate his sax sound in that way.
Ralph Mooney! Originator of The Bakersfield sound and one of the greatest Pedal Steel Guitar players of all time. He's all over the early Buck Owens records and was Waylon Jennings right hand man for 20 years. Would love to hear your thoughts on Moon!
@@KevinHallSurfing My exposure to jazz and bluse began when I was an infant. My father had a massive collection of 78's by the early greats, including a large number of "race" records. They say I would kick my crib to the beat of the music. Cooder has always kept a low profile, even though he is really the modern master of slide guitar as well as a blues player in more conventional styles. He was a highly desired and respected studio player. and is on thousands of others' recordings. My introduction to R & R in the 50"s (I am old), with again, my father getting the "modern" vinyl 78's and more "race" records. As I explained in my rants, for 56 years I have played guitar, but not well. My younger brother made a great living as a "bluesman" in a very successful band out of Cleveland. My nephew has a degree in guitar, with high honors, from Berklee. I build acoustics and a few electrics. I guess that is how the Lord handed out gifts to us. Music and guitars are probably what keeps me wanting to stay alive. However, I do not tolerate being disrespected well and address it firmly. I always have, even to "fisticuffs" ( fist fights, at the extreme).
Love & much respect for Ry, been a follower of his since Paradise & Lunch and Chicken Skin Music. Such a aficionado of music history, just a joy to listen to.
I had the pleasure of meeting the legend himself...talk about a no nonsense type of dude! Anyone not familiar with his diversity of styles, you gotta check out Buena Vista Social Club.
Ry done a soundtrack for a movie that is amazing. I think the name was SOUTHERN COMFORT. About a group of National Guard who steal some pirougues ( canoes ) in Louisiana and the locals don't take kindly to it.
Michael I could watch you for hours your true love of TheGroove is matchless! To watch your appreciation for awesome musicians is priceless your enthusiasm speaks volumes. Yeah you get it right 100 % the key to this one was how much room they leave for each other!
I seen lindley by himself in the early 80’s awesome show, then finally RY came around a few years ago so I’m a happy person that I got to see these masters live
I had this version transcribed in Open D, capo on 4th fret as it is in the video. Took me 3-4 months on my custom Strat but I got it down pat. What therapy it is to play it!
In the 70s Ry played a LOT with Flaco Jimenez master concertina player...to me the sax is taking that spot here..and in a similar fashion..pressing air into notes...adding that sonic bed underneath and nuanced stabs...
Awesome choice!! Ry is the best. I think sax man is using a pair of harmonizer pedals to form triads. One set to play the 7 and one for the 5? That's what i hear.
How about a profile of Randy California of Spirit? Famously named by Jimi Hendrix, he was a leading fixture in this jazz/psychedelic/rock group, opening for both Cream and Led Zeppelin.
Hey Michael! i wanted to say thank you for all the amazing content. Also i wanted to suggest something for an upcoming video, it would be amazing to see your reaction of the band Leprous, any live video would do :)
Looks like a couple of Eventide H9s, probably set on harmony notes/glides and some Leslie modulation , dialed in with expression pedals; baller organesque tones
@@MysticMonkeyMiracle lmao the emojis come with the monthly YT membership for $5! You get discord access too! I'll throw some of the emojis so you can see them - ... Fishing is kind enough to make them for us when he's not causing internet blackouts
Michael. Mate. A question if I may. Referring to the time when Cooder was working with "The Stones", would that be the guitar work that he taught KEEF which would eventually become the sound of that outfit for a very long time? However I notice that Cooder has the 6th string. KEEF removed it and played the same feel. After all they had both, at different times, learned on a 5 string banjo, which would be tuned to G open.
The sax player has a sock over the horn, a big Shure SM7B mic'ing it into a pedal board. What is strange is that there is no room bleed of the raw sax, so I would guess this video is somewhat sync'd to a track and not the live performance of the tune. He did a making of Prodigal Son video that is very cool. Talks about the inspirations and adding lyrics to make this tune longer. You also get a gander of his guitar rig, which has a variac in the signal chain, which I need to dig deeper into figuring out what he's doing there as well. Anyway, excellent choice and always fun to watch your reactions MP!
im pretty sure the variac is a tube preamp that splits his guitar signal to 2 amps, and wouldn't the raw sax not be bleeding because of the sock over it?
@@613brownie Not sure why you'd use a variac for splitting signal between 2 or more amps, unless it's some custom preamp as you state built into a variac shell. I would have to research Ry's setup to figure out what he's doing with it. As far as sax room bleed, he'd have to be playing very lightly for it not to bleed. The sock over the horn helps a little, but not a ton.
When the sax normally plays, it generates sound from all open holes, from top to bottom. Putting a sock over the horn won’t make any difference for any note that does not have a hole on the horn itself. Raw sax sound MUST leak in the room, but here it doesn’t. The only explanation is that some contraption is stuck inside the saxophone neck, or just below the neck joint, that acts something like the silencer on the gun.
Michael. What do you recommend for ear training. I'm focusing on trying to internalize intervals, especially descending and harmonic. I focus on hearing melodies in my head and then recreating them on the instrument as quickly as possible on my guitar. I'm also been trying to actively cultivate the Levitin Effect by burning certain pitches into my brain. Progress is just painfully, painfully slow.
Michael, you continue to inspire me and open my eyes to so much great music. I was already a Ry fan. But now I have discovered Sam Gendel (the sax player.) Wow, what a wonderful musician. I am just digging into his vast repertoire. He is endlessly fascinating. I am not really a guitar player, I mostly play piano, but I love your insights. You have taught me so much about note function, how melody and harmony are related, etc. Just so really eye opening. "3rd hunting!" Such an awesome way of looking at music, melody, and leads. 10,000 thanks!
Hey I think he has two harmonized pedals both set to depression only for a full chord sound. So like one pedal set to a 3rd and another to a 5th or 6ths or something.
I've been down the Ry Cooder rabbit hole so many times..... Here we go again ! Love this Guy
I was a exchange student in CA early 90s. Ry Cooder was a family friend of my host parents and lived in the same block. I saw him many times.
I remember first time I saw him. It was on his sons birthday. I had my hair big and best rock shirt on he comes over and was super nice and says: "Ive heard you play guitar too, Atte?" I felt so small right there and then. Very nice man
This group backing Ry Cooder is the best example I've seen of "less is more." They all say a lot with just a little. The listener has to fill in the blanks in a way. The music really draws the listener in.
Cooder is my very favorite guitar player.
Ry Cooder is a national treasure when it comes to the American song....absolute legend with a style that’s all his own. What an inspiration he is. Even his last album was beautiful! These sessions are awesome and that’s actually his son playing the drums!
Ry Cooder is a WORLD treasure. Just sayin'.
Ry Cooder IS the coolest man on the planet!
As a musician and music lover my jaw was on the floor. As a bass player I just got schooled. That rhythm section was the perfect foil to one of the greatest guitarists of all time. True ensemble masterpiece with a virtuoso turn.
Goosebumps, unspeakably tasty playing all around. Ry's tone, rhythm, feel, timing, flow, untouchable.
Tragically hip lyrics in one.of they're songs says it all...
"If I die of vanity, promise me, promise me
If they bury me some place I don't want to be
You'll dig me up and transport me, unceremoniously
Away from the swollen city breeze, garbage bag trees
Whispers of disease and the acts of enormity
And lower me slowly and sadly and properly
Get Ry Cooder to sing my eulogy"
Ry Cooder’s Paris Texas soundtrack is the GOAT
That was that same reaction I had to that performance (sure pal) I could not stop moving not mention Ry😎
"Southern Comfort" is better... by a country mile and a half.
Bit repetitive IMHO...
When Ry tears into that solo at 7:00, all you can do is watch and listen in wonder.
I LOVE your comment about leaving space for each other... i think that is one of the single most important differentiators of great bands. Love it.
I’m SO GLAD you covered this song. The man is an absolute legend, and his tone, just perfect 🤤
Sax player is Sam Gendel. He has connections to Vampire Weekend and Goose.
Finally he came around to my area after so many years, was blown away
Led Zeppelin , 4th row, center stage May 1977. I would trade that lifetime moment just to sit in the corner and watch a Ry Cooder session. I consider Ry Cooder and Mark Knopfler two of the best guitarist in the world. And thank you for pointing out the bassist. The dude stands on his own merits, and the way he walks the notes with perfection is just amazing. "Why was he smiling?" Dude, session with Ry Cooder? says it all
I just saw prodigal Son on UA-cam and said I should suggest this to Michael Palmisano and sure enough he reviewed this a year ago and had pretty much the same reaction I did…Ry Cooder may very well be the coolest guy on the planet!
I've been waiting for a Ry Cooder video! "How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live" live version has some beautiful slide. Speaking of beautiful slide, Death Letter Blues under Blackpool lights, by The White stripes.
Cooder was my first, and has been my favorite slide man since way back in the way back!
T is the coolest guy on this planet AND any other. Every time I hear movie music or ??? turns out to be Ry Cooder. 💕🙋🎸
I don’t know Ry Cooder that well, but his album with Cuban guitarist Manuel Galban ‘Mambo Sinuendo’ is awesome.
I saw Ry Cooder at Paris live.The concert, that impressd me the most.The Sax got a big solo spot.I suppose, he had some eletctronics at his instrument. If you sudy the ry cooder paris 2018.
I compare it, if I have to leave the house, so I put my warm shoes on, chattering with a friend, zippers at the jacket up, all at the same time. A daily routine. Ry Cooder does this with the music, playing, changing, searching, developingn new ways.
Everything Ry Cooder does is brilliant.
The whole album is remarkable. Some of his best work. This is so cool. Great percussion too
He's one of my absolute favorite guitarists. So, kind of in the way that Hendrix/SRV could be described as "doing it all", e.g. rhythm, lead, bass, etc, Ry just does friggen EVERYTHING. His bag of tricks in terms of his attack on the guitar is...endless, man! He dug SOOOO many tones out of that guitar during this performance. It is unbelievable. He IS the coolest man on the planet. Thank you for Reacting to this. I love it.
And yeah, that Sax player deserves 2 gold stars. That was wild. That would have been incredibly tasteful keyboard playing if he actually were a keyboard player! Let alone doing whatever he did to manipulate his sax sound in that way.
Watching you enjoy the music so much makes me enjoy it even more. LOVE Ry Cooder.
What a band!
Sax player is Sam Gendel, The making of the prodigal son is defo worth a watch.
I want to hit the like button a hundred times, sad I can do it only once
Wow new fan! Cooder kills it! Made my morning. Thanks
Funky Ry Cooder, thanks!
Ralph Mooney! Originator of The Bakersfield sound and one of the greatest Pedal Steel Guitar players of all time. He's all over the early Buck Owens records and was Waylon Jennings right hand man for 20 years. Would love to hear your thoughts on Moon!
Yeah, Ry is the coolest man on the planet. 😎
Thank you for making my morning ! Too many people forget his contributions. You can talk about Trucks and Allman, but Cooder inspired them.
With Captain Beefhart at 20 Ry Cooder was way ahead even then and I was a Beatles fan.
@@KevinHallSurfing My exposure to jazz and bluse began when I was an infant. My father had a massive collection of 78's by the early greats, including a large number of "race" records. They say I would kick my crib to the beat of the music. Cooder has always kept a low profile, even though he is really the modern master of slide guitar as well as a blues player in more conventional styles. He was a highly desired and respected studio player. and is on thousands of others' recordings. My introduction to R & R in the 50"s (I am old), with again, my father getting the "modern" vinyl 78's and more "race" records. As I explained in my rants, for 56 years I have played guitar, but not well. My younger brother made a great living as a "bluesman" in a very successful band out of Cleveland. My nephew has a degree in guitar, with high honors, from Berklee. I build acoustics and a few electrics. I guess that is how the Lord handed out gifts to us. Music and guitars are probably what keeps me wanting to stay alive. However, I do not tolerate being disrespected well and address it firmly. I always have, even to "fisticuffs" ( fist fights, at the extreme).
Without RY the RollingStones would have rolled away.
Their performance actually made me so happy.
Well said!That is all what we need ,isn't it?
Love & much respect for Ry, been a follower of his since Paradise & Lunch and Chicken Skin Music. Such a aficionado of music history, just a joy to listen to.
I literally just watched this, and your reaction is exactly what I felt! Crazy song and amazing sounds! Ry is top dog!
No one like Cooder...ever! An original.
Michael, there are sooo many better than Ry, but they just don't live on this planet!!!!! thanks
Why does this feel like both a compliment and a insult 😂
That's what I said, the sax is playing keyboard fills kinda like a Hammond /Leslie. Great song!
Love love love love me that Ry Cooder. Thanks that was great!
I always think of the movie 'Crossroads' when I hear that slide. Great movie great playing!
I had the pleasure of meeting the legend himself...talk about a no nonsense type of dude! Anyone not familiar with his diversity of styles, you gotta check out Buena Vista Social Club.
Dang, that's so slick! You can build a masterclass around this performance
Ry done a soundtrack for a movie that is amazing. I think the name was SOUTHERN COMFORT. About a group of National Guard who steal some pirougues ( canoes ) in Louisiana and the locals don't take kindly to it.
The sax very much manages to bring a keyboard sound, like a distorted B-3, pretty original.
That’s a friggin cool tune.
Check out Cooder's studio version (same album) of Everybody Ought To Treat A Stranger Right as well. Amazing stuff.
BEASTLY talent! Holy cow RC is just too much!!!!!
Yeah, Ry is THAT good.
I love to see these recording sessions. The band is working and its great to observe the musicianship.
The saxophone sounds like an organ for most of the song. It's got the swell like a good keyboardist coming in and out.
It’s filling in for Flaco Jimenez’ accordion. Search tattler live 1977.
His tone and phrasing are just NUTZ!
Love this channel man. Quickly becoming my favorite channel along with Rick Beato.
Michael I could watch you for hours your true love of TheGroove is matchless! To watch your appreciation for awesome musicians is priceless your enthusiasm speaks volumes. Yeah you get it right 100 % the key to this one was how much room they leave for each other!
Not a RC expert but his work on John Hiatt's Bring the Family is legendary. This has that Hiatt feel from that album.
Check out Little Village!! Hiatt and Cooder, Nick Lowe and Jim Keltner
Holy crap! This track is amazing! Just another reason this is the best UA-cam channel ever!
Just watched a video of him telling how he put that guitar together with a neck David Lindley gave him.
1952 Vincent Black Lightning by Richard Thompson has an insane finger picking intro, please do a video on it!
Some good stuff dropping this morning on the old Utube. First 5 Watt, and now this. Today will be a good day.
There's some live video of Ry Cooder and David Lindley that's just so, so good too. Lindley is an absolute monster live but both are amazing.
I seen lindley by himself in the early 80’s awesome show, then finally RY came around a few years ago so I’m a happy person that I got to see these masters live
Had a blast on your live last night.
I haven't seen any Roy Buchanan...his "Hey Joe" is a monster.
Roy Buchanan … Sir … you are talking bout the gods of telecaster blues
@@1Ma9iN8tive yep. He should do some vids on him, blow some minds
Kinda wish it could go in forever
The move at :33 is sick when he plays the treble strings to punctuate
Literally sounds like a train whistle coming down the tracks. Which has always worked with the blues
Learning this one lately. I play mostly in open D so easy to capo and pick it up quickly. Thanks for your great commentary of it!
Keys,horns,strings, the sax does it all.
I love this kind of video!very informative 👍
He's got some kind of harmony on that sax, plus some other synth type effect
Michael you need to hear Jamey Johnson’s “Just Give it Away” live at the House of Blues in Boston 4/9/19
I had this version transcribed in Open D, capo on 4th fret as it is in the video. Took me 3-4 months on my custom Strat but I got it down pat. What therapy it is to play it!
Thanks for another great Upload Michael! Hope you're feeling alright, but based on the video.. No worries. :)
In the 70s Ry played a LOT with Flaco Jimenez master concertina player...to me the sax is taking that spot here..and in a similar fashion..pressing air into notes...adding that sonic bed underneath and nuanced stabs...
Awesome choice!! Ry is the best.
I think sax man is using a pair of harmonizer pedals to form triads. One set to play the 7 and one for the 5? That's what i hear.
That was my first thought. I've also heard The Brand New Heavies use a WAH pedal on the sax to great musical effect.
I think Ray COODER was asking us who Keith richards is with a couple of those licks
Those who know
How about a profile of Randy California of Spirit? Famously named by Jimi Hendrix, he was a leading fixture in this jazz/psychedelic/rock group, opening for both Cream and Led Zeppelin.
Hey Michael! i wanted to say thank you for all the amazing content. Also i wanted to suggest something for an upcoming video, it would be amazing to see your reaction of the band Leprous, any live video would do :)
What an amazing musician! Did you know he only has one eye?
Yes.
Looks like a couple of Eventide H9s, probably set on harmony notes/glides and some Leslie modulation , dialed in with expression pedals; baller organesque tones
Sounds like the sax player is playing an entire brass & wind section all squished together. Like it.
So glad to see you post this morning, I was worried you pick up a ban for last night's transgressions! Keep truckin!
lol let's blame it on Fishing Idaho on a Harley - he's always causing trouble
@@vandyman9957 how the fuck did you get that pic of Michael as a text character hahaha
@@MysticMonkeyMiracle lmao the emojis come with the monthly YT membership for $5! You get discord access too! I'll throw some of the emojis so you can see them - ... Fishing is kind enough to make them for us when he's not causing internet blackouts
That tone!
Sax player is Sam Gendel, right? He's doing his thing all over the new album from Pino Pallidino/Blake Mills. Deffo worth checking out
Try Joachim Cooder’s Bitter Moon. You will get allot of that sax in it. Th guy uses allot of electronics. The whole band does except Ry.
Michael. Mate. A question if I may. Referring to the time when Cooder was working with "The Stones", would that be the guitar work that he taught KEEF which would eventually become the sound of that outfit for a very long time? However I notice that Cooder has the 6th string. KEEF removed it and played the same feel. After all they had both, at different times, learned on a 5 string banjo, which would be tuned to G open.
The sax player has a sock over the horn, a big Shure SM7B mic'ing it into a pedal board. What is strange is that there is no room bleed of the raw sax, so I would guess this video is somewhat sync'd to a track and not the live performance of the tune. He did a making of Prodigal Son video that is very cool. Talks about the inspirations and adding lyrics to make this tune longer. You also get a gander of his guitar rig, which has a variac in the signal chain, which I need to dig deeper into figuring out what he's doing there as well. Anyway, excellent choice and always fun to watch your reactions MP!
im pretty sure the variac is a tube preamp that splits his guitar signal to 2 amps, and wouldn't the raw sax not be bleeding because of the sock over it?
@@613brownie Not sure why you'd use a variac for splitting signal between 2 or more amps, unless it's some custom preamp as you state built into a variac shell. I would have to research Ry's setup to figure out what he's doing with it. As far as sax room bleed, he'd have to be playing very lightly for it not to bleed. The sock over the horn helps a little, but not a ton.
@@MrTonicAmps ya its just a variac shell
Maybe some kind of harmonizer on the sax?
When the sax normally plays, it generates sound from all open holes, from top to bottom. Putting a sock over the horn won’t make any difference for any note that does not have a hole on the horn itself. Raw sax sound MUST leak in the room, but here it doesn’t. The only explanation is that some contraption is stuck inside the saxophone neck, or just below the neck joint, that acts something like the silencer on the gun.
Thanks!
Was Ry playing his "Coodercaster"? Hard to tell from this video. Ry's tone is so killer, it just slays you.
Yep, that's his main guitar.
He's got a great tone instantly recognisable. Please check out paul kossoff love to know what you think.
Hi Michael , also Ray has an Italian mother, it makes the difference
I've been moving to thinner picks too...
They be 'percolatin'
The drummer is Ry's son!
Yep Joachim, and the groove he sets is the backbone of all of this - great song, great band, effortlessly cool
Check out his wonderful solo record
If I had to guess, its either an octave up/pitch shifter or Mel9/ c9 pedal with an expression and volume pedal attached.
Ali Farke Toure is the reason for Ry
Michael. What do you recommend for ear training. I'm focusing on trying to internalize intervals, especially descending and harmonic. I focus on hearing melodies in my head and then recreating them on the instrument as quickly as possible on my guitar. I'm also been trying to actively cultivate the Levitin Effect by burning certain pitches into my brain. Progress is just painfully, painfully slow.
The song I am referring to is “Don’t pass me by “
The sax had like an almost train horn sound. It was clearly some kind of polyphonic sound. Real hard to pin down.
Michael, you continue to inspire me and open my eyes to so much great music. I was already a Ry fan. But now I have discovered Sam Gendel (the sax player.) Wow, what a wonderful musician. I am just digging into his vast repertoire. He is endlessly fascinating. I am not really a guitar player, I mostly play piano, but I love your insights. You have taught me so much about note function, how melody and harmony are related, etc. Just so really eye opening. "3rd hunting!" Such an awesome way of looking at music, melody, and leads. 10,000 thanks!
Wow…please do a vid in Ry’s tone..thanks.
Hey I think he has two harmonized pedals both set to depression only for a full chord sound. So like one pedal set to a 3rd and another to a 5th or 6ths or something.
Wild
One of the local horn players I sometimes jam with uses two harmonizing pedals, a volume, and a chorus.