Ry Cooder - The Prodigal Son (Live in studio)
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- Опубліковано 29 бер 2018
- "The Prodigal Son", Ry' Cooder's first new solo release in six years, is available now! Buy or stream now here: found.ee/RYtps
Directed by Jeff Coffman
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LYRICS
now, the prodigal son was a forward child, his mind was not to obey
but after he left his father’s house he thought he had gone astray
i believe i believe that i will go back home
i believe i believe that i will go back home
i believe i believe i that i will go back home
and be a servant of the Lord
his father saw him coming he met him with a smile
he threw his arms around him saying this is my darling child
chorus
the prodigal said, i searched for true religion, but to peace and no faith could i find
until i came to a little place called Bakersfield, that eased my troublin’ mind
chorus
i wandered into a tavern where a music band was playin’
the steel guitar rang out so sweet, i feel like i was prayin’
i asked a comely waitress, is this a new teaching
she said there is no God but God, and Ralph Mooney is his name
let me empty your ashtray, Mr. Mooney, if the drunks interfere i’ll be sad
but just as long as you sit there on the bandstand and play your guitar like Buddha, i’ll be glad
the father asked the prodigal, did you smell the sweet perfume and hear the angel band?
he said, dim lights, thick smoke, and loud, loud music is the only kind of truth i’ll ever understand
the prodigal son
Ry Cooder’s latest album, The Prodigal Son, is all America, our spiritual, hopeful voices, our raw cries and our sly provocations, voiced through the songs of the Pilgrim Travelers, The Stanley Brothers, Blind Willie Johnson, and Ry Cooder himself. This is black and white gospel church music, our own history of the spirit, sounding completely fresh and contemporary, framed by Cooder's expressive vocals and graceful, elegant guitar work. Aided by his son, drummer and chief collaborator, Joachim Cooder, The Prodigal Son is a deft commentary on our ailing moral state. This is music for these times, a fearless dive into the country’s soul and the man, Ry Cooder.
For nearly 50 years, the immense scope and influence of Ry Cooder's music has perhaps been felt as much, or more than heard. As musician, producer, songwriter and sage, the Santa Monica, California native has explored music and culture from across the city, the state, the country and around the world.
Over the years, Ry Cooder has received various awards and accolades such as:
2017 - BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards- Lifetime achievement
2007 - Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award Instrumentalist
2003 Grammy Award (Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album) - Buenos Hermanos,
2003 Grammy Award (Best Pop Instrumental Album) - Mambo Sinuendo
1997 Grammy Award (Best Tropical Latin Performance) - Buena Vista Social Club
1994 Grammy Award (Best World Music Album) - Talking Timbuktu with Ali Farka Toure
1993 Grammy Award (Best World Music Album) - A Meeting by the River
1988 Grammy Award (Best Recording for Children) - Pecos Bill
The Prodigal Son Track Listing
1. straight street
2. shrinking man
3. gentrification
4. everybody ought to treat a stranger right
5. the prodigal son
6. nobody’s fault but mine
7. you must unload
8. i’ll be rested when the roll is called
9. harbor of love
10. jesus and woody
11. in his care
Ry Cooder is the best guitarist most people never heard of.
That's true and it's very odd! I do my part though, sharing far and wide. I've adored this man since the 70's.
I ain't most people
I concur.
Nah. That would be Danny Gatton.
Ry is arguably the greatest slide player tho.
Music/art has a lot to do with your age. Being 59 I dont know many people that never heard about mr. Cooder.
I'm 81 years young and still rocking mainly in my rocking chair. Hi from Australia 😎🎵🎶🎵🎶
Rock on my Aussie mate, love having you express yourself with the rest of us! Old Man meself in the American south.
Hi mate, saw him play in Perth in about 1982 ish for three hours and it was all acoustic- riveting bit of a shame at the time thought it might get electrified at some stage but really didn’t matter.🎸🤗😁👍
I'm only 75 years but i move my leg on this groove and i'm happy!☺
Me too mate... throw down the zimmer frame and get to it!
Ya high here too 🇺🇸✌️
Listening to Ry for damn near 50 yrs . Just gettin better
Bop till you Drop was my intro.
like good French wine😃
j'ai 73 ans ,et cette musique me "transporte tjs autant ....
longue vie à toi mon "frère" de musique
What a great sound! If this song doesn't move you...... your either deaf or dead!
Nobody wants to talk about the saxophonist comping like a pianist with those harmonizers? Never seen or heard anything like it. Wow
Love it!
I like it too... would love to hear some Mississippi saxophone in there, too.
These guys sure can rock da house, sax & drums nuanced, restrained & funky, true harmony...Ry Cooder's thang I guess.
Yeah man, what a badass!! ❤️
cole glasscock I think it’s Sam Gendel.
His sense of melody and timing is just supernatural - he instinctively knows exactly what note to play - and sometimes more importantly, what note not to play! Inspiring.
UFO'S have landed in Rylands back yard(Chaves Ravine?) or was it Roswell/Tonapaugh Ca.??
it's commmmming mates-tick tack /tick tok what the hell-them REDS never came out from under the bed-should have held the line at the Chosin or Elbe or someplace hahaha ??Damed Ruskies
Precisely put. Absolutely phenomenal talent - peerless as far as I'm concerned.
But what's going on with that synth-sax? It's horrible.
The other players are SO sensitive to what he needs for backup. A master class for any aspiring musicians with ears!
All musicians need good ears & timing. Most peeps don't even know Ry Cooder. Their loss. He's bad ass and has many talents/outstanding.
First heard Ry's music in the 60's with Taj Mahal and others. His soundtrack score for LONG RIDERS blew me away and every single LP, CD or recording he's ever published! His open tunings are a thing to behold, but of course he's a genius of so many genres of music. Think Cuban music, Caribbean music, Rock and Blues and he's been there and done that! An American music icon, one of the most innovative artists to ever have given us his music. Thank you RY!!
With you two hundred percent
😀😀
Check out Paris Texas. On u tube.
Amen to that 🎸🎸
Memo from Turner and soundtrack of movie Performance
He's not a genius in any of those other genres, he's just given them some publicity. And even in American music he's done plenty of stuff that's not so great.
There's only one Ry Cooder, and he's just gets better and better...
To pinch a phrase from this song we're listening to, "There is no god but God, and Ry Cooder is his name."
TRUE STORY.. He always seemed super proficient technically but I'm not a guitar player. His playing has gotten more musical, smoother and literally groovier. His singing is where he knocks me out, tho. As a young man he wasn't even in the same ballpark. IMNSHO.
@@moragmacgregor6792 - DEFINITELY! His singing has absolutely improved throughout the years.
George Plant At least not the biblical lol
After decades, and so many great records... this one is actually his best ever.
Man the deep groove on this track is something special.
Indeed !!
A music giant.
Whoo! When most artist struggle to stay relevant in their sixties, he's still killin' it!
Ry Cooder blew by 60 a long time ago. He's 75!!!
My Brother, he was in his 70's on this recording. Rock on!
@@jamesspalten5977 Rye a fait comme le bon vin , il s'est bonifié avec l'age ,ce qui parait impossible!!!!
Showing the way for those with ears to hear it.
Happy 77th Birthday Ry Cooder 🎂🥳
Thank you so much for your amazing music!
🎶🎸🎶🎶
God bless Ry Cooder, a national treasure. Long Live Ry!
An international, Galaxian treasure you mean! ;-)
@@sylvainswift3234 ..... I would say "A GIFT FROM GOD"!!!!!
I was a real prodigal son biblically speaking,the Lord Jesus led me in my troubles to this song and I knew I was forgiven preacher Ry Cooder thanks for your message brother I am back in my Father house Amen!!!!!!
Best place to be!
AMEN!!!!!
AMEN!
Halleluyah.
I would replace Ralph Mooney with Robert Randolph in the lyrics. Although I would have loved to see Mooney play.
Can't stop watching this! Once a week. Feeds my soul. Thanks Ry and your awesome band.
Ditto with a Capital D 🎯
His son, Joachim, on drums I believe...🤔
Agree I can’t stop watching! ❤
70 year old Englishman living in Thailand and this wonderful music has me bopping around in the kitchen while I make my dinner, with my wife wondering just whats going on. Terrific.
@Bjorn A'grin the only way you can like Ry Cooder music... with your soul.
Yo bro ! liverpudlian ere Surin diggin this too !!
Ryland Peter (Ry) Cooder Born in Los Angeles 1947, march 15
love that image you put in my mind
oh my
one day i might get the courage to thailand my life
i hope so
then stand back brother
yo woman gonna be dancing with me over pancakes and bananas
while you wish you never posted here
peace and love
and thanks
rock on
Doing it right in the Land of Smiles. Spent 11 total there already and will return, nothing like it.
Holy mother of tone
No one sounds like Ry. That is for certain. He knows all the secret arts of tone.
my response would be "HOLYSHITFUCK"
If I could play just two notes in a row that sounded this good... I'd just pack all my stuff away and say "There. I did it. I can stop trying any longer."
Amen and mercy on us
Spot On Tom, Spot on
I remember seeing Ry Cooder with Captain Beefheart at Carnegie Mellon University I'm guessing in '71. He was the first band on the card that night but I always remembered his impeccable style. A great artist
This recording is sensational and I agree,the saxophone player is fantastic..all of the players on instruments are phenomenal musicians..
And that, people, is why I have worshipped at the feet of this genius for 52 years !!!!
ditto my friend, he is a legend and I would consider it a privilege just to carry his guitar case for him.
@@GetsumJ I have listened to his music since the 1970s , I love his work he also does a great film score
That is a long time to be so near someone's feet...
Still the world's greatest all round guitarist. And man he can really sing for an old man! I think Cooder sounds better now than ever before. I like this live version better than the album cut.
..... Sonny Landreth?
That's cuz he is not old yet.
@@Gattobuono Sonny Rocks 💓🕯
Well, George Winston is very good. Very.
So true, some folks age like fine Bourbon, it just keeps getting better ;)
At 77 I just discovered Ry Cooder. Love it!
It's never too late to discover Ry Cooder !
@@francoisebeylie2923 I just discov
Aren't you glad you lived long enough to experience Ry? Hope you live to 100 and get to experience many more personal musical discoveries. Check out Sonny Landreth and Roy Rogers also.
@@timontide6404 Good !
Listen to My name is Buddy. Ry made music supporting unions and this cd is a masterpiece..as well as ALL his music!
He has got a sound like no other, every guitar players quest right there.
this is not a musician. IT IS A PURE GENIUS! This song is the absolute best I have ever heard in the rhytme and blues. Absolute hammer!
Es a blues of Robert Wilkins
The guitar sounds incredible. Not that I expected anything less from Ry Cooder but wow, that's the tone right there.
Amen
Dumble amp sound.
It's those guitar pickups and multiple delay pedals, especially the Crucial Audio Echo Nugget. You'll never get exactly his tone because, well... Dumble Overdrive. But it's possible to get close.
Can anyone recommend a dumble sounding pedal. I play through a Matchless sc30 or an original 1964 b.f. deluxe reverb no logo. Thanks very much.
@@martydibergi5228 - check out what this guy has done. It will give you some ideas on what you can do.
ua-cam.com/video/AQSR8aiAMTw/v-deo.html
I love the way Ry makes the guitar an extension of his voice...playing guitar is more than just ripping out a fast solo...he makes the guitar talk, wale and cry and knows just how to use it to support the whole bluesy feel and vibe! Love it!
exactly Thomas, less is more!
Couldn't agree more. It's like a human voice on steroids.
Ry & Joachim, you should go way more into the studio! This is so classic they cannot pay you enough!❤.
We have a saying in Morocco "A snake will always spawn another one that is longer and deadlier than itself". Ry Cooder's son on the drums is just amazing.
thank you for being aware that Joakim is his kid.
Apple Don't fall from the.
CHRISTMAS 🎄
Kansas we GE TT A AMEN?. 🙏
Drummer who owned a set before Led Zeppelin hit says "A-men, brother." My very first nickname in life was "Mooka." Keep smiling!
Blues is still alive and well ! Ry knows no boundaries .
This guy is so legitimate he isn't in the top 10, he is the top 10! When they ask YOU to play on a multi million dollar movie track along with Steve Vai, out of 1 million guitar players your the best they could find! That's a pretty good thing to have on your resume.
Still return to this frequently...it’s just incomparably joyous and uplifting. The individual playing is outstanding, while they also sound like one spirit.
Ry is in a state where original gifts plus decades of experience have reached transcendence.
You got it right there. and the tone is to die for. Sublime.
@@RileyBKing1 Appears to be a Strat with gold foil pickups--a combination I have never seen. I also see an old, low wattage Gibson tube amp in the backgroud. The man knows how to get the sound he wants out of tools.
@@dennisoconnor4767 Think that's right. Don't know if Ry builds frankenguitars to get the right results, some certainly do, see JJ Cale! I have an Ibanez Artist which I rejigged with 2 x P90s- these being the best pickups in my universe.
Cooder is a national treasure.
Ry Cooder grabbed us by the whatever on Sister Morphine back in 1970, it was so astonishing a performance. And then Into the Purple Valley, where he did it for a whole album. And somehow he has kept getting better ever since then, this shows he's better than ever. Are we worthy of this greatness?
Wow I'm near speechless. The incomparable Ry makes your hair stand on end. Please come and tour the UK Mr Cooder. We love you.
I first heard of Ry from the movie "Southern Comfort." I didn't know who that guitarist was till I mentioned it to my guitar teacher at the time, back in the 1980?'s, something. And then again in the movie Crossroads, which made Steve Vai so famous for his amazing arrangement, and performance. Anyway, I started following Ry, and his amazing playing style. I discovered a bit of recordings, but never to many videos since UA-cam was invented. This is truly one of his latest, and greatest performances. He is a one-of-a kind guitarist. I'm so glad to see that there are many more videos out there. Ry is a goddamn living legend. Please keep posting them!
Great sound and phenomenal sound going out and the music is terrific sounding out in the airwave..great musicians at there best..slider guitar of Ry Cooder never ends,just sounding out melody everwyhere..clap your hands and move your feet cause your being fed the slider sound of greatness..never forgotten..explicit sound..
Brilliant groove master, Ry Cooder. I was lucky to catch Ry Cooder in concert in 1968. My favorite guitarist, along with Jesse Ed Davis. Got to love his Coodercaster sound. God bless Ry Cooder.
The live version is soooo good. Holy moly. Can't stop listening.
That drummer, though! Hell yes!
Absolutely!
That's Ry's son on drums. Fantastic music all around.
@@REM1956 I know he is, thanks!
Totally great!! There is a live album with Ry and David Lindley in Vienna, Ry's son is on drums and David's daughter on backup vocals. It's like the Bible of slide guitar, amazing.
Playing and singing the truth. What a great album of songs to make a statement in these times of chaos. You can't hold a good man down.
KNOWING RY COODER FROM HIS WORK WITH THE STONES ,in my teens, THEN 10 years later I CRAWLED OUT of the drug infested booze soaked gutter i put myself in..and re discovered ,and taught myself how to play.....the blues......mr COODER was a part of my collection of blues cassettes ...this vid is WONDERFULL ...I LOVE his drummer ...and the sax HELL yea..... the titles look great for the rest of the Album....GREAT STUFF GUYS!!! glad RY is still making and recording MUSIC
Good on you brother!
I put the video on loop and hit the play button.... pure unrestrained bliss! Ry Cooder, and friends, have created an absolute masterpiece. It's also some of the best guitar tone I've ever heard.
The ironic thing is how could you have the blues listening to this masterpiece. 👏😃
Real Classic..got the beat going on..amid airwave around the globe..Ry Cooder is so Cool..sensational rhythem happening..r u with me? Band is so Kool and terrific..thank you
The bass player is playing a Japanese (Greco) Ibanez GoB bass that I designed 40 years ago.
That's Robert Francis on bass.
Steve Fox - please tell the story!
That's super cool man 👌👌
:: listening for *that* story ::
Steve Fox Nice looking instrument....but where’s his beanie ?
There is no on the planet more cool than Ry !!!!
Absolutely F……..Brilliant I’ve always loved this guy 👍 Especially the three fantastic cords that intro the movie Southern Comfort !!!! From the very first moment I heard it- still listening to it in 2024 👍👍👍😁🤗👌🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
I first heard of Ry Cooder, via Buena Vista Social Club - Aka Ibrahim Fererrer et el. Cuban music that went away, from western musical ears while sanctions were in place. Great credit to Ry Cooder and his son, they went to Cuba and breathed life into what was almost a dead art - Buena Vista Social Club. Thank You Ry Cooder !!!
The best video I have ever listened to on UA-cam
I've been a fan for many years. I remember going to see Streets of Fire at the cinema, just because Ry did the music. Happy days.
Arguably the best slide player to ever grace the guitar.
You have great taste my Brother. Old Rocker
@@russelljones182 cheers my friend
Not quite sure how I found Ry, I'm not in his age demographic, but damn he's awesome. He came to Dublin Ireland and blew the roof off. I was the youngest there by about 25 years but the crowd was awesome. The Sax player is on another level too!!
With open ears and an open mind you can find it all.
Smooth as aged whiskey, deep as a bad woman's eyes and timeless. Peace entwined with rhythm amid the blues.
Can't beat it!
Agree with you bro.
Poetry says it best.
So much heart he puts into that singing and playing, imagine doing that night after night for decades
That's called dreamlike life
Rolling Stone rated Cooder #8 all-time best. Preposterous. Beyond magnificent there's no rating for that degree of skill & talent.
Apart from anything else, here is further blinding evidence that Ry is the greatest rhythm guitarist out there, bar none!!! Nobody grooves like Ry! Can't wait for the album.
twangbarfly Considering he has a glass eye, might want to rethink your choice of words 😂 Rock on!
LOL!
Dont get nuts. Keith Richards is still the greatest rhythm guitarist and riff master ever
I like Keith Richards but in my opinion - that's my opinion by the way, not the gospel truth written in stone - I don't think Richards comes anywhere near Ry. Who showed Richards the trick he would use for the rest of his career about a 5-string tele by the way? :-)
Omeletpants -- check this article out - especially the stuff about the Stones and Let it Bleed. It's common knowledge. www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/ry-cooders-elegant-indignation
best guitar player of all time
Passing on the goosebumps is what this is ...... Passing the energy and torch.
Impeccable. And Cooder's voice is that of a young man. (He also looks fabulous).
What great set of musicians What a beat. Wow
Everytime I ear Ry Cooder I feel that I am cruising along USA.. The perfect Cruisin man... The right groove of American music. Hope he gets Hall of fame!
One thing is sure for me... He is unique and one the greatest all time!
Legend
Skeem saam
Now that's how it's done. Sounding good lads.
How wow to see and hear the youngsters hanging with an old tuffie like the Cood….blessings..🇨🇦
Super sensational..Ry Cooder and his band ..a solo artist and entertainment is going on in rhythem and melody busting out in the airwaves..Ry Cooder is singing his story out to the world and over..got the beat going on..
Humbly we sit at the feet of The Master. .... Ry Cooder is the LIVING GOD of Slide Guitar Blues.
Mark Marsh definitely Heaven sent.
Ry's son on drums. Accompanied Ry in the Buena Vista Social Club also. What a team. Some real magic there.
I’ve just been part of his travelin music show since the late eighties and it still blows me away
I've been listening to Ry since the 70s and all I can say is WOW! This is great!
Andrew Z You and I both Brother!! Ry is the slide man just bringing it Daddy
Saw Ry at the Santa Monica Civic when his first album came out...
3rd on the bill.
I can't recall who I went to see but I was HOOKED from that first show!
RY is Da MAN!!!
Is it just me, or does his voice sound better than ever on this new record? Absolutely love it.
First saw him in 1969 myself. Still sounds awesome
If I had to listen to the first 20 seconds of any song for an eternity, it would be this right here.
I'm enjoying Ry's music for decades. And still amazes me. being not American, that a lot of my USA friends have never heared of him!
Most underrated blues guitar player in the world and a true Master.
I've been listening to you since I was 12 years old and you are a major part of my life soundtrack.
Thank you!
He's not more under rated than Robin Trower!
Hah ha!
Who claims title to the The Most Under Rated?
The under rated duelists!
Been listening to ry cooder since 1969: love him and his unbelievable slide guitar🤩
What have I just listened to? Pure Awesomeness!
Ry Cooder the best stuff I'm listening to since 40 years!! Thank you so much for your beautiful music!
I'm listening to since 55 years!! Please don't go before me.
now I hear this in the middle of the night sitting at my desk and cant believe how absolutely crazy good this is. goosebumps
I'm wreathed in a broad, inane smile denoting pure pleasure! Ry Cooder has a new album out, some things are just right in the world. Thank you!
Alan Brunt I've got that smile too 😎
Ryland Cooder is just an amazing maker of music. Pure, stunning talent and an endless depth to everything he does.
Untouchable
Came across Ry Cooder when l watched Southern Comfort way back when. This video here just blows my mind!!
The undisputed master of groove!!
Ry Cooder, you bloody legend!!!!! Love it. Your slide playing is sublime.
There's only one Ry Cooder, and he's just gets better and better.. i second this opinion , hes simply a legand in my eyes ,yes Ry thank you and bless you!
Budda: Ry has always been on a different plane of existence. Blessed be.
Greatness lie's in the hands of Rye Cooder and the band,which is phenomenal
That sounds like that damn Paris Texas guitar...That damn sound has been hauntin' me my whole life...
That is one of his longtime guitars... seen him use it a lot over the years. No one sounds like Ry.
he calls it a cooder-caster, supro steel guitar pickup at bridge.
It has been hauntin' me too since first saw the movie. We have good tastes in real music ! Glad somebody remembered besides me. Thank you.
Ry once spoke of that sound, that it came in part from "Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground", which was/is a gospel blues song written by Blind Willie Johnson back in the 1920's. He riffed off that for the Paris, Texas soundtrack. Just great, haunting music.
That’s definitely the Ry Cooder sound. Instantly recognizable. That’s his son, Joachim on drums. I recently met Joachim, and I’m so happy to say that he is a lovely person. Ry and Susie gave him good values.
The master and side kicks are fabulous. Rock and roll heaven.
Ry doesn't just play the guitar, he uses it to bring out powerful emotional responses in the listener that they probably never even knew about before they heard him play (IMHO)..
holy shit, wow
The beat is great, and the band has an incredible sound!
Sweet mercy...this man was blessed with immense talent...did not squander or take those gifts for granted...
I agree. He has potential, ? Sarcastic as hell.
I've been loving your music for many years Mr Ry. By jove this is refreshing and damn your guitar expression just gets better. May God Bless you keeping you Healthy and Safe 👏👏🇺🇸🇺🇸
No much words. Listening. Great artist.
I've just spent the last 5+ minutes with a smile on my face, and I guess it's the tenth time I'm watching this over the last few years :)
Me too. Just found this and I have been smiling since it started. Can't NOT smile!
Love this guy,,,could listen to him all day long
genuinely one of the best grooves about
good he's also getting out Christian themes nice one Ry
He is so good I remember him when I was in my 30's now I am in my 70's like he is; and he is still good.
I could listen to this all night, so perfect!
Phenomenal..rhythm is great ,lyrics is fantastic,melody is terrific..grouping is excellent..
Ry Rocks and Swings like no one else . . .
My Mum introduced me to Ry Cooder whilst we were listening to Eric Clapton. Another great artist to listen to.
Ry Cooder has been knocking tunes out of the park for decades.( remember Paris Texas?) If he lived & played until 100 yr. old he would still gather talented young musicians around him, as he has done here!