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Ry Cooder is a multi-Grammy Award-winning guitarist who has worked as studio artist, a singer and a movie soundtrack composer. Cooder is also responsible for the compilation that eventually became the Grammy Award-winning album, Buena Vista Social Club. Over the course of his decades-long career, Cooder has worked on projects with a number of different musicians, including Taj Mahal, Captain Beefheart, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison and Nicky Hopkins.
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- Name: Ryland Peter Cooder
- Born: March 15, 1947
- Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
- Record Label: Nonesuch Records
- Grammy Awards: 3
- Indie Rock group, Tortoise, have a track called "Ry Cooder" on their self-titled album
- 8 on Rolling Stone Magazine's list of 100 Greatest Guitar Players of All Time
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Buena Vista Social Club - Luis Barzaga ✇ Legends of Cuban music perform with Ry Cooder in this lively documentary. Combi… http://j.mp/29FOgi
@IndependentVOD | November 15, 2009 12:30 AM -
now listening to The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)／River Rescue: The Very Best Of Ry Cooder [Japan]／Ry Cooder. Rock. ★★★★★.
@ocean3055 | November 14, 2009 10:39 PM -
Top 3 weekly #lastfm artists: Louis Armstrong - 40. Ry Cooder - 35. mclusky - 32. http://bit.ly/HTQd0
@kahnfeed | November 14, 2009 09:46 PM -
How am I supposed to get Ry Cooder's score for STREETS OF FIRE?
@bdgrabinski | November 14, 2009 09:29 PM -
The Wailers are in New Zealand without Bob ...as is Ry Cooder folks! yep ; NZ is theee place to be
@marcelinnz | November 14, 2009 08:50 PM
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I, Flathead - $18.98
Ry Cooder’s I, Flathead, is the culmination of his ambitious and fascinating "California Trilogy," the last of three albums in which the singer and guitarist journeys through the real and imagined history of mid-20th century, multi-e...
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The Ry Cooder Anthology: The UFO Has Landed [2 CD] - $29.98
Visionary, Grammy-winning guitar legend, composer, and producer Ry Cooder's epic musical journey has explored the realms of rock, blues, country, folk, Hawaiian, Latin, Tuvan throat singing, jazz, and Tex-Mex-to name a few. On 'The UFO Has ...
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Buena Vista Social Club - $9.98
"The Buena Vista Social Club" guitarist Ry Cooder s celebrated album featuring the recently re-discovered talents of Cuba s foremost folk musicians sold millions of copies and earned a Grammy Award. Now Cooder teams up with acclaimed direct...
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View All Ry Cooder Questions (3) | Ask a QuestionWhat is the most annoying song to have stuck in your head? (19 Answers)Dave Barry wrote a whole book on this... Dave Barry's Book of Bad Songs. It was a highly scientific :) survey of his readers interpreted through his wonderful wisdom... and ... read moreTaiwan Prepaid 3G/HSDPA broadband on mobile cards? (2 Answers)you can try with Far Eastone Telecom's 3g prepaid card ,they made good one!! read more
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