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Ry Cooder

Great American Music Hall

San Francisco

December 15th 1976

I was listening to a few 'new' bootlegs all of which were crap.

So I plucked something off the shelf...

A radio broadcast (originally)

This version seems to be ripped from vinyl.

Anyway...it ain't perfect but I really like it and recommend it to any Ry fans out there

who ain't already got it.

In 1979 I decided it was time to find out just who this Ry Cooder was.

So I bought his new album...Bop till You Drop.

I liked it.

Very Thing That Makes You Rich is still my go-to Ry song.

Back-tracked his catalogue/bought the new stuff (as you do)

I grew up listening to Jim Reeves. He was my Mother's number one.

So when I bought Chicken Skin Music and discovered Ry's version of He'll Have to Go

(a song made famous by Gentleman Jim Reeves)

It seemed like a circle had been squared.

(pretentious?...moi?)

I've seen Ry play live a couple of times.

Most infamous was the time he was at the Apollo in Manchester. I'm guessing early 90s.

It so happened that England were playing a major game that night.

(I'm talking football/soccer and promise to keep such talk to a minimum)

World Cup or Euros?...can't remember.

Anyway...Many people had set videos to record the game while they attended the gig.

Ry thought it was a good idea to relay the score to the crowd throughout the show.

This was met with boos/jeering which completely puzzled Ry.

It's because he is a 'Christian'.

Mum's second favourite was Eddie Fisher.

But she kept that quiet as he was considered, by her parents,

as half way between Adolf Hiter and Satan.

regards

Titus

01 Showtime/Alimony

02 Stand By Me

03 Tattler

04 Dark End of the Street

05 Diddy Wah Diddy

06 FDR in Trinidad

07 One Meatball

08 Fool for a Cigarette

09 Tamp 'em Up Solid

10 Jesus on the Mainline

11 Viva Sequin/Doremi

12 Volver Volver

13 He'll Have to Go

14 Mexican Divorce

15 Smack Dab in the Middle

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