Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Both available at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/A-Meeting-River-Ry-Cooder/dp/B000005L9Z/ref=pd_sim_m_3 http://www.amazon.com/Talking-Timbuktu-Ali-Farka-Toure/dp/B00000062H/ref=pd_sim_m_1 Review at Allmusic: http://www.allmusic.com/album/a-meeting-by-the-river-mw0000099129 My favourite Cooder albums: http://www.amazon.com/Paradise-And-Lunch/dp/B002TSPMG8/ref=pd_sim_dmusic_a_2 http://www.amazon.com/Chicken-Skin-Music/dp/B001A83GYI/ref=pd_sim_dmusic_a_2 http://www.amazon.com/Boomers-Story-Ry-Cooder/dp/B000002LN3/ref=pd_sim_m_9 A brilliant concert in its entirety on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRxW3zj4mcg Have fun! Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 1:15 PM, Bob Shaw <rsphotoimages at comcast.net> wrote: > Jayanand: > > I say, Old Chap; can you give us a Link? Anything by Cooder is OK by me. > > Thanks. > > Bob > Bob Shaw > rsphotoimages at comcast.net > > > On Aug 9, 2012, at 9:16 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > If you like this sort of cross cultural music, both these albums by Ry > > Cooder are much better IMHO than "Buena Vista Social Club", though Mali > and > > India do not impact the American ethos as much as Cuba: > > > > With Vishwa Mohan Bhatt - A Meeting by the River - this is absolutely > > stunning, as I understand both strains of music, jazz and Hindustani > (North > > Indian) classical. One of my all time favourite albums. > > > > With Ali Farka Toure - Talking Timbuktu > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 10, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Bob Shaw <rsphotoimages at comcast.net> > wrote: > > > >> Ry Cooder is a great musician and Humanitarian. > >> > >> He went to Cuba and found the Old Boys who made up one of the great > Cuban > >> Son Bands (pre-Castro). > >> > >> He found them a studio, rehearsed them and and backed them on slide > >> guitar. Get their CDs of this great group of long-suffering guys > playing > >> the good Stuff and also the video that Ry Produced when he brought them > all > >> to America (New York) for the first time to an emotional, sold out > group of > >> tearful Cubanos, Puerto Ricanias, whites, black, asians, all going nuts > ove > >> the chance to see these guys for real. > >> > >> Here's a taste: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXwLBS3yUkA > >> > >> I'm for sure not of Latin descent, but when I watched this concer t, I > >> couldn't sit still and the tears came every minutes. If Cuban Cigaars > >> were wine, this would be vintage Margeaux. > >> > >> What a reunion. What a tribute to real Cuban Music. > >> > >> OK OK. I'll sit down now? > >> > >> > >> Bob in Seattle > >> > >> Bob Shaw > >> rsphotoimages at comcast.net > >> > >> > >> On Aug 9, 2012, at 7:10 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> I know there are a few fans here.... > >>> > >>> > >> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/aug/09/ry-cooder-mitt-romney-dangerous-cruel > >>> > >>> john > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Leica Users Group. > >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Leica Users Group. > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >