Musician Biography: Ry Cooder



The cover for Ry Cooder’s self-titled 1970 debut album featuring Ry Cooder wearing a suit and a bowl hat, leaning casually against a large, unhitched trailer in the desert.

Ry Cooder
American Musician Biography

Written by DJ Hadoken


Ry Cooder is a guitarist, composer and producer. His full name is Ryland Peter Cooder. He was born in Los Angeles in 1947. He is well known for playing blues guitar. He is also proficient with the mandolin and banjo.

He began to play guitar at the age of three and mainly taught himself. He played the blues in Los Angeles at the age of sixteen and was influenced largely by blues artist Josh White.

Among other bands, he has played for Taj Mahal and Captain Beefheart’s Magic Band. He began recording in 1968 with Captain Beefheart’s debut album. He first became famous when he played in England in 1969.

His first album was released in 1970, titled Ry Cooder and his second album was released in 1972, titled Into The Purple Drop. Following those are albums such as Boomer’s Story (1972) , Paradise And Lunch (1974), Chicken Skin Music (1976), Jazz (1978) and many more. The debut of each of his earlier albums introduced new styles of Ry Cooder as he experimented with different forms of music from Hawaiian to Gospel.

Other genres he has worked in include: Country, Folk, Calypso, Salsa and (of course) Rock and Jazz. He has also made music for Hollywood movie soundtracks.

He has collaborated with musicians from around the world, pioneering what is known as “World Music” with artists such as Ali Farka Touré, a Malian blues artist. He has also collaborated with artists such as Eric Clapton, the Rolling Stones and Randy Newman.

In the 1970s, his success in Europe was greater than that in the U.S. However, his rise to worldwide fame may be attributed afterwards to the work he has done for notable Hollywood movie soundtracks such as The Long Riders (1980) and Paris, Texas (1985).


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