Los chicos suaves ry cooder biography

1. The Legendary Ry Cooder
2. The Rise of a Musical Prodigy
3. Hollywood's Musical Maestro
4. Film Scores and Innovative Collaborations
5. An American Artist
6. A Musical Explorer
7. Early Influences and Career Milestones
8. Collaborations and Side Projects
9. The legacy of the 1970

The Legendary Ry Cooder

A quarter of a century ago, _Rolling Stone_magazine printed this accolade, which still holds true today: "Ry Cooder is the most eloquent and the most beautiful player of the slide guitar alive."

Among the bottleneck slingers, he stands as a master stylist and the premier interpreter of hundreds of American folk threads, unafraid to weave the jangling Hawaiian ukulele and the Tex-Mex accordion into, say, a gospel harmony.

The Rise of a Musical Prodigy

Making his first solo foray in 1970, by the early 80s, he had assembled a rich tapestry of rural blues, street soul, dusty ballads, calypso, and