Open Thread: it's a Ry Cooder kinda day

Submitted by Lady Libertine on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 10:40am

yeah well lunachickie made me do it!
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My father told me, lying on his bed of death,
"Boy," he says, "woman she's gonna make it, don't fool your self
'Cause she's got something to make a man lay that money, uh, right in her hand
And the very thing that makes her rich will make you poor
The very thing that makes her rich will make you poor
That's right!

Well, I put you behind the wheel of a deuce and a quarter, yes I did
Had you living like a rich man's daughter, yes I did, I sure did
While you were living high on the hog
You had me down here scuffling like a dog
Well, the very thing that makes you rich makes me poor
The very thing that makes you rich makes me poor

Don't you never ever make such a bad mistake
You know I'd rather climb into bed with a rattlesnake
Then to work hard every day bringing that woman all my pay
The very thing that makes you rich makes me poor,
Makes me so damn poor
The thing that makes her rich makes me poor
The very thing that makes you rich make me poor
Very thing that makes you rich makes me poor
Makes me so damned poor
Money won't change it, no no...

[video:https://youtu.be/pRAg7ixYaeE]

one more but then I gotta do stuff!! Please join in, if you like!

[video:https://youtu.be/6efQ_GyQW3o]

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Submitted by Gerrit on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 10:44am

Right on, Lady L. I'm clocking out - punch card here - and off

to lunch and my garage. Have a great afternoon, folks.

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Resilience: practical action to improve things we can control.
3D+: developing language for postmodern spirituality.

Submitted by NCTim on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 10:59am

Through the generations

Happy Saturday LL.

An interesting sidebar, Jim Dickson, father of Luther and Cody of NMA, was Ry Cooder's touring keyboard player and mentor to Cody and Luther.

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The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. - Friedrich Nietzsche -

Submitted by NCTim on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 11:02am

Because I Can

Hasta la vista

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Submitted by rwiley81925 on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 11:31am

More Cooder-Galban

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Solidarity

Submitted by hecate on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 11:05am

the best ry cooder

is Bobby King and Terry Evans.

[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F6Mql2M88o]

Submitted by FreakFlagFly on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 11:15am

Cooder doing Beiderbecke...

Doesn't get much sweeter than this![video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD-Roh8rEZk]

Submitted by Deja on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 11:22am

Something I found yesterday

Went to TOS to message a homeless user, and realized I still had a help desk tab open on my phone. Curiosity killed the cat, as they say, and I found a tid bit that made me cringe.

TOS is officially Fox News! I know we all pretty much knew this, but now it's in writing - by staff.

SUPPORT STAFF 3 Posted by Daily Kos Staff on Apr 01, 2016 @ 04:58 PM

Flags aren't generally applicable anyway as a response to untruths. So, no.

On to other things, I'm working in a place where it appears that I'm witnessing racism - from brown to black. The last 3 people to be fired were all black. I was there for one of them. There are at least 2 EEOC cases open against the company. If I am asked, I will tell the truth about the blatant favoritism on display by management, and flagrant unbalanced enforcement of rules that got the last kid fired, but others openly break, right in front of management.

It makes for a very uncomfortable place to work. Advice, anyone? I've already begun documenting what I see.

Oh, and it's not really "brown" but anyone with a Hispanic sir name that gets special treatment. I'd say >90% fall into that category at this location. Other locations around the country are much more diverse, so it's not a company thing, I don't think, but just a problem at this location.

Submitted by FreakFlagFly on Sat, 04/02/2016 - 11:36am

Often overlooked, my first exposure to Ry Cooder

was in his role as producer and arranger, as well the only other guitarist, on Neil Young's first solo album "Neil Young." A quick Wiki list:

Track listing

All songs written by Neil Young, except where noted. Arrangements on "The Old Laughing Lady," "String Quartet from Whiskey Boot Hill," and "I've Loved Her So Long" by Young, Nitzsche and Ry Cooder.
Side one
No. Title Length
1. "The Emperor of Wyoming" 2:14
2. "The Loner" 3:55
3. "If I Could Have Her Tonight" 2:15
4. "I've Been Waiting for You" 2:30
5. "The Old Laughing Lady" 5:58
Side two
No. Title Length
6. "String Quartet from Whiskey Boot Hill" (Jack Nitzsche) 1:04
7. "Here We Are in the Years" 3:27
8. "What Did You Do to My Life?" 2:28
9. "I've Loved Her So Long" 2:40
10. "The Last Trip to Tulsa" 9:25
Personnel

Neil Young — vocals, guitars, piano, synthesizer, harpsichord, pipe organ
Ry Cooder — guitar
Jack Nitzsche — electric piano
Jim Messina, Carol Kaye — bass
George Grantham, Earl Palmer — drums
Merry Clayton, Brenda Holloway, Patrice Holloway, Gloria Richetta Jones, Sherlie Matthews, Gracia Nitzsche — backing vocals

Production

David Briggs, Ry Cooder, Jack Nitzche, Neil Young — producers
Dale Batchelor, Donn Landee, Mark Richardson, Henry Saskowski — engineers
Rik Pekkonen — arranger, engineer
Danny Kelly — photography
Ed Thrasher — album art direction
Roland Deihl — cover painting

I'll put up the three Ry co-arranged, among my favorites on the album. If your not familiar with this Neil Young album, or this period of Ry Cooder's career, this album stands tall with both their best.[video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz8n63IaHSk][video:https://www.youtube.c...