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Topic: Ry Cooder - 'I, Flathead' |
b0b
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Posted 25 Sep 2008 8:27 am |
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Ry Cooder's new CD I, Flathead has a great new tune called Steel Guitar Heaven about the place where our heroes have gone. There's no steel in the song, but Ry plays some nice swing guitar and the lyrics are just wonderful.
Don't buy this as a download unless you just want the one song. The CD from Nonesuch comes in eco-friendly packaging and includes a nice little booklet with the backstory and all of the lyrics. Well worth the extra bucks, IMHO.
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b0b
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Posted 25 Sep 2008 8:35 am
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By the way, there is a bit of lap steel on at least one song, in the distorted, rock/blues style. The album could be categorized as "Americana" - a mix of roots rock, country and folk styles.
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Stephen Silver
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Asheville, NC
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Posted 25 Sep 2008 4:04 pm
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Just a heads up. Ry, Nick Lowe, and Jim Keltner are playing at The Great American Music Hall in SF next Thursday and Friday. It's a benefit show ($$$), but how can ya pass that up! If only John Hiatt would join em for a Little Village reunion!!
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Kevin Macneil Brown
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Montpelier, VT, USA
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Posted 26 Sep 2008 6:34 am
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I,FLATHEAD has really grown on me, and is fast becoming one of my favorite records of the year. Mr.Cooder has combined his musicianship, storytelling, and grasp of America's music into a work that strikes me as quirky, brilliant, humorous, and heart-rending all at the same time. I guess that is all nothing new for Ry Cooder, come to think of it.
It's a great sounding record, too, with a soundstage and palette of guitar sounds that are vibe-ey and vintage-ey, yet captured in high resolution. Ry made this record with the aural equivalent of a cinematographer's art and magic, I think.
And "Steel Guitar Heaven" just makes me smile everytime I hear it. |
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Steinar Gregertsen
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Arendal, Norway, R.I.P.
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Posted 26 Sep 2008 7:23 am
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Same here, I love this CD, it's one of those rare albums that just keeps growing every time I put it on. First I bought the CD only, but was so intrigued by the story and whole scenario Cooder draws that I eventually ordered a copy with the book as well. The book/CD package is well worth the price.
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Mark Eaton
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Posted 26 Sep 2008 7:37 am
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| Stephen Silver wrote: |
Just a heads up. Ry, Nick Lowe, and Jim Keltner are playing at The Great American Music Hall in SF next Thursday and Friday. It's a benefit show ($$$), but how can ya pass that up! If only John Hiatt would join em for a Little Village reunion!!
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Nick Lowe will be playing at Hardly Strictly Bluegrass a week from this Saturday (I saw his set last year - it was very good) and I'm hoping that Ry will stick around San Francisco to join him, instead of heading back south to Santa Monica.
The bad thing about that is that the Desert Rose Band plays at the same time on a different stage!
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Stephen Silver
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Posted 26 Sep 2008 9:01 am
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Mark, if you care to, we are getting to the Star stage real early on Saturday and sorta setting up a little spot to hang (though when my wife saw that Patty Griffen, Shawn Colvin, EmmyLou, and Buddy Miller were performing at the same time, she said later to the DRB).
You can give me a call, 831 295 2871, the day of the event or before to hook up for DRB. I went to see them down in Solana Beach.....as good as they ever were!
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Mark Eaton
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Sonoma County in The Great State Of Northern California
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Posted 26 Sep 2008 9:27 am
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I will definitely call you, Stephen. Thanks!
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Greg Simmons
From:
where the buffalo (used to) roam AND the Mojave
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Pete Finney
From:
Nashville Tn.
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Posted 23 Nov 2008 4:34 pm
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| Thanks for the link, Greg, very cool article... I love Ry's latest album and have bought most of his stuff as it has come out over the last 30 + years... |
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Steve Hinson
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Hendersonville Tn USA
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