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Ry Cooder recommendation...

My knowledge of his work has never been more than his participation on Safe As Milk...but I recently heard a performance at some folk festival from 1979 on the radio & it was just him playing a slide guitar.
Can anyone recommend an album of the same stripped back style ? 

Thanks.
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whart
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and the great Harry Dean Stanton. String- see the first response to this thread. 
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dentdog
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Here you go. Down at the Field-1974 broadcast where he played to an audience of 200 in Denver. I would say that’s about as stripped down as you will get. Solo.
You can You Tube Terry Evans and Hans Theessink featuring Ry. Two albums, great recordings, spooky real. Delta Time has Ry on it.


miner42
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He was in an early band with Taj Mahal and Ed Cassidy (drummer with Spirit - Randy (California) Woolf's stepfather.  Not sure if the LP is still available.
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bdp24
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Ry was also the original guitarist in Captain Beefhearts Magic Band, on their first album. I believe he was all of 18!
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infection OP
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Yes indeed he was - 'Safe As Milk' - great album. 
Although the best Beefheart album is Doc At The Radar Station. 
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