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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.
infection
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thepigdog
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Boomer's Story - good old blues/folk tunes. not fancy but real good playin'. I have not heard the 1990 import but the original version is great.
martykl
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His first record "Ry Cooder" is also pretty terrific.  It's a collection that's kind of centered on depression era themes.  "One Meatball" and "How Can a Poor Man Survive" are typical examples.  In some ways, I prefer this one to Chicken Skin, which I recommended above and which remains IMO a classic.
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sbank
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@chazro @bdp24 Excellent and interesting observations, thanks. Cheers,
Spencer
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chazro
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Re: David Lindley & Rayo-X.  I own 3 studio LP's by them but they also recorded a killa live album!  I'd say it's one of the great  'unknown' live records.  Absolutely worth looking for!  
ncarv
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Well that narrows it down!
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