music · 15 March 1947 · 77 years ago
birth Ry Cooder, guitarist, member of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band, worked with Gordon Lightfoot, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, Randy Newman, John Lee Hooker. Solo, 1979 album 'Bop Till You Drop', and 1985 film soundtrack album 'Paris Texas'. Cooder produced the Buena Vista Social Club album (1997), which became a worldwide hit.
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