Musical Influences
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Ry Cooder has been around for a while. He is a master of slide and has a vast blues and folk/blues repertoir, as well as a stack of original tunes. Linda Ronstadt recorded "Tattler", which Ry wrote for his Paradise and Lunch LP (1974). She put it on her Hasten Down The Wind LP (1976). In those days, he did a lot of session work for other artists, such as Maria Muldaur, Bonnie Raitt, and Randy Newman. Hollywood tapped him to write music for a number of movies, notably, "The Long Riders", "Alamo Bay" and "Crossroads", among many others. He has recently released a CD that includes nothing but his movie work. |
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An acoustic and bluegrass virtuoso, Doc Watson was "discovered" in 1960 by discographers Eugene Earl and Ralph Rinzler. Since then, he has earned the respectable distinction of being the premier granddaddy of double-punching flat-picking that most professional guitarists can only marvel at. His son, Merle, (whom he named after another guitar virtusoso, Merle Travis) played as well, and often shared billing with his father, until he died tragically in a farming accident. These days, it has become a mere footnote to point out that Doc Watson is blind. |
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