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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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wideload
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I have all his recordings and enjoy each. Jazz is unlike anything else I have in my collection. Not a bad place to start.  Might be love-hate though 

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wideload
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I have all his recordings and enjoy each. Jazz is unlike anything else I have in my collection. Not a bad place to start.  Might be love-hate though 

dodgealum
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Love his work on John Hiatt's "Bring the Family". 
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bdp24
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2nd on the John Hiatt album. Ry's solo on "Lipstick Sunset" is just incredible. His playing is not about "flash", but taste, economy, and lyricism. Ry is sort of the anti-Hendrix ;-). A fun Ry album is Bop Till You Drop, from 1979. The first digitally recorded Pop album, it turned Ry off to digital.
jafant
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Nice idea for a thread- infection ;)

I am looking to get into Ry myself. There are (2) boxed sets, 1 for studio albums, 1 for his Movie/Film soundtracks avail now. Any of you guys own these?
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