I was in the crowd when Randy Newman premiered "Good Old Boys" in Symphony Hall in Atlanta in '74. His uncle Emil Newman, an Oscar winning composer, conducted the orchestra behind him. Ry Cooder was the opener, the only time I've ever seen him live. It was one helluva show.
THIS is unbelievable. WHERE did you find this?? ...I was left to imagine for 45 years Cooder and Newman making Newman's 12 songs and never imagined they had ever played any of the tunes live together (not that I'm any authority on either of them).. Thanks, Thanks, THANKS for posting this! You made at least ONE GUY very happy!
Cooder's touch with the slide is just sublime. Linda's voice soars. Randy in top form. Who woulda thunk the Ry and Randy could harmonize so well. What a treat this is.
@@NICOSTONES I love Ry's soundtrack for the movie Blue Collar, starring Richard Pryor, Harvey Keitel and Yapphet Kotto. It's instrumental only, but so excellent.
God, she was gorgeous - and what a voice. Ry Cooder is still just such a fantastic talent on guitar and a great singer, too, and young and good-looking. And Randy Newman - well, a great writer and performer.
@@mimig3904 Thanks for your reply. I did go listen to them on RU-vid! :-) I had only ever heard the Randy Newman's version of that song. In fairness, I did hear of Three Dog Night, but was living in Britain during the late 60's and all the 70's and missed a number of US bands. In exchange I heard a lot of Euro bands that never really 'made it' over here. For example 10CC, Supertramp, Lindisfarne, Yes, Tangerine Dream, Neu, Status Quo etc...etc.... For all I know you may have heard some or indeed all of them. But if not, you might give some a try, 10cc being one of my all time favorite bands.
@@wazekialbahook4964 a little late, but brilliant that 10cc are one of your favourites being from Manchester myself. Stockport is 20 minutes away and they really put a marker in the map with their influence & strawberry studios
This is brilliant on so many levels .. thanks for sharing the gift that is music .. tis said only two things can heal a soul .. music and love .. and when they're packaged like this, how can a poor man go wrong.
Saw them separately, Ry in the early 70's in Houston, Randy much later in Nashville. Would have loved to have seen this. Thanks so much for the footage! Loving it and saving it!
Hey biamaku. This is so great .Everyone knows Linda Ronstadt and some people know Randy Newman and a lot of people unfortunately don't know Ry Cooder. Three greats. For those who don't know , Ry is really one of the greats. Good to know you.
He has been tops on my list since 1970, when my father came home from the USN on a short leave and handed me a record. He’s the best, and I met him and Joachim at McCabe’s last January. He is a very cool guy. It was the thrill of my life.
Randy Newman's songs always reminded me of dream fragments, half-remembered. With Ry Cooder's slide guitar....wow. I discovered both these guys around the same time in the early '70s and spent way too much time listening to both while stoned in my dad's recliner.
The best part for me is Linda doing the background/harmony on Rider in the Rain. Absolutely perfect. Perfect harmony, perfect volume, perfect words. Scintillating.
“Rider In The Rain” is one of those historical songs that take you to a mysterious point in time… like “All Along the Watch Tower” or “James River Blues”… and what fantastic accompaniment! Made my eyes well up…
saw both of these guys at Caravan of Dreams in Fort Worth TX back in the day. both were great and Caravan was best venue ever! saw Ry Cooder Friday night with Ricky Skaggs
Howard Haralson That was a great venue for music...makes me sick that it is now the Reata. I saw Mick Fleetwood’s Blue Whale, Squeeze, Lindsey Buckingham, and Cheap Trick at this place....
Randy Newman and Ry Cooder playing together? I always loved both of them, it's an unusual combination but it works. Linda Ronstadt too. What a super group!
What a hoot to run into this. Thanks RU-vid semi-random selections. Never saw what Randy Newman looked like. Or Ry Cooder either. Course been in love with Linda for years.
I thought so, too, until I unearthed 1974"s Etta James version, with the slide guitar wizzardry of Lowell George. (Hard to find fault with the lightly-produced original, with the best of them all, Ry Cooder, from 1970.)
Ry tells a story about running into Randy Newman on a plane when he first got together with Flaco, and Randy telling him that he wouldn't make any money doing that. Ry gives a great interview at one of the Americana festivals, but you all have probably seen the interview and heard the story. Thank you for posting this! Have a great day, everyone.
@@lnl3237 I tried to find my original source and could not find the exact story that I will repeat. I saw on YT a video of Ry in his younger days performing “Little Sister” and that as Ry rocked forward and rolled backwards I noticed something different about his left eye. It was glistening under the lights. So I googled “Ry Cooder’s Eye”. I thought it was wikipedia, but what is on there now isn’t quite the same , and I couldn’t find the exact source. The story (which is true ) is that when Ry was four years old he had a terrible accident and stabbed himself in the eye . Recuperation was lengthy. A family friend came to visit Ry as he lie in his bed. This friend laid a guitar across Ry’s chest and started to play. Ry said he didn’t know what he thought but that he knew what he felt. Subsequently Ry started playing guitar at age four. And subsequently got a glass eye. You can find small variations of the same story, including an interview with Ry himself with that single google.
@@stargazer6753 Did not know that or ever notice his left eye looking different-too mesmerized by the music! Bless the man that brought him that guitar and Ry for picking it up! Thank you for taking the time to tell me.
@@lnl3237 RU-vid or Spectrum is killing me . This is my third try at delivering my message. If you have not seen “Little Sister” or others from that genre you should and you will see the eye. Ry is somewhat a musical historian or archivist in that he has recorded or performed songs from many different genres starting with really authentic folk music you didn’t even knew existed and then music through the fifties and then Ike and Turner’s “I Think It’s Going To Work Out Fine” , which should be recognized as one best pop/rock instrumentals ever . Going back to Ry as a boy . I failed to mention that his family was musical to begin with . I thought that it interfered with the flow of the story , because before then Ry was not playing guitar . Another point , as I was sending you my first reply , I was wondering if his taking up the guitar was a four year old’s coping with losing his eye. It could have been his solace. Yes, bless that man who laid the guitar on Ry’s chest. Without knowing it , he may have influenced music in the 20th century .I’m not a licensed doctor of any sort , I’m just guessing. Good to know you Lorraine L.
I still can’t get over how much delight and pleasure this video gives me . Thank you Biamaku . The three of them together. More than anyone could ask for , especially Ry’s retro 50’s look. I’m guessing’ this performance was after the 1950’s. Oh Yeah.
Miss Ronstadt enjoys some LIVE laughter that echoes the feelin; INFECTED by the contagion known as "GOOD ;MUSIC" by inspirational peers and co. The effort in their muse can be recognised as pure weight of gold that can only be recognised in the Great and hallowed halls of Musical aptitude, somewhere up above, past that half circle/rainbow of all worthwhile efforts. In other words, we are paying little for what it's worth. TFS. XXOO.
@@michaelcopps5683 Thanks for that, Michael. Started watching RU-vid in late September of last year after seeing the documentary on Ms. Ronstadt's career in the theater (As a musical illiterate, had never heard of Ry Cooder until the film!); wanted to find the full clips of the ones I saw in the movie. Found most of them...and so much more. Have to say this video is the one to which I repeatedly return. Ms. Ronstadt-just peaking in all aspects of her talent and persona here- always said 90% of the music she made was performed with family, friends, and musical acquaintances in intimate settings. That's what this felt like. Really appreciated your comment. You eloquently spoke for a lot of us.
This is a great time to witness the real musical cream rise up through the murky, sometimes chocolatey milk. (Nod to the colored folk of Willie Dixon Fame that finally benefitted substantially) witness Led Zeppelin"s "Whole Lotta" easy pickin' commercialism just went a little off-kilter especially after. "ED Sullivan' AND Elvis MAKING THE BURGEONING YOUTH Market a "wide open" future for all those people so inclined to drop the piano, violin or the even that versatile accordian. Adoring fans for inspiration and, "your own world" could be your '"oyster" Example... oops gotta go get intimate with 6 steel strings, for the umteenthousandth time. Sigh..."Segovia" I ain't, but it's just fun' in; is is all. Cheers, love what you do and are doing, too!
Mama Told Me Not to Come Randy Newman Will you have whiskey with your water Or sugar with your tea What are these crazy questions That they're asking of me This is the wildest party That there ever could be Oh, don't turn on the light 'Cause I don't want to see Mama told me not to come Mama told me not to come Mama said, that ain't no way to have fun Open up the window Let some air into this room I think I'm almost choking on The smell of stale perfume And that cigarette you're smoking 'Bout to scare me half to death Open up the window Let me catch my breath Mama told me not to come Mama told me not to come Mama said, that ain't no way to have fun The radio…
Ok, Staying cool up here in the North country, nothin' compares to yur sweet offer of ear candy, making music hotter than any old fresh coffee seems I ever could hold in my mitt or lap. Seriously dangerous stuff ever consumed by an attentive, alert kind a sleepy dozin' dreamer from afar. CHEERS (superlatives just ain't enough but you folks got it goin on!) Rylund , Yoakem et al!!
@@triplesevensix291 Yes indeed. Classic Randy , classic Linda and more to the point classic Ry , with his slim body and his combed back hair and that pure look on his face , just like a boy or a very young man. My spouse loved this piece for the western cowboy style (Rider in the Rain) and for Ry Cooder and for the whole arrangement.
*Linda was sitting at the table closest to the door at the Roxy nightclub (on Sunset Blvd.) during RY Cooder 's second show in 1977. Linda was beyond gorgeous, and looked like a Goddess there that night, while Ronnie Wood sat with her. Ronnie had the "big hair" look so common in the late '70s, but Linda stole that look for herself, as only a Goddess could!*
oh, lordy...chanced upon this while looking for something w Ry and Sweetpea Atkinson (who has just passed)...I was at this...never imagined there would be footage...Jim Signorelli directed this for a TV show i'm not sure ever aired...there were only about 40 or so of us in the house for 'ambiance'...it's was a spectacular night...inches away from them...great find!
Cheryl Bianchi, hope you bought a lottery ticket the next day, because no person (except the other 39!) could've been lucky enough to witness this. If you can mine your memories a bit more, please share. Thank you.
@@lnl3237 missed out on that lottery ticket...i got invited to lots of cool stuff during my NY life, took it for granted (ah, to be young and pretty again) what do i recall? ...Randy sitting in a little alcove outside the ladies room downstair, nervous as a cat, sweating up a storm w stage fright, and me calming him down, saying, it's just US, relax....Ry (who was my hugest crush) feet away on that little stage... so damn gorgeous and so damned adept on that guitar of his. Linda (confess, not my fave, but in fine voice that night) having such a good time...it was just swelling, all the way around...
@@cherylbianchi9616 Well, aren't you too kind to take the time to flesh out your memories for a faceless stranger. The fact that you said you got invited to a lot of cool stuff and tried to calm Randy by saying, "It's only US!" leads me to believe you had an "in." And if so, they were lucky to have you as you did an excellent job of steadying Mr. Newman's nerves. He was wonderful, witty and loose! Ashamed to say, that my first exposure to Ry Cooder was in the Linda Ronstadt documentary last year. Been catching up ever since. Although, you might not be young anymore, I bet you're still pretty and you're most definitely very kind. We never think the good times are going to end when we're in our teens and twenties. Fortunately for someone who was a very uncool teen, this video, your steel-trap mind, and generous heart I'm having a "swelling" night! Thanks again, Cheryl. Savor those memories.
Newman always joked about how unpopular his music was. The problem we had there was that no one else was really in his league, so we had trouble choosing the right catagory to put his product in. We experienced no such problem with Rod Stewart's excretions.
OOOooooo...I wish I could have been there. I wonder if there were any more tunes played that we might eventually see. I'm glad I saw all of these amazing people back then ...separately...but I saw them at their prime..so much GREAT music then. We were lucky then and we knew it.
