Ry Cooder
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Ry Cooder is an American guitarist, composer, and producer renowned for his slide guitar work and for exploring and popularizing diverse roots and world music traditions.
Aliases (2)
- Cooder ×1
- Ryland Peter Cooder ×1
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
composer
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film score composer → guitarist → human → record producer → singer-songwriter → |
| associatedAct |
Ali Farka Touré
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Buena Vista Social Club → Captain Beefheart → Flaco Jiménez → John Hiatt → Nick Lowe → Taj Mahal → The Rolling Stones → |
| awardReceived | Grammy Award → |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America → |
| dateOfBirth | 1947-03-15 → |
| familyName |
Ry Cooder
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surface form: "Cooder"
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| fullName |
Ry Cooder
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surface form: "Ryland Peter Cooder"
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| genre |
Americana
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Tex-Mex → blues → folk rock → roots rock → world music → |
| givenName |
Leland
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surface form: "Ryland"
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| instrument |
guitar
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mandolin → slide guitar → |
| language | English → |
| movement | roots revival → |
| notableFor |
exploring roots music traditions
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popularizing world music collaborations → slide guitar work → |
| notableWork |
Bop Till You Drop
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Buena Vista Social Club →
surface form: "Buena Vista Social Club (album)"
Chicken Skin Music → Chavez Ravine →
surface form: "Chávez Ravine"
Into the Purple Valley → Paris, Texas (film score) → Ry Cooder (1970 album) → |
| occupation |
film composer
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musician → record producer → songwriter → |
| placeOfBirth |
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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surface form: "Los Angeles, California, United States"
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| recordLabel |
Nonesuch Records
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Reprise Records NERFINISHED → Warner Bros. Records → |
| residence | California, United States → |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form: "Van Dyke Parks"
this entity surface form: "Cooder"
subject surface form: "Gold Record"
subject surface form: "Brewster's Millions (1985 film)"