Ry Cooder recently spoke with Studio 360 host Kurt Anderson about his latest Nonesuch release, I, Flathead, the third in his California trilogy of records, as well as the many facets of his rich career. Cooder tells Anderson of, among other things, his earliest professional gigs in his hometown of Los Angeles while still in high school in the 1960s. "My fate was sealed, so to speak," he says, "because I had participated in this most miraculous thing I had ever seen ... that being a record studio."
Ry Cooder recently spoke with Studio 360 host Kurt Anderson about his latest Nonesuch release, I, Flathead, the third in his California trilogy of records, as well as the many facets of his rich career.
"You probably know his name for producing the amazing mega-hit record of Cuban music Buena Vista Social Club," says Anderson in his introduction, "but Cooder's musical resumé also includes gigs with Johnny Cash, the Rolling Stones, and Warren Zevon, and solo records that were among the favorites of my youth. These days, Cooder's going solo again, and he's been working on an American epic about life in California after World War II."
Cooder tells Anderson of, among other things, his earliest professional gigs, taking advantage of the extensive network of musicians in his hometown of Los Angeles while still in high school in the 1960s. "My fate was sealed, so to speak," he says, "because I had participated in this most miraculous thing I had ever seen ... that being a record studio."
You can listen to the entire interview online at studio360.org.
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