Ry Cooder and the Chicken Skin Band - Live 1977

[honeyboy]

Don't worry if you missed this sublime concert last night on BBC 4.

You can watch it here on BBC Iplayer (if your computer is connected to a UK IP address) for the next week or so..

Ry Cooder and the Chicken Skin Band - Live in London 1977 recorded at the Shepherd's Bush Television Theatre..

Songs are:
1. The Tattler (Washington Phillips)
2. At The Dark End Of The Street (James Carr)
3. Jesus On The Mainline (Traditional)
4. Do Re Mi (Woody Guthrie)
5. Goodnight Irene (Huddy Ledbetter)
6. He'll Have To Go (Joe and Audrey Allison)
7. Smack Dab In The Middle ('Charles E. Calhoun' (a pen name of Jesse Stone))

Band Lineup was:

Guitar, Vocals - Ry Cooder
Alto Saxophone - Pat Rizzo
Drums - Isaac Garcia
Bass - Henry 'Big Red' Ojeda
Bajo Sexto - Jesse Poncé
Accordion - Flaco Jimenez
Vocals - Eldridge King, Terry Evans, Bobby King

If you are unlucky enough to not be based in the UK, then you can still see the songs in HD on Youtube. Here's a link to the first..


Ry Cooder & The Chicken Skin Band - The Tattler (song written by Washington Phillips 1880 - 1954)

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Thanks Honeyboy you're a star
Love that Jesus on the mainline, lovely tone,fantastic playin

Cheers

Rob

[garrysmith]

I remember seeing that line-up at Hamersmith Odeon. It was kind of a life changing moment for me when I realised that Mr Cooder was playing ALL that stuff in open tuning, not just the slide things.

Marvellous, marvellous gig, with the Mex guys on one side of the stage and Eldridge, Bobby and Terry the other side doing all the gospel harmonies and givving it maximum Four Tops.

Ain't Flaco one of toughest looking characters you've ever seen?

[Michael Messer]

That concert has been one of my 'never leaves my side' DVD & CD in the car for a long time. It is great to have it in better quality as my copy was from a VHS tape.

I think that was the first time Flaco came to the Europe and we all started to turn on to Tex Mex music. Then he started coming over with his own band and touring quite regularly. Brings back memories of the Radcliffe Arms in Oxford and WOMAD festivals at Bracknell & Reading. Flaco & Oscar Telles (his bajo sexto player back then) are great people. I haven't seen them for many years. I have a great photo somewhere of my daughter, Rosanna, at about eight years old, sitting on Flaco's knee wearing one of the band's white Stetson hats.

Shine On
Michael.