Ry Cooder

Drummer extraordinaire, Jim Keltner, who turns 79 today - Happy Birthday - , has been for 50 years a "top session drummer".

Very much in demand, Jim has played on numerous albums and behind the greatest (you want to verify ? click on

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The Doobie Brothers' 'Stampede' is their fifth studio album (the last one with Tom Johnston as lead vocalist) and released on April 25, 1975 by Warner Bros.

Mavis Staple's 'We'll Never Turn Back' is her eleventh studio album produced by Ry Cooder and released on April 24, 2007 by Anti- Records.

The The Rolling Stones' 'Sticky Fingers' feat. 'Brown Sugar' is their ninth British studio album produced by Jimmy Miller and released on April 23, 1971 by The Rolling Stones Records.

This day ( April 13, 2005), in St. Louis, Missouri, died Johnnie Johnson, an American pianist and blues musician whose work with Chuck Berry led to his induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Randy Newman's '12 Songs' is the second studio album produced by Lenny Waronker and released in April 1970 by Reprise

'Talking Timbuktu' is a collaborative album between Ali Farka Touré and Ry Cooder - who also produced it - and released on March 29, 1994 by World Circuit

Ibrahim Ferrer's 'Buenos Hermanos' is an album produced by Ry Cooder and released on March 18, 2003 by World Circuit.

Guy Garvey, Adam Granduciel, Yusuf / Cat Stevens, Johnny Cash, Neil Finn, Vince Gill, James Taylor, Billy Bragg, Ibrahim Ferrer, Ry Cooder, Charles Bradley, Eric Burdon, Iggy Pop

Lenny Kravitz, Buckwheat Zydeco & Ry Cooder, Van Morrison, Tom Jones & Jeff Beck, Bon Jovi & Kid Rock, Sarah McLachlan & Melissa Etheridge, Ann Hampton Callaway & Liza Minnelli, Stevie Nicks & Dave Grohl, Carly Simon & James Taylor, Grace…

T. Rex, Elvis Costello, Robin Trower, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep, Paul McCartney, Foreigner, Dickey Betts, Great Southern, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia Band, Ry Cooder, Colosseum

This day (March 15, 1947), in Los Angeles, California, is born Ryland Peter 'Ry' Cooder, an American guitarist, singer and composer.

Quincy Jones, Texas, UB40, Sammy Hagar, Morrissey, Liza Minnelli, The Jam, Ry Cooder, Metallica, Depeche Mode, Ratt, James Taylor

Trio' is the first collaborative studio album between Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, released on March 2, 1987 by Warner Bros.

Eric Clapton's 'Money and Cigarettes' is his eighth studio album released in February 1983 by Duck / Warner Bros.

Steely Dan, Boney M., Sammy Hagar, The Cars, David Bowie, ABBA, Elton John, Ry Cooder, Chicago, Rod Stewart, Genesis, Sex Pistols

Ry Cooder's 'Into the Purple Valley' is his second studio album released in January 1972 by Reprise.

Andy Williams, Bob Dylan, Tony Bennett, Dean Martin, The Doors, Kurt Elling, Paul Simon, Elvis Presley, Ry Cooder, James Taylor, Donny Hathaway, Beck

The Rolling Stones' 'Let It Bleed' is their eighth album (the last with Brian Jones and the first with Mick Taylor) released on December 5, 1969 by Decca / London Records.

Skip James, John Lee Hooker, Ry Cooder, Peter Green, Son House, Chuck Berry, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Joe Bonamassa, Bernie Marsden, Eilidh McKellar, Robben Ford, Matt Schofield, Buddy Guy, Junior Wells, Muddy…

Sarah Dash & Nona Hendrix, Bruce Springsteen & Sam Moore, Smokey Robinson & Daryl Hall, Alicia Keys & John Mayer, Lana Del Rey & Chris Isaak, Michael Bublé & Chris Botti, Jackson Browne & Gregg Allman, Paul Simon & George Harrison, John Lee…

Buena Vista Social Club' is an album by American guitarist Ry Cooder and traditional Cuban musicians, released on September 16, 1997 by World Circuit Records.

Randy Newman's 'Good Old Boys' is his fifth (and his first to get commercial success) album, released on September 10, 1974 by Reprise Records.

'Taj Mahal' is his eponymous debut album recorded in August 1967.

This day ( July 13, 2003), in Havana, died Máximo Francisco Repilado Muñoz a.k.a Compay Segundo, a Cuban guitar player and member of the Buena Vista Social Club.

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band's 'Safe as Milk' is their debut studio album produced by Richard Perry and Bob Krasnow and released in June 1967 by Buddah Records.

Diana Ross & Lionel Richie, Cyndi Lauper & Patti Labelle, Aretha Franklin & Lou Rawls, Fiona Apple & The Roots, Marianne Faithfull & Bill Frisell, Rosanne Cash & Ry Cooder, Brandi Carlile & Dave Matthews Band, Bruce Springsteen & Clarence…

This day (June 21, 2001), in Los Altos, California, died John Lee Hooker, an American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist.…

Buena Vista Social Club Presents: Ibrahim Ferrer' is an album released on June 8, 1999 by Nonesuch, after the success of the first 1997 Buena Vista Social Club album.

Ry Cooder's 'Chávez Ravine' is his twelfth (and a concept and historical) studio album released on June 7, 2005 by Nonesuch.