Ry Cooder's "Into the Purple Valley": Who played what?
JP M{kel{
As the title suggests, I'd like to know who were the
musicians who played in Ry Cooder's great 1972 album
"Into the Purple Valley", one of his best, IMHO. The
printing I own (original U.S., as far as I know)
does credit only the producers (Lenny Warnoker and
Jim Dickinson).
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JP M{kel{ ({'s are a's with umlauts) metl...@cc.Helsinki.fi
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Tom Keays
>
> As the title suggests, I'd like to know who were the
> musicians who played in Ry Cooder's great 1972 album
> "Into the Purple Valley", one of his best, IMHO. The
> printing I own (original U.S., as far as I know)
> does credit only the producers (Lenny Warnoker and
> Jim Dickinson).
>
a veteran session musician would be kind enought to list his own
session people!
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Tom Keays htk...@rodan.acs.syr.edu or lib...@suvm.acs.syr.edu
Pete Young
> In article <1991Dec28...@cc.helsinki.fi> metl...@cc.helsinki.fi (JP M{kel{) writes:
>>
>> As the title suggests, I'd like to know who were the
>> musicians who played in Ry Cooder's great 1972 album
>> "Into the Purple Valley", one of his best, IMHO. The
>> printing I own (original U.S., as far as I know)
>> does credit only the producers (Lenny Warnoker and
>> Jim Dickinson).
> My CD copy only list the producers too; no artist info. You'ld think
> a veteran session musician would be kind enought to list his own
> session people!
I wonder. A number of Cooder's recordings, when originally issued on vinyl,
were accompanied by a substantial lyrics and information sheet. In the UK
these were never distributed with the records. :-(
Chicken Skin Music springs to mind, but it's possible that there was a
sheet missing from `Purple Valley' as well.
All is not lost: Cooder did use a number of the same musicians on his early
albums, so if you have Ry Cooder, Boomers Story (another one with missing
info sheet in the UK) and Paradise and Lunch, it should be possible to
make some educated guesses. I'll start the ball rolling for you:
Keyboards: Jim Dickinson
Percussion: Milt Holland
Drums: Jim Keltner (best in the known universe - that ought to start
something!)
Horns: George Bohannon
Regards
Pete
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David Rhine
>From article <1991Dec31.0...@rodan.acs.syr.edu>, by htk...@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Tom Keays):
>> In article <1991Dec28...@cc.helsinki.fi> metl...@cc.helsinki.fi (JP M{kel{) writes:
>>>
>>> As the title suggests, I'd like to know who were the
>>> musicians who played in Ry Cooder's great 1972 album
>>> "Into the Purple Valley", one of his best, IMHO. The
>>> printing I own (original U.S., as far as I know)
>>> does credit only the producers (Lenny Warnoker and
>>> Jim Dickinson).
From the lyric sheet in my U.S. vinyl edition (1971):
How Can You Keep On Moving
Jim Keltner, Drums
Jim Dickinson, Piano
Chris Ethridge, Bass
Money Honey
Keltner, Drums
Dickinson, Piano
Ethridge, Bass
F.D.R. in Trinidad
Fritz Richmond, Tub Bass
Milt Holland, Percussion
Teardrops Will Fall
Keltner, Drums
Dickinson, Piano
Holland, Percussion
Denomination Blues
Dickinson, Celeste
Jerry Jumonville, Joe Davis,
George Buhanon and Ike
Williams, Horns
On A Monday
John Craviotto, Drums
Richmond, Tub Bass
Hey Porter
Dickinson, Piano
Richmond, Tub Bass
Taxes On the Farmer
Van Dyke Parks, Piano
Dickinson, Harmonium
Keltner, Drums
Ethridge, Bass
Voices
Gloria Jones
Donna Washburn
Donna Weiss
Claudia Linnear
Jim Dickinson
Steve Carnes
>>> musicians who played in Ry Cooder's great 1972 album
>>> "Into the Purple Valley", one of his best, IMHO.
HOW CAN YOU KEEP ON MOVING
Jim Keltner, drums
Jim Dickinson, piano
Chris Ethridge, bass
MONEY HONEY
Jim Keltner, drums
Jim Dickinson, piano
Chris Ethridge, bass
F.D.R. IN TRINIDAD
Fritz Richmond, tub bass
Milt Holland, percussion
TEARDROPS WILL FALL
Jim Keltner, drums
Jim Dickinson, piano
Chris Ethridge, bass
Milt Holland, percussion
DENOMINATION BLUES
Jim Dickinson, celeste
Jerry Jumonville, Joe Davis, George Buhanon, Ike Williams, horns
ON A MONDAY
John Craviotto, drums
Fritz Richmond, tub bass
HEY PORTER
Jim Dickinson, piano
Fritz Richmond, tub bass
TAXES ON THE FARMER
Van Dyke Parks, piano
Jim Dickinson, harmonium
Jim Keltner, drums
Chris Ethridge, bass
and the singers:
Gloria Jones, Donna Washburn, Donna Weiss, Claudia Linnear, Jim Dickinson
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Steve Carnes car...@ico.isc.com uucp: {ncar,nbires}!ico!carnes
"I prefer a rude vigor to a polished banality." - Utah Philips
Matthew Hawley
>>>> As the title suggests, I'd like to know who were the
>>>> musicians who played in Ry Cooder's great 1972 album
>>>> "Into the Purple Valley", one of his best, IMHO.
>
>MONEY HONEY
> Jim Keltner, drums
> Jim Dickinson, piano
> Chris Ethridge, bass
>
>Gloria Jones, Donna Washburn, Donna Weiss, Claudia Linnear, Jim Dickinson
I don't have it with me, but I think my CD copy says somewhere, "Thanks to
Tina Turner" - I'm almost sure that's her voice on Money Honey.
Matt B^)
jP M{kel{
> I don't have it with me, but I think my CD copy says somewhere, "Thanks to
> Tina Turner" - I'm almost sure that's her voice on Money Honey.
>
> Matt B^)
was Aretha Franklin.
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