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2012
Election Special
- 1 Mutt Romney Blues
- 2 Brother Is Gone
- 3 The Wall Street Part Of Town
- 4 Guantanamo
- 5 Cold Cold Feelings
- 6 Going to Tampa
- 7 Kool-Aid
- 8 The 90 And The 9
- 9 Take Your Hands Off It
2012
Feeling Good
2011
Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down
- 1 No Banker Left Behind
- 2 El Corrido de Jesse James
- 3 Quick Sand
- 4 Dirty Chateau
- 5 Humpty Dumpty World
- 6 Christmas Time This Year
- 7 Baby Joined the Army
- 8 Lord Tell Me Why
- 9 I Want My Crown
- 10 John Lee Hooker for President
- 11 Dreamer
- 12 Simple Tools
- 13 If There's a God
- 14 No Hard Feelings
2011
Ry Cooder: Live on Air
- 1 Police Dog Blues
- 2 F.D.R. In Trinidad
- 3 If Walls Could Talk
- 4 Tamp 'Em Up Solid
- 5 Ax Sweet Mama
- 6 Billy The Kid
- 7 Vigilante Man
- 8 How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?
- 9 Tattler
- 10 Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer
- 11 Alimony
- 12 Teardrops Will Fall
- 13 I'm A Pilgrim
2008
Boomer's Story
- 1 Boomer's Story
- 2 Cherry Ball Blues
- 3 Crow Black Chicken
- 4 Ax Sweet Mama
- 5 Maria Elena
- 6 Dark End Of The Street
- 7 Rally Round the Flag
- 8 Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer
- 9 President Kennedy
- 10 Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man
2008
Chicken Skin Music
- 1 The Borgeois Blues
- 2 I Got Mine
- 3 Always Lift Him Up/Kanaka Wai Wai
- 4 He'll Have to Go
- 5 Smack Dab in the Middle
- 6 Stand by Me
- 7 Yellow Roses
- 8 Chloe
- 9 Goodnight Irene
2008
I, Flathead
- 1 Drive Like I Never Been Hurt
- 2 Waitin' For Some Girl
- 3 Johnny Cash
- 4 Can I Smoke In Here?
- 5 Steel Guitar Heaven
- 6 Ridin' With The Blues
- 7 Pink-O Boogie
- 8 Fernando Sez
- 9 Spayed Kooley
- 10 Filipino Dancehall Girl
- 11 My Dwarf Is Getting Tired
- 12 Flathead One More Time
- 13 5000 Country Music Songs
- 14 Little Trona Girl
2007
My Name Is Buddy
- 1 Suitcase In My Hand
- 2 Cat and Mouse
- 3 Strike!
- 4 J. Edgar
- 5 Footprints In The Snow
- 6 Sundown Town
- 7 Green Dog
- 8 The Dying Truck Driver
- 9 Christmas in Southgate
- 10 Hank Williams
- 11 Red Cat
- 12 Three Chords and the Truth
- 13 My Name Is Buddy
- 14 One Cat, One Vote, One BeerI
- 15 Cardboard Avenue
- 16 Farmgirl
- 17 There's a Bright Side Somewhere
2006
THe Soundtracks: The Border / Alamo Bay
- 1 Earthquake
- 2 Across the Borderline
- 3 Maria
- 4 Texas Bop
- 5 Highway 23
- 6 palomita
- 7 Rio Grande
- 8 Too Late
- 9 No Quiero
- 10 Skin Game
- 11 El Scorcho
- 12 Building Fires
- 13 Niño
- 14 Theme From Alamo Bay
- 15 Gooks On Main Street
- 16 Too Close
- 17 Klan Meeting
- 18 Sailfish Evening
- 19 The Last Stand (Alamo Bay)
- 20 Quatro Vicios
- 21 Search & Destroy
- 22 Glory
2005
Chavez Ravine
- 1 Poor Man's Shangri-La
- 2 Onda Callejera
- 3 Don't Call Me Red
- 4 Corrido de Boxeo
- 5 Muy Fifi
- 6 Los Chucos Suaves
- 7 Chinito Chinito
- 8 3 Cool Cats
- 9 El U.F.O. Cayo
- 10 It's Just Work for Me
- 11 In My Town
- 12 Ejercito Militar
- 13 Barrio Viejo
- 14 3rd Base, Dodger Stadium
- 15 Soy Luz y Sombra
2002
Blue City
- 1 Blue City Down
- 2 Elevation 13 ft.
- 3 True Believers (Marianne)
- 4 Nice Bike
- 5 Greenhouse
- 6 Billy and Annie
- 7 Pops and Timer (Tell Me Something Slick)
- 8 Blue City
- 9 Dont Take Your Guns to Town
- 10 A Leader of Men
- 11 Not Even Key West
2000
The Long Riders
- 1 long riders
- 2 I'm A Good Old Rebel
- 3 Seneca Square Dance
- 4 Archie's Funeral (Hold to God's Unchanging Hand)
- 5 I Always Knew That You Were the One
- 6 Rally Round the Flag
- 7 Wildwood Boys
- 8 Better Things To Think About
- 9 Jesse James
- 10 Cole Younger Polka
- 11 Escape From Northfield
- 12 Leaving Missouri
1999
Buena Vista Social Club
- 1 Buena Vista Social Club
- 2 El Cuarto de Tula
1999
River Rescue: The Very Best of Ry Cooder
- 1 River Come Down (PKA Bamboo)
- 2 UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto
- 3 Low-Commotion
- 4 Smack Dab in the Middle
- 5 Tattler
- 6 Dark End Of The Street
- 7 The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)
- 8 Going Back to Okinawa
- 9 Money Honey
- 10 Why Don't You Try Me
- 11 Paris, Texas
- 12 Chloe
- 13 The Pearls / Tia Juana
- 14 I Think It's Going To Work Out Fine
- 15 Down in Hollywood
- 16 Which Came First
- 17 Crazy 'bout an Automobile (Every Woman I Know)
- 18 Get Rhythm
- 19 Little Sister
1998
Show Time
- 1 School Is Out
- 2 Alimony
- 3 Jesus on the Mainline
- 4 The Dark End Of The Street
- 5 Viva Seguin/Do Re Mi
- 6 Volver, Volver
- 7 How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?
- 8 Smack Dab in the Middle
1997
Buena Vista Social Club Presents Ry Cooder
- 1 Chan Chan
- 2 De Camino a La Vereda
- 3 El Cuarto de Tula
- 4 Pueblo Nueva
- 5 Dos Gardenias
- 6 Y Tu Que Has Heublo
- 7 Veinte Anos
- 8 El Carretera
- 9 Candela
- 10 Amos de Loca Juventud
- 11 Orgellecida
- 12 Murmullo
- 13 Buena Vista Social Club
- 14 La Beyamesa
1997
The End of Violence
- 1 Define Violence
- 2 I'm Leaving You
- 3 Seeds of Violence
- 4 Observatory
- 5 I'm Losing You
- 6 You Shoot Him!
- 7 Four Weeks Later
- 8 Mathilda
- 9 Six by Numbers
- 10 Kinko's
- 11 Vamos Empezar
- 12 A Night in L.A.
- 13 Pourquoi?
- 14 E-mail
- 15 Don't Even Know She Got One (Echoplex mix)
- 16 What a City!
- 17 Paige
- 18 The End of Violence (End Title)
1996
Last Man Standing
- 1 Last Man Standing
- 2 Wanda
- 3 Jericho Blues
- 4 Mexican Highjack
- 5 Just Between You and Me
- 6 Hickey's Back
- 7 Gorgio Leaves Town
- 8 Felina
- 9 We're Quits/This Is Hickey
- 10 Church/Ranger Tom Pickett
- 11 Five Mile Road
- 12 Jericho Two-Step
- 13 Smoke Bath/Girl Upstairs?
- 14 Felina Drives
- 15 Gotta Get Her Back
- 16 Lucy's Ear
- 17 Bathtub
- 18 Where's the Girl?
- 19 Find Him
- 20 Icebox/Drive To Slim's/Slim's On Fire
- 21 Hideout
- 22 This Town Is Finished
- 23 Sunrise
- 24 I Don't Want To Die In Texas
- 25 Somewhere In The Desert/End Title
- 26 Sanctuary
1995
Music by Ry Cooder
- 1 Angola
- 2 Across the Borderline
- 3 The Long Riders
- 4 Swamp Walk
- 5 Viola Lee Blues
- 6 Theme From Southern Comfort
- 7 Theme From Alamo Bay
- 8 Nice Bike
- 9 Main Theme
- 10 I Like Your Eyes
- 11 Greenhouse
- 12 Bomber Bash
- 13 Highway
- 14 See You in Hell, Blind Boy
- 15 Paris, Texas
- 16 Jesse James
1995
Ry Cooder
- 1 Alimony
- 2 France Chance
- 3 One Meat Ball
- 4 Do Re Mi
- 5 My Old Kentucky Home (Turpentine & Dandelion Wine)
- 6 How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?
- 7 Available Space
- 8 Pigmeat
- 9 Police Dog Blues
- 10 Goin' To Brownsville
- 11 Dark Is the Night
- 12 Alimony
- 13 Goin' To Brownsville
- 14 Police Dog Blues
- 15 Pigmeat
- 16 Available Space
- 17 How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?
- 18 My Old Kentucky Home
- 19 Do Re Mi
- 20 One Meat Ball
- 21 Dark Is the Night
- 22 France Chance
1993
Trespass
- 1 Video Drive-By
- 2 Trespass (Main Title)
- 3 East St. Louis
- 4 Orgill Bros.
- 5 Goose and Lucky
- 6 You Think It's on Now
- 7 Solid Gold
- 8 Heroin
- 9 Totally Boxed In
- 10 Give 'em Cops
- 11 Lucy in the Trunk
- 12 We're Rich
- 13 King of the Street
- 14 Party Lights
1992
Why Don't You Try Me Tonight: The Best of Ry Cooder
- 1 How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?
- 2 Available Space
- 3 Money Honey
- 4 Tattler
- 5 He'll Have to Go
- 6 Smack Dab in the Middle
- 7 Dark End Of The Street
- 8 Down in Hollywood
- 9 Little Sister
- 10 I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine
- 11 Crazy 'bout an Automobile (Every Woman I Know)
- 12 634-5789
- 13 Why Don't You Try Me
1990
Bop Till You Drop
- 1 Little Sister
- 2 Go Home Girl
- 3 The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)
- 4 I Think It's Going To Work Out Fine
- 5 Down in Hollywood
- 6 Look at Granny Run, Run
- 7 Trouble, You Can't Fool Me
- 8 Don't Mess Up a Good Thing
- 9 I Can't Win
- 10 Little Sister
- 11 I Can't Win
- 12 Don't Mess Up a Good Thing
- 13 Trouble, You Can't Fool Me
- 14 Look at Granny Run, Run
- 15 Down in Hollywood
- 16 I Think It's Going To Work Out Fine
- 17 The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)
- 18 Go Home Girl
1990
Borderline
- 1 634-5789 (Soulsville, U.S.A.)
- 2 Speedo
- 3 Why Don't You Try Me
- 4 Down in the Boondocks
- 5 Johnny Porter
- 6 The Way We Make a Broken Heart
- 7 Crazy 'bout an Automobile (Every Women I Know)
- 8 The Girls From Texas
- 9 Borderline
- 10 Never Make Your Move Too Soon
- 11 634-5789
- 12 Speedo
- 13 Why Don't You Try Me
- 14 Down in the Boondocks
- 15 Johnny Porter
- 16 The Way We Make a Broken Heart
- 17 Crazy 'bout an Automobile (Every Woman I Know)
- 18 The Girls From Texas
- 19 Boderline
- 20 Never Make Your Move Too Soon
1990
Crossroads
- 1 Crossroads
- 2 Down in Mississippi
- 3 Cotton Needs Pickin'
- 4 Viola Lee Blues
- 5 See You in Hell, Blind Boy
- 6 Nitty Gritty Mississippi
- 7 He Made a Woman Out of Me
- 8 Feelin' Bad Blues
- 9 Somebody's Callin' My Name
- 10 Willie Brown Blues
- 11 Walkin' Away Blues
1990
Get Rhythm
- 1 Get Rhythm
- 2 Low-Commotion
- 3 Going Back to Okinawa
- 4 13 Question Method
- 5 Women Will Rule the World
- 6 All Shook Up
- 7 I Can Tell By the Way You Smell
- 8 Across the Borderline
- 9 Let's Have a Ball
- 10 Going Back to Okinawa
- 11 Low-Commotion
- 12 Get Rhythm
- 13 Let's Have a Ball
- 14 Across the Borderline
- 15 I Can Tell By the Way You Smell
- 16 Women Will Rule the World
- 17 13 Question Method
1990
Into the Purple Valley
- 1 How Can You Keep Moving (Unless You Migrate Too)
- 2 Billy The Kid
- 3 Money Honey
- 4 F.D.R. In Trinidad
- 5 Teardrops Will Fall
- 6 Denomination Blues
- 7 On a Monday
- 8 Hey Porter
- 9 Great Dream from Heaven
- 10 Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us All
- 11 Vigilante Man
- 12 Teardrops Will Fall
- 13 Denomination Blues
- 14 On a Monday
- 15 Hey Porter
- 16 Great Dream from Heaven
- 17 Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us All
- 18 Vigilante Man
- 19 F.D.R. In Trinidad
- 20 Money Honey
- 21 Billy The Kid
- 22 How Can You Keep Moving (Unless You Migrate Too)
1990
Jazz
- 1 Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
- 2 Face to Face That I Shall Meet Him
- 3 The Pearls / Tia Juana
- 4 The Dream
- 5 Happy Meeting in Glory
- 6 In a Mist
- 7 Flashes
- 8 Davenport Blues
- 9 Shine
- 10 Nobody
- 11 We Shall Be Happy
1990
Paradise and Lunch
- 1 Tamp 'Em Up Solid
- 2 Tattler
- 3 A Married Man's a Fool
- 4 Jesus on the Mainline
- 5 It's All Over Now
- 6 Medley: Fool For A Cigarette / Feelin' Good
- 7 If Walls Could Talk
- 8 Mexican Divorce
- 9 Ditty Wah Ditty
- 10 Tamp 'Em Up Solid
- 11 Tattler
- 12 Married Man's A Fool
- 13 Jesus on the Mainline
- 14 It's All Over Now
- 15 Medley: Fool For A Cigarette / Feelin' Good
- 16 If Walls Could Talk
- 17 Mexican Divorce
1990
Paris, Texas
- 1 Paris, Texas
- 2 Brothers
- 3 Nothing Out There
- 4 Canción Mixteca
- 5 No Safety Zone
- 6 Houston in Two Seconds
- 7 She's Leaving the Bank
- 8 On the Couch
- 9 Dark Was the Night
1990
Pecos Bill
- 1 Pecos Bill, Pt. 1
- 2 Pecos Bill, Pt. 2
- 3 Pecos Bill
- 4 Prettiest Girl in the World
- 5 Up and up They Went
- 6 Cowboy's Prayer
1990
The Slide Area
- 1 UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto
- 2 I Need a Woman
- 3 Gypsy Woman
- 4 Blue Suede Shoes
- 5 Mama, Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean
- 6 I'm Drinking Again
- 7 Which Came First
- 8 That's the Way Love Turned Out for Me
- 9 Which Came First
- 10 That's the Way Love Turned Out for Me
- 11 UFO Has Landed in the Ghetto
- 12 I Need a Woman
- 13 Gypsy Woman
- 14 Blue Suede Shoes
- 15 Mama, Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean
- 16 I'm Drinking Again
1989
Johnny Handsome
- 1 Main Theme
- 2 I Can't Walk This Time
- 3 Angola
- 4 Clip Joint Rhumba
- 5 Sad Story
- 6 Fountain Walk
- 7 Cajun Metal
- 8 First Week at Work
- 9 Greasy Oysters
- 10 Smells Like Money
- 11 Sunny's Tune
- 12 I Like Your Eyes
- 13 Adios Donna
- 14 Cruising with Rafe
- 15 How's My Face
- 16 End Theme
1987
Slide on Dropdown D
- 1 Let's Have a Ball
- 2 Jesus on the Mainline
- 3 How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live?
- 4 Jesus Hits Like the Atom Bomb
- 5 Down in Mississippi
- 6 Maria Elena
- 7 Just a Little Bit
- 8 The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor)
- 9 Crazy 'bout an Automobile (Every Woman I Know)
- 10 If Walls Could Talk
- 11 Police Dog Blues
- 12 Tattler
- 13 I Am a Pilgrim
- 14 Dark Is the Night
- 15 All Shook Up
1985
Alamo Bay
- 1 Theme From Alamo Bay
- 2 Gooks On Main Street
- 3 Too Close
- 4 Klan Meeting
- 5 Sailfish Evening
- 6 The Last Stand (Alamo Bay)
- 7 Quatro Vicios
- 8 Search And Destroy
- 9 Glory
1982
The Border
- 1 Earthquake
- 2 Across the Borderline
- 3 Maria
- 4 Texas Bob
- 5 Highway 23
- 6 Palomito
- 7 Rio Grande
- 8 Too Late
- 9 No Quiero
- 10 Skin Game
- 11 El Scorcho
- 12 Building Fires
- 13 Niño
1977
Showtime