Ry Cooder - Jesus On The Mainline

[lightlyone]

Grrrreat music! Ry Cooder is made of music!

[swiggy58a]

AMAZING! Thanks much for this ! I've had the studio version from the Jazz album since the late 70s or so. Had never heard it live though. Simply wonderful Music!

[jrobjer]

Hi, Ed...Are you familiar with the work of Ry Cooder--who some consider the best slide guitarist ever. I'm sorry I discovered a guy like this so late...Actually, first heard him live at the Big Apple to the Big Easy concert at Madison Square Garden after Hurricane Katrina.

[norm4260]

When the USA sent the Voyager spacecraft out into the solar system, with a cargo of recordings of human intelligence, Sagan was asked if they should include some Ry Cooder. He said "no, no, no! We don't want to show off - just put in some Beethoven

[TheFranjy]

THE MAN!!!!

[lkn4spaces]

Absolutely beautiful - thanks for sharing!

[blackbeard1991]

13 dislikes?????? sad sad sad, no soul, no heart, no brain. this is as good as it gets.

[SBWfilms]

@blackbeard1991 take a look at the bar..what does it look like to you..

[DattaGroover]

This is a good one to bookmark for when you're having a bad day.

[sophielago]

GREATEST BACKUP SINGERS IN THE BUSINESS.

[Kraglord]

I dont think the inventors of that guitar knew that 3:13 was even possible.

[mrgodvibes]

Love it!



[oximore111]

@mrgodvibes ... and Van Dyke Parks

[ericporcher]

The scream at 0:58.

[Lee1878Sant]

Saw this fella recently inLiverpool man. Brand f*cking new, even after all these years :)

[cerelilqt]

@Lee1878Sant Arrrgh, I just missed him tour the UK?

[MrCritic12]

Is Ry Cooder the most soulful man ever?

[bratfett]

@MrCritic12

yes exept jesus!

and some others

[scottjackson67]

This is absolutely amazing. Ry Cooder is the man

[MsJkanderson]

This is a song that really reminds us that we can talk to Jesus anytime about anything, and he will hear us.

[hhhhoe]

One of those performances that touch your very soul

[opiumrebel]

btw, I'm an atheist, but from the beauty of praising, praise Jesus.

[opiumrebel]

White Man can jump. nough said.

[FolkSoulRevival]

If I had one chance to go anywhere in a time machine... It would be there in the front row. I can't express how much I love the songs from this night.

[52joan]

Ry is the best!

[nosienoseferret]

"JESUS IS ON THE MAINLIIINE TELL HIM WHAT YOU WANT!!!" I LOVE YOU JESUS!!!!!!!

[844jimthompson]

Clearly 2nd best guitar player I,ve ever listened to.My favorite but different style is Leo Kottke

[sixstrangtwang]

incredible music



[JahWorks420]

@sixstrangtwang yes it certainly is...

[comaradella]

SOUL TRANSPORT !!!

[miyawa21]

... this is not back on

[grimsbybrad14]

GLORY!!!

[danmiller66]

Does anybody out there know anything about that short neck 12 string that Ry is playing? I've never seen one like that.

[mbroders]

@danmiller66 Comment from WesleyvanH: "That Vox Mandoguitar Ry's playing is a octave twelfe. A hybrid with a short-scale 12-string guitar neck and a small solid electric guitar body. It's usually tuned one octave higher than a standard guitar with the pairs of strings tuned in unison rather than in octaves as is the case of standard 12-string guitars. This puts the instrument in the same range as a mandolin."

[cbluesdog]

@mbroders I think that the 12-string mandogit is tuned to open A. Typically, these short neck guitars are tuned to G or A (not a whole octave). My experience has been that getting the intonation right on small guitars is very difficult. Only Ry Cooder could play this thing and make it look effortless.

[lifeonamission]

@mbroders Holy answer batman! 

[mrmisterjefferson]

If I called Him up, I'd tell Him I want MORE RY COODER!

[salvincent]

what could I comment?...

Thanx God guys like this do exist!

Long live Ry Cooder!

[valntynmandy]

the line aint never busy



[nhleblanc]

2:20 eazy-e on back up vocals

[nhleblanc]

1:41 eazy-e on the right

[flyboysevere]

@nhleblanc And the great Willy Green singing bass vocals

[SterlingBass]

Love the feel and mood of this song. All great players here!

[lynsey627]

not quite mark knopfler 1 Only joking ry cooder is fantastic wide soectrum of music x

[Gauraonline]

I know Jesus is on that mainline Tell Him what you want Jesus is on that mainline Tell Him what you want Jesus is on that mainline Tell Him what you want Call Him up and tell Him what you want Well, the line ain't never busy Tell Him what you want Wo, that line ain't never busy Tell Him what you want Well, the line ain't never busy Tell Him what you want Keep on calling Him up And tell Him what you want Well, if you want His kingdom Tell Him what you want

[djdonutte]

That's not a mandolin, too many strings, it looks like a vox 12 string with a short neck, i have a mandolin of which there's only a few a ry does have one...

[chunter5100]

I don't play mandolin, but that thing may change my mind!!!! LOL

[sunnyside126]

We said goodbye to someone special with this.

[RevDelbert]

AWESOME. Being harp player (blues harp) in a praise/ worship band, I love this!! Rare opportunity I get to hear something this good, even rarer I get to play such.

[MyMoppet52]

I've always loved this song...I'm used to a primitive version from Ry which I love. This is even better! WOW! Thanks for posting the info. I've got to get to a music store...FAST!

[journeyer58]

Wow! I wish I could have been there, on fire, wow! This is real playing and singing.

This brings memories and all good ones, the way it's played and sang, chills run up and down my spine.

What a gig that was.

[showaddy11]

the guitar works the man. seeks no applause. he knows were he comes from and he knows were he is going. a lot of rich people dont know that. ry does

[rickames]

Not bad.

[kathymacintyre19691]

see even jesus can do the blues

[henkjanalleman]

Legendary! awesme artist, thanks dude

[ColonelChamberlain]

does anyone know where i can download this version?

[Fugly58]

if you got your soul converted

[marceluswallace514]

Well said , Carl Sagan...Respect. After watching this, RC has everyones respect.

[spiceonian]

One of my favorite musicians performing at one of my favorite clubs.

[4orsaorsa]

this is awesome great and wonderful and above R.C.'s band's perfection in emotion and devotion the keyboard organ is the topping!

[upsidetheflipside]

by the way van dke parks on the keyboards!!!!

[98rk]

♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪ Great Song!

[lynsey627]

This song makes me like jesus is on the main the line it is so spiritual. The line is never busy tell him what you want, call him up and tell him what you want xx

[Gageisrasta]

not saying i dont have sin in me but this song always reminds me that God is always there

[sparkomatic]

hearing this is the best thing that's happened to me in a while

[Algonas1]

That is music !

[guitaravve]

he got a nice guitar/mandolin

[rs689]

Can't get enough of Ry. Great! Funny stuff rogerredcat.

[nondescript11]

Pure genious. How the hell he gets that thing in tune let alone finger-picking it AND bottlenecking beats me. Great track. Thanks

[Gageisrasta]

One of the singers looks like Eazy E

[jmsbk12345]

Would someone please let me know how I can obtain a copy of this gig on DVD? Thanks.

[granskare]

we saw Ry at a Pouder River venue maybe a decade ago...fun thing was a large owl landed in a pine tree next to the stage :)))

[35Tuck]

This is great!

[titrator]

I was at this show in the 3rd row stage right... Wow... This is the best performance that I have seen.

[outerrealm]

Yes, VOX Mando Guitar, very rare, I have a real nice one with case, near mint.

[dogofman]

What brand of guitar or what kind of instrumet is he using?

Seems to be a realtively short neck and it has twelve strings.

What is it?

[pfkwd]

it could be a vox mandoguitar... at least i think :D

[adderman1950]

@dogofman It's a Vox Electric Mando Guitar, A 12 string electric guitar with a short neck that has the tonal quality of a mandolin. The same as if you capo-ed a regular guitar at the 12th fret except that unlike a 12 string guitar the pairs or courses of strings are tuned in unison instead of octaves. A regular electric mandolin would be either a 4 string or 8 string (in courses) instrument.

[dogofman]

@adderman1950

Thank you very much. Someone already replied something similar. I find this kind of info awesome.

But as I understood, it's not necessarily a Vox brand but more likely a replica since they seem to only have to produced their variety of instruments a couple years in the sixties.

[rogerredcat]

spiritual

[RankAndFileGuy]

This guy is a living legend of slide guitar! And folk/blues collaborations.

[CookingWithSavana]

One of the best mando players of all time! Him and Dereck Trucks I would say are the best blue eyed blues players alive. Amazing slide peace great. Is his mando a fender Awsome tone

[TheBalvis]

i'm sorry to say this...but this is just bad.the original wa smore powerfull

[MitchellWilsonMusic]

It's a traditional song, there is no (known) original and this is an excellent version.

[tommyandtammy1]

great video thanks for sharing.God bless.

[hunkydorey123]

excellent, great upload, thx

[sydneyppm]

Thanks SO much for posting this, it lifts my spirits and touches my soul.

[msstevie1951]

rocker53zero,You nailed it this is actually played in my Church! Love it! Thanks for sending this great old Hymn XXXXX

[uncledevo]

Ry Cooder rocks. IMHO he's the best guitar player alive, and probably had more influence on the sound of the Rolling Stones than any other musician. I believe that he wrote Country Honk and the Stones ripped him off, and after he worked with them as a studio musician all of a sudden Keith is playing in open tunings....did he teach Keith those?

[jondanet]

@uncledevo What I heard is that he laid down the slide parts on Exile . Keef then learned em and erased ol' Ry.

[sggram]

Hmm, he was essentially in The Stones in the late 60s. I don't think he gives a crap, tons of stuff in the mainstream is uncredited. A Ry autobiography would be an interesting read though!

[DoowahDiatribe]

@uncledevo I think you're on to the truth of it man...I heard they asked Ry to join the band and he turned em down so use him and lose him...Jagger also ripped off Billy Preston on the song, Melody .. "hey, it's just business"

[easyab]

Excellent Cooderism, It sounds a lot like Dr. Gene Scott's band

[Dreadmore]

lol, great observation! its the style really ;)

[schuriken]

WOOAH what a playing !!! Ry Cooder is really good.

[rogerredcat]

when usa sent voyager out into the solar system with recordinds9 of human inteligence carl sagan (astronomer \scientist)was asked shall we add some ry cooder and he said "no no no we dont want to show off"just put in some beethoven.

[rogerredcat]

sorry about the 9 i am tequilad

[neonbladedotcom]

Is that true? If not, it should be!

[PAULFC93]

@rogerredcat

Hahaha! thats great!

[willwkrueger]

@rogerredcat thats an amazing story haha!

[labora4best]

@rogerredcat

Asif in ay cosmos ..pff...someone had ears ,a body or would ever be interested in humans! And God? HE ,would have needed a million of sons to save all the living planets too. Atheist believe crap ,becoz they believe in their own only.

HUH!

[scarpia86]

@rogerredcat Yea your probably right ry cooder is much more impressive than single handedly starting the romantic era and bridging the gap between that and the classical era. 

[cncdaddy]

@rogerredcat best comment I've ever read !!!

[TheAzza1121]

Solid body mandolin with strat pickups and electrics!! I want one! :D

[uglybrother1]

@TheAzza1121 It's actually an octave 12 string guitar made by Vox I think

[TheAzza1121]

I agree it's most likely a short scale unison strung 12 string tuned in open G (or another of Ry's impossible tunings!). My late father and I bought a small "toy" electric guitar from an electonics store some years ago, because we found it was actually a proper instrument! The scale looks similar to Ry's guitar (22 inches), and it naturally tunes to A (Equiv. capo 5th fret). Mine is a 6 string, wiith just one single coil pickup, but it just sounds so sweet! Especially when played with a slide!

[Folkmill]

@TheAzza1121 Yeah, my first thought was it was a 12-string "travel" guitar, then a solid mandoline. But my ears told me different. Reading the comments I went full screen and used the pause button: if you get it right about 1:16-1:19 and get a nice clean frame it looks like it's only got 6 strings on, with which my ears agree. And this seems to be borne about 4:50-5:00 with a close-up of the headstock.

[RoyChavezSer]

@TheAzza1121 look up manda vox 12 string mandolins...

[Baci302]

@TheAzza1121 Is the one Ry is playing a "Vox"? Looks like a Vox body shape.

[Baci302]

@TheAzza1121 Yeah, me too! Is that a "Vox" Ry is playing? Looks like a Vox body to me.

[oceanplanet602]

@TheAzza1121

I just want to be able to play 1/2 as good as Ry on one!

[Malucodemez]

@oceanplanet602 I think Ry Cooder is a super underrated musician. I mean, I hardly know ANYONE who knows who he is, or has ever even heard of him or his music.

But why?! I mean, Ry Cooder is such an amazing musician, it blows my mind! He's one of the best guitarists I've ever heard.

[oceanplanet602]

@Malucodemez

Well, he's pretty darn legendary with those "in the know". Who else can say they were asked to be in the Rolling Stones, and told them...nope!

Obviously he had something else planned...;-)

[jakesimmons815]

@TheAzza1121 a trick studio guitarists use is taking a 12 string guitar and putting a capo on the 12 fret, it makes it sound like a mandolin, but you dont have to learn how to play the mandolin.

this guitar that Ry is playing is a 12 string except the nut is where the 12th fret should be on a regular electric 12 string.

its a smart idea and it sounds bad ass.

[alanthedrum]

@jakesimmons815 Whtever it is I want one!

[rogerredcat]

no no no its a normal size guitar he is just a giant of a man,love this guy dont know what we will do when he is gone .viva sequin.

[lowspark68]

Studio version is on Paradise and Lunch, a GREAT LP with "Fool For A Cigarette", "Mexican Divorce", "Mr Diddy Wah Diddy" - absolute classics.

[GlamourRebel09]

hey ry cooder, i think your guitar's too big

[ourules84]

My cuzin has made play this like a thousand i dont really like it

[relynajs]

I love this song. It makes me so happy. Another version that i think is even better is the one made by dirty dozen brass band.

[RauniKi]

Does anyone know, did they make a record of this show or was it just the film?

[tombanjo6180]

Its actually a mandotar. It has 12 strings and they are tuned in unison pairs an octave above a regular guitar. See Michael Kang from the string cheese incident. A traditonal mandolin only has eight strings, and they too are tuned in unison pairs. However a mandolin has the same tuning as a violin, which is actually backwards from a guitar.

[tombanjo6180]

Correction...Kangs sometimes plays a baritone mandolin too, that only has eight strings.

[strtofdrms]

Good version of this on Aerosmith's Honkin on Bobo.

[WesleyvanH]

That Vox Mandoguitar Ry's playing is a octave twelfe. A hybrid with a short-scale 12-string guitar neck and a small solid electric guitar body. It's usually tuned one octave higher than a standard guitar with the pairs of strings tuned in unison rather than in octaves as is the case of standard 12-string guitars. This puts the instrument in the same range as a mandolin.

[freetruckin]

Ry Cooder must be one of the greatest in producing such emotion in his playing and his general production work.This is great!Great mando playing too...I don't think I ever seen anyone play slide mando before!

[mattrawkz]

Mandolin / Guitar...whatever it is he can sure pick it! Awesome playing all around.

[Josecrado]

Yesterday I was at Sant Jordi Club in Barcelona and I think I can make an statement: fortunately, the music of Ry Cooder is still in evolution: they played this "anthem" and the arrengements were amazing like lightning over water and... completely new.

[marcus38447226]

mann...i dont belive in god(in the biblical sesne)...but this sure makes me wonder :) ive been jamming along with this all day, ry has the most amazing emotion in his playing, the piano and trumpet solo were both just so fantastic, i love the way the dont over-power the song, they just contribute...beautiful peice of music

[and1f34]

nice comment ;)

[jrichmond7]

cool

[TRAPEZONA]

Also a very good song,Ry Cooder!!!I really love all your songs!!!!!!!!!!When will you come to Germany?????Trapezona

[flamingphil123]

Now who else do you see other than Ry using a slide piece with an electric mandolin?

[discojames]

I think it's actually an electric 12 string guitar, tuned an octave higher. But yeah, who else?

[StuNasty21]

Guitar necks are longer, that's an electric mandolin.

[ramonesacidpillsh]

Count the strings, it's a 12-string guitar tuned 1 extra octave up which scales the neck way down. Probably a vox as they made a ton of them after Brian Jones used one. Old double neck mosrites used by Joe Maphis and others had the same thing on the top neck.

[StuNasty21]

I'm telling you, man, that neck's just too short to be a guitar. Look at how much room his hand takes up on it.

[SupremoHumberto]

it is an electric mandolin

[discojames]

If you look at the headstock, there are 12 tuners. And if you listen to the tuning, it's not tuned in fifths like a mandolin is. It's more or less an equivalent of having a capo at the 12th fret of a 12 string guitar.

If you google "Vox Mando Guitar" you'll find the exact model that he's playing. It might have Mando in the name, but the tuning and number of strings is 100% guitar.

[SupremoHumberto]

You are absolutely correct, It also says that in description

[Jeremy123454]

i was actuallly at a blues festival in Toronto this past weekend and a great Canadian guitarist named Kevin Breit played slide on an electric mandolin accompanied by Harry Manx on lap slide guitar

[rosesredvioletsblue]

What a great band. Great music.

Love this song === I've heard it sung by

many artists. Beautiful.

10 stars!!!

[crazygravy5]

this dude is just a cool camel

[mothulicka]

the man...the fucking man jammin out on the vox mando-guitar...bad arse

[kcor]

3:15 and on. wow!

[harryguitarjackson]

im calling,this phone dont call nobody but Jesus. Its a One number phone.

[brucem00]

great.. every song that ry cooder covers is great

[Jeremy123454]

Ry Cooder is a musical genious and i wish i could purchase this on DVD but supposedely it's only sold in Japan....oh and i wish he was still touring...i'm only 19 and i would be absolutely thrilled to see this master play

[squibs1000]

Will listen to Ry Cooder hailing a cab. The only thing I miss here is that the horns on the recorded version of this had a sweet "Salvation Army band" feel to the horns. This is a little jazzier, slicker, and isn't quite the same.

If you like the song, Sweet Honey in the Rock did another great version, too.

Ry Cooder is the most underrated American pop musician, in my book.l

[renzodalpo]

ry...the only and ONE !!!

[Alabama3000]

holy jesus! i can't believe this, what a great version!!

[dan32113]

finger licking good on that keyboard!!!

[bigjimmyv]

only 46,000 views? deserves way more!

[Puibassman]

This is definitely the most soulful version of this old gospel hymn I have ever heard!

[plattform5163]

Thanks for sharing this great artist!

[blade1990tsp]

dude that willie guy has a huge range with his voice. or whatever i'm dutch so don't blame me for the misspelled/false words :-) ry rocks (what a nice joke)

[toose70]

Simply brilliant!

[dcord123]

A REAL genius, places people around him that enhance what he's trying to achieve...Ry Cooder does this absolutely with the great musicians that he surrounds himself with....ROCK ON!!! this is too good...LOL

[Jaxun1]

Ry....the master.

[ScottishCCRfan]

who's the guy with the realy deep voice?

[mbroders]

Willie Green, Jr

[ScottishCCRfan]

thanks

[PlaztekNerd]

Willie tours with Lyle Lovett sometimes lately.

[urheadonastick]

Serious Soul.

[riceizgoodz]

electric mandolin...yes!

[RB630]

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[RichMasemola]

Wow!!Is this available on DVD or CD?24/7 He's waiting to hear from you!!!!Praise our living God!!!

[Squarerig]

What living god?there is no god,have you not learnt that?Sing,by all means but leave god out of the equation.We are all bound for oblivion.