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"I think about slide as something that goes up to the 12th fret. Anything above that is trick. It's goofy, it's showmanship---it's irritating, almo...

Mark Knopfler on a BBC documentary discussing the song Romeo and Juliet.

Part of the 'Mark Knopfler: A Life in Songs' Documetary.

This is me trying to play a faux Cooder/Lindley version of the Bobby Womack tune that was a hit for the Stones. The percussion is Apple Loops, and ...

Ry Cooder plays a Vox Mandoguitar with non-standard setup and tuning. After a lot of sleuthing on the Internet, I think I've worked out at least so...

Ry Cooder: "I thought of three good ideas" He described the third one: "rhythm mandolin was a pretty good idea — if there's three guitar players on...

Ry Cooder: "I thought of three good ideas... Putting a banjo tuning on the guitar was a very easy, good thing to do. Another tremendously good idea...

Ry Cooder recorded the first 24 and last 20 (or so) bars of the piano piece on his Jazz album, leaving out the middle bit. A one-take experiment at...