Ry Cooder - How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live

Love Cooder, love this music, love Les Blank ... or most things he's done. But this is some random film-making, just on the wrong side of loose? Some odd cutting choices ... back of head and close ups of ears. Hmmmm.

Anyway, is what it is, and a terrific performance mostly captured for posterity. Where does one get this movie?

My beautiful girlfriend is in the kitchen cooking me my favorite Italian vegan dinner, shit happens, but hard work and some application usually puts it all back together!
Life is hard, but you make your own luck in this world!

Dont you get it !!! LaVedaCarleen and 008maguire, you are ment for eatch other :o)

outta work 6 months with huge mortgage, car loan, girl friend left me and no money coming in, why am i lookin at this vid

Because you have good taste in music!
No matter how bad things get for us . . . they can't take (or tax!!) our heart and soul.
The blues and this song speak to both!
Hang in there dude! If it's any consolation. . . I'm in exactly the same position as you . . . minus the boyfriend . . .and plus ginormous credit card debt! See ya in bankruptcy court!

Why does a dog lick his balls?.. because he can. You can watch this, and by f*ck you should.

Because you wanna know how can a poor man stand such times and live?

Love Ry! Will see him in a couple of weeks play Brisbane, Australia. Can't wait. He looks like Al Pacino in this vid and sounds like him - funny:)

It dawned on me recently - this Strat probably became the one w/ the tortoise pickguard et al. The above Santa Cruz show was in 87' and Ry was using the tortoise strat ( w/ teisco gold foil now in neck spot) on Little Village tour in early 90's. Good stuff and a noble pursuit Sound and Music is ...

That solo is gold.