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

From "Ry Cooder & The Moula Banda Rhythm Aces: Let's Have A Ball", a film by Les Blank taped at The Catalyst, Santa Cruz, CA on March 25'th 1987. Very beautiful slide.

Look out for "Delta Time" by Terry Evans & Hans Theessink out Sept. 21. Terry and Hans is joined by Ry Cooder, Bobby King and Arnold McCuller - all from this concert. See "The making of Delta Time" here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO7B6T...

Comment from MrBillindallas:
Concert was from a two night run - the last of nine total dates on the NorCal tour. Shot on 16mm film with an audio remote truck in the alley. Movie was released in Europe but not in the US. Great band, at one of the best venues in the 'States, the last two nights of the mini-tour they were truly on fire. One venue was so small the band filled the stage and the dance floor.

Setlist for the two nights in Santa Cruz:

3-24-87 Santa Cruz, CA (the Catalyst):

Showtime
Little Sister
Smack Dab In The Middle
Lets Have A Ball
Me and Frank
unknown title [Spanish lyrics]
Hell Have To Go
If Walls Could Talk
Jesus on The Mainline
How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times & Live?
One Meatball
Atom Bomb
Teeny Weeny Bit of Your Love
Why Dont You Try Me?
Down In The Boondocks
The Things That Make You Rich Make Me Poor
Crazy Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know)
encores:
Chain Gang
Down In Hollywood
Goodnight Irene

3-25-87 Santa Cruz, CA (the Catalyst):

Smack Dab In The Middle
Lets Have A Ball
unknown title [Spanish lyrics]
Hell Have To Go
If Walls Could Talk
Jesus On The Mainline
How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times & Live?
One Meatball
Atom Bomb
Teeny Weeny Bit of Your Love
Down In Mississippi
instrumental
The Things That Make You Rich Make Me Poor
Crazy Bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know)
Chain Gang
Down In Hollywood
Goodnight Irene

Band:
Ry Cooder: guitar, vox
Jim Keltner: drums
Van Dyke Parks: keys
Jorge Calderon: bass
Flaco Jimenez: accordion
Miguel Cruiz: percussion
Steve Douglas: sax
George Bohannon: trombone

Singers:
Bobby King: tenor
Terry Evans: baritone
Arnold McCuller: tenor
Willie Green Jr: bass

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[Red Spark]

stop feeling sorry for yourself. Maybe if you didn't waste all your time on YouTube..and instead you could be doing something productive..like volunteering and community service..actually helping people.. Wall street, the Banks & GWB and his deregulation of financial system and illegal war in Iraq all but destroyed this country. You try turning a steaming pile of shit into roses with congress against you. They would rather destroy the nation than tolerate a black president..they are the problem

[coonshine1]

Amen Jackson. This ain't no place for trolls. There are blogs to bitch about politics. I come here to relaxe and enjoy the music.........

[monkeyballs512]

Why are people discussing Bush and Obama here? Open your damn ears and listen. Art transcends politics for intelligent folks

[hogsbelly63]

Obviously, yer ears are fucked dude. Get back to yer X-box and leave the music to the peeps who know ;)

[TheConcentrationmoon]

cooder is a true man of god....nature....universe. loved his collab with vm bhatt. sitting by the ganges listening to their music is abstractly beautiful.

[Vernon Allen]

having a Black President does not bother me at all and I am from the south! I just do not like his policies. Maybe someone can understand something other than race .. unless they are motivated by race hate!! COLOR of skin ... if that is the bases of your reply.... maybe you need to look at your reflection in a mirror!!

[Michelle Watson]

You were lucky to have parents who knew the worth of his music.

[Grant Wing]

That is surpassing sweet! I don't know where you found this but thanks so much for uploading this!

[meesalikeu]

obama was forced to bail out the banks after bush destroyed the economy. it was that or disaster. meanwhile, china built its infrastructure instead. wish we could have new trains and fixed roads&bridges

[Sabrina Vivoda]

spacchi



[rallyivan1234]

In this year Ry Cooder recorded with Steve Vai

[Mark Somers]

Very true. Obama did, however, bail out the banks just like Gordon Brown and the rest of them, while actually having the opportunity to do something about when the banks were standing there, cap in hand.