Ry Cooder - Down In Hollywood 2/2

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. Band introduction. Nice Jim Keltner solo.

Comment from MrBillindallas:
They shot some promo pix in San Francisco on this mini-tour for a drum endorsement. The photog asked Mr. Keltner if he wanted to take his sunglasses off for some of the photos. He dryly replied, "If I took my glasses off nobody would know that it was me." Great guy - great drummer - a real pro.

Another 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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• Moula
• Banda
• Jim
• Keltner

[JoeJacari]

Hip, hop, skippedy-pip.

Skunkle pippy skip.

Gypsy little shaker. You big earth quaker.

You take her and make her bake you a cake by the lake you big LA Lakers fan.

I heard this and began to get out my frying pan, fish & chips, flap jacks, hot cakes, griddle cakes, gritz, home fries and cat fish crawdad hilly billy cakes.

I started jumping around outside singing & yelling and telling everyone I was a Ry Cooder gypsy hippy flippy trippy flower child of wild nature & Grape Nuts.

[mbroders]

@JoeJacari "I know that feeling" :-)

[nuurnwui]

Timbales solo are so cool and the drummer plays great base drum into it. A wacky piano solo, but I like it. Who does the bird call at 4:18?  The "scatting" tenor reminds of Fela Kuti. Has anybody else the same idea?

[mbroders]

@nuurnwui "Who does the bird call at 4:18?" - probably Terry Evans

[MrSteveEllis]

Jim Keltner is the master of smooooooth!!!!

[Robertcas65]

Jim Keltner - no one lays it down like JK!

[emjee]

@MaxIII Sweetwater is reopening by Bob Weir from The Grateful Dead. I understand it will be right around the corner from where the old one was on Throckmorton.

[MultiJaylea]

@nuurnwui its a BASS drum

[cosmicqueen1]

Yes...i was so lucky to live in Hollywood in the 60's, and when I want a flashback, I always play this song. Never tire of Ry and all of the fantastic musicians he plays with. Hollywood...piano..drums..guit­ar bird call ,hot bodies on the dance floor. mmmmmmm

[sc34360]

Yo ! What a session !!!

[moskvamoya]

JIm you are the one! 

[ssn0651]

Some songs just require Jim Keltner for a fact .

[harhar58]

CHOPS!!



[NevadaPic]

What a great piece of music!

[FredSketti]

@mbroders I always thought that was Ry lol