Ry Cooder - The Very Thing That Makes Her Rich

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.

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

Category:

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• Jim
• Keltner
• Jorge
• Calderon
• Van
• Dyke
• Parks

[rocktenniscat]

"Bop til you Drop" remains one of my favourite Ry Cooder albums of all time. This is great. Thx for sharing....

[DrumzzKool]

@Gonko100 Just how does it suck?? Groove too solid? Too much of that there syncopation for your ears? Additive rhythms confusing you? Can't relate to the trope they are signifying on? C'mon, tell me, HOW does it "suck", and what would you do to make it not "suck"? As you so succinctly put it?

There just is no accountin for taste...

[tayama3]

fuck all men who don't like this.............your so stupid.

[MrStubat]

@rocktenniscat bop til you drop is musically OK...but destroyed by being early digital recording that sounds like brittle glass with no harmonic warmth and this aint no audiophile bullshit

[MrStubat]

@Gonko100 well go back and listen to Kylie Minogue and feast on McDonalds gourmet....you obviously dont even a have an inkling of soul or appreciation of real music

[sophielago]

@PLEEMHEAD7

Yes, the great ones should have an exemption from getting old and tired :-)

[Gonko100]

@MMRD50

well it ain't tool either.

[MMRD50]

@Gonko100 It ain't Celine Dion.