Best Ever Albums

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Ry Cooder vs. Tom Verlaine

RockyRaccoon — Thu, 2 Oct 2014 17:43:30 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 10/02/2014 21:43

Ry Cooder wins

14-12

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Ry Cooder vs. Tom Verlaine

Anonymous — Wed, 1 Oct 2014 06:17:40 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 10/01/2014 10:17

Verlaine

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Ry Cooder vs. Tom Verlaine

Patman360 — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 08:43:04 GMT

Author: Patman360

Posted: 09/30/2014 12:43

Cooder pretty comfortably.

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Ry Cooder vs. Tom Verlaine

Jimmy Dread — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 08:11:32 GMT

Author: Jimmy Dread

Posted: 09/30/2014 12:11

Patti Smith summed it up best...

"Tom Verlaine plays guitar like 1000 bluebirds screaming"...

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Ry Cooder vs. Tom Verlaine

WindowAbove — Mon, 29 Sep 2014 07:10:47 GMT

Author: WindowAbove

Posted: 09/29/2014 11:10

Ry

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Ry Cooder vs. Tom Verlaine

pa — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 14:39:25 GMT

Author: pa

Posted: 09/28/2014 18:39

Ry Cooder
and this record is so nice:

Chicken Skin Music by Ry Cooder

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Ry Cooder vs. Tom Verlaine

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 14:07:44 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/28/2014 18:07

This matchup is fucked.

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Ry Cooder vs. Tom Verlaine

Hayden — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 10:35:05 GMT

Author: Hayden

Posted: 09/28/2014 14:35

Slightly torn between the two cause I hate to see Tom go, but it has to be Ry Cooder.

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Ry Cooder vs. Tom Verlaine

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 09:49:57 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/28/2014 13:49

it's actually a bit disgusting that Verlaine is winning

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Ry Cooder vs. Tom Verlaine

Anonymous — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 00:21:29 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/28/2014 04:21

Happymeal wrote:

Tom Verlaine is obvs gonna win this one, but I prefer Mr. Cooder by a long shot. While I haven't heard everything in his discography, I do know I've heard enough to be impressed by the amount of styles he's been able to do well on if not master. He's done albums that incorporate anything from blues to
Hindustani Classical Music to African music which is a feat that not every guitarist has done and I think for that it'd be unfortunate if he lost this round.

As an addition, I'll post a few albums and songs (or performances) that Mr. Cooder has done or played on:

Songs/performances:

Link

Vigilante Man (live)

Link

Do Re Mi (live)

Link

Ry Cooder & V.M. Bhatt - Longing

Link

Ali Farka Toure and Ry Cooder - Soukora

Albums:

A Meeting by the river

Talking Timbuktu

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Buena Vista social club

Paradise and Lunch

Chicken Skin Music

And many more. I think that extensive discography certainly deserves the win.

Re: [Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Ry Cooder vs. Tom Verlaine

Anonymous — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 13:37:00 GMT

Author: Anonymous

Posted: 09/27/2014 17:37

Tom Verlaine is obvs gonna win this one, but I prefer Mr. Cooder by a long shot. While I haven't heard everything in his discography, I do know I've heard enough to be impressed by the amount of styles he's been able to do well on if not master. He's done albums that incorporate anything from blues to
Hindustani Classical Music to African music which is a feat that not every guitarist has done and I think for that it'd be unfortunate if he lost this round.

[Closed] Best Ever Guitarist: Ry Cooder vs. Tom Verlaine

RockyRaccoon — Sat, 27 Sep 2014 11:06:26 GMT

Author: RockyRaccoon

Posted: 09/27/2014 15:06

Ry Cooder

Nominated by CubaZed

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vs.

Tom Verlaine (of Television)

Nominated by Silver

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