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Otis Redding plays the first of seven nights at The Whisky A-Go-Go, West Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA, during which he records the album In Person : Live At The Whisky A Go Go. Support band is The Rising Sons.Full article:
Ry Cooder : As far as Taj goes, we had a mutual friend, and Taj came to L.A. sort of on the road, you might say - drifting along, travelling - and we got together having mutual interests, and played together, and we ended up calling it the Rising Sons, because everybody had a name for everything and in those days, If you played together, you called yourself something... natural enough. So we called it that and we played together, and it was kind of fun, you know, it was recreational, and it went on for a while. Actually, it was surprising it went on for as long as it did. It was a fun thing, you know, kind of fooling with it.
(Source : interview by John Tobler in Zigzag, February 1977)
Taj Mahal : I'd heard about him (Ry Cooder) a long time. I met him in a big music store in front of The Ash Grove, well, it's not that big, which was part of McCabe's guitar store. I heard about him from back East and I hadn't been out on the West coast too long before I heard him, you know? He was real good and I really enjoyed my meeting with him. It always sticks out in my mind as being one of the more finer times I played guitar with people and enjoyed their company and their hospitality. He's a very brilliant person.
(Source : interview with Ken Hunt in Swing 51, No5, circa 1982)
Taj Mahal : We opened for Otis. I was with Ry Cooder and the Rising Suns and couldn't wait to finish our set so I could rush out and get some seats to see the Big O. I was the loudest cat in the place, screaming for Otis like a damn fool. The man was wonderful, just wonderful. I saw how he played guitar with that open tuning, how those changes sounded so big and thick.
Ry Cooder : I grew up in the folk era, and the main thing then was interacting. That's how I learned music, and most of the opportunities I've created for myself just have to do with being curious. To stand up on stage with people and play music when you have no idea what they're going to do next, it's just a rush. It's like surfing; you just sort of try and hang in there. And if there's an audience, they sort of get to hang in there too. It's exciting.
(Source : www.addict.com)
Jackie De Shannon (singer-songwriter) : Ry Cooder played guitar for me at The Ash Grove when he was just a young kid. I used to appear there when everyone else was appearing at The Troubadour and I said, 'No, it's too pop, it's too flashy.' At The Ash Grove they had Ian And Sylvia, all the trad folk and blues acts. It was a much purer form, but I did play the Troubadour, eventually, with Van Morrison.
(Source : interview with Pat Curran, Shindig, Nov 2008)
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(Source : interview by John Tobler in Zigzag, February 1977)
Taj Mahal : I'd heard about him (Ry Cooder) a long time. I met him in a big music store in front of The Ash Grove, well, it's not that big, which was part of McCabe's guitar store. I heard about him from back East and I hadn't been out on the West coast too long before I heard him, you know? He was real good and I really enjoyed my meeting with him. It always sticks out in my mind as being one of the more finer times I played guitar with people and enjoyed their company and their hospitality. He's a very brilliant person.
(Source : interview with Ken Hunt in Swing 51, No5, circa 1982)
Taj Mahal : We opened for Otis. I was with Ry Cooder and the Rising Suns and couldn't wait to finish our set so I could rush out and get some seats to see the Big O. I was the loudest cat in the place, screaming for Otis like a damn fool. The man was wonderful, just wonderful. I saw how he played guitar with that open tuning, how those changes sounded so big and thick.
Ry Cooder : I grew up in the folk era, and the main thing then was interacting. That's how I learned music, and most of the opportunities I've created for myself just have to do with being curious. To stand up on stage with people and play music when you have no idea what they're going to do next, it's just a rush. It's like surfing; you just sort of try and hang in there. And if there's an audience, they sort of get to hang in there too. It's exciting.
(Source : www.addict.com)
Jackie De Shannon (singer-songwriter) : Ry Cooder played guitar for me at The Ash Grove when he was just a young kid. I used to appear there when everyone else was appearing at The Troubadour and I said, 'No, it's too pop, it's too flashy.' At The Ash Grove they had Ian And Sylvia, all the trad folk and blues acts. It was a much purer form, but I did play the Troubadour, eventually, with Van Morrison.
(Source : interview with Pat Curran, Shindig, Nov 2008)