From Ry Cooder's album Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down, illustrated with images from the 2008 Great Recession.
Ry Cooder: Feelin' Bad Blues. Citizen Four: Edward Snowden Documentary. The Inspiration Project. John Oliver: The Lottery. 90-Year-Old Arrested for Feeding Homeless.
Ry Cooder's Feelin' Bad Blues, from his album Crossroads, set to images that, person by person, put a face to heartbreak.
The Border: Songs and Stories. Freddy Fender - Across the Borderline. Arlo Guthrie and Emmylou Harris - Deportees. Ice El Hielo - La Santa Cecilia. Illegal Immigrants, Dangerous Border — One Story. Deported: Kelly's Story.
Across the Borderline, written by Ry Cooder, John Hiatt, and Jim Dickinson, highlights the pain and uncertainty of emigration. Freddy Fender (Baldemar Garza Huerta) was a Texas son of a Mexican immigrant. The song was featured in the soundtrack of the movie The Border. For more Songs of Immigration, Deportation and Identity, go here.
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, 1987. Awesome solos by George Bohannon and Ry using slide on mandoguitar!
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