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Into The Purple Valley
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Geoff Achison
William Ackerman
Ryan Adams
Texas Alexander
Alice Sara Ott
Duane Allman
Jon Anderson
Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman, Howe
Ariel
PP Arnold
Clarence Ashley
Ayers Rock
Bach
Lisa Batiashvili
BBM
Jeff Beck
Bert Jansch & John Renbourn
Black Country Communion
Scrapper Blackwell
Norman Blake
Blind Blake
Blind Faith
Rory Block
Joe Bonamassa
Eddie Boyd
Anouar Brahem
Michael Brecker
Big Bill Broonzy
Jackson Browne
Jack Bruce
Buddy Guy & Junior Wells
Buena Vista Social Club
Vika Bull
Canned Heat
Captain Beefheart
Bo Carter
Martin Carthy
Thibault Cauvin
Chain
Blondie Chaplin
Chopin
Eric Clapton
Richard Clapton
Stanley Clarke
Bruce Cockburn
Leonard Cohen
John Coltrane
Shawn Colvin
Ry Cooder
Elvis Costello
Cream
Crosby, Stills And Nash
Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young
Crowded House
John Crowle
Julius Daniels
Rick Danko
David Laibman & Eric Schoenberg
Miles Davis
Reverend Gary Davis
Alex de Grassi
Derek And The Dominos
Al Di Meola
Al Di Meola, John McLaughlin, Paco De Lucia
Dion
Dire Straits
Donovan
Nick Drake
Julie Driscoll
Champion Jack Dupree
Bob Dylan
Eric Clapton & Friends
Eric Clapton & Steve Winwood
Eric Von Schmidt
Sleepy John Estes
John Fahey
Fairport Convention
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Bryan Ferry
Samantha Fish
Fleetwood Mac
Dan Fogelberg
John Fogerty
Robben Ford
Mississippi Fred McDowell
Robert Fripp
Bill Frisell
Blind Boy Fuller
Peter Gabriel
Serge Gainsbourg
Rory Gallagher
Ricardo Gallen
Jan Garbarek
John Eliot Gardiner & the London Symphony Orchestra
Peter Garrett
Mark Gillespie
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Santtu-Matias Rouvali
Glenn Gould
Grateful Dead
Peter Green
Helene Grimaud
Stefan Grossman
Groundhogs
Grumiaux Trio
Philippe Guidat
Arlo Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
Buddy Guy
Hilary Hahn
John Hammond
Herbie Hancock
Roy Hargrove
Ben Harper
Emmylou Harris
George Harrison
Richie Havens
Ronnie Hawkins
Warren Haynes
Michael Hedges
Fletcher Henderson
Jimi Hendrix
Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker, Roy Hargrove
John Hiatt
John Lee Hooker
Daniel Hope
Tim Hopkins
Hot Tuna
Son House
Cisco Houston
Howlin' Wolf
Steve Hoy
Freddie Hubbard
Fenella Humphreys
Hunters & Collectors
Alina Ibragimova
Joe Jackson
Elmore James
Skip James
Bert Jansch
Keith Jarrett
Jeff St. John and Copperwine
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Jimmy Rogers
Jo Jo Zep & The Falcons
Mississippi John Hurt
John McLaughlin & Carlos Santana
John McLaughlin with Shakti
Blind Willie Johnson
Robert Johnson
Tommy Johnson
Norah Jones
Julie Driscoll & Brian Auger
Jo Ann Kelly
Paul Kelly
B.B. King
Freddie King
Kings Of Leon
Mark Knopfler
Koerner, Ray & Glover
Leo Kottke
Ed Kuepper
Greg Lake
Simone Lamsma
Leadbelly
Led Zeppelin
J. B. Lenoir
Gordon Lightfoot
Lindisfarne
David Lindley
Mance Lipscomb
Little Feat
Little Steven
Little Village
Little Walter
Living Colour
Nils Lofgren
Lyle Lovett
Juicy Lucy
Magic Sam
Taj Mahal
Mahavishnu Orchestra
Manassas
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Branford Marsalis
Wynton Marsalis
John Martyn
Dave Matthews
Ian Matthews
Dave Matthews Band
John Mayall
John Mayer
Mike McClellan
Sam McGee
Ellen McIlwaine
John McLaughlin
Blind Willie McTell
Ralph McTell
Memphis Minnie
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Pat Metheny
Michel Legrand
Midnight Oil
Tim Minchin
Joni Mitchell
Thelonious Monk
Gary Moore
Ennio Morricone
Van Morrison
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Muse
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Fred Neil
Nirvana
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Laura Nyro
Otis Spann
Jimmy Page
Graham Parker
Gram Parsons
Jaco Pastorius
Charley Patton
Paul Butterfield's Better Days
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Larkin Poe
John Prine
Sylvie Proulx
Greg Quill
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Bonnie Raitt
Willis Alan Ramsey
Leon Redbone
Lou Reed
Terry Reid
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Richard & Linda Thompson
Max Richter
Maggie Rigby
Johnny Rivers
Margret Roadnight
Robbie Robertson
Jimmie Rodgers
Paul Rodgers
Sonny Rollins
Roxy Music
Todd Rundgren
Otis Rush
Tom Rush
Ry Cooder & David Lindley
Terje Rypdal
Doug Sahm
Sam & Dave
Sam The Sham And The Pharaohs
Sam Samudio
Santana
Sayaka Shoji & St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra
Jeffrey Shurtleff
Sibelius
Jean Sibelius
Paul Siebel
Paul Simon
Skydive Trio
Small Faces
Bessie Smith
Broderick Smith's Big Combo
Son House, Jo-Anne Kelly, Woody Mann
Spectrum
Joseph Spence
The Spencer Davis Group
Lloyd Spiegel
Bruce Springsteen
Tomasz Stanko
Steely Dan
Al Stewart
Sting
Strange Creek Singers
Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder
Talking Heads
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Taste
James Taylor
Matt Taylor
Tut Taylor
Ten Years After
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
The Allman Brothers Band
The Animals
The Band
The Beatles
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The Butterfield Blues Band
The Carter Family
The Clash
The Dingoes
The Doors
The Ducks
The Easybeats
The Everly Brothers
The Finn Brothers
The Kinks
The Loved Ones
The Neville Brothers
The Nice
The Paul Butterfield Blues Band
The Police
The Rolling Stones
The Smashing Pumpkins
The Twilights
The Walker Brothers
The Who
The Yardbirds
The Youngbloods
Them
Henry Thomas
Ramblin' Thomas
Linda Thompson
Richard Thompson
Teddy Thompson
Billy Thorpe & The Aztecs
Dutch Tilders
Ralph Towner
Pete Townshend
Traffic
Jethro Tull
U2
Dave Van Ronk
Vanilla Fudge
Various
VariousClassical
VariousJazz
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Miroslav Vitous
Jerry Jeff Walker
Joe Walsh
Muddy Waters
Roger Waters
Junior Wells
Bukka White
Leo Wijnkamp Jr
Reverend Robert Wilkins
John Williams
Lucinda Williams
Paul Williams
Sonny Boy Williamson
Steven Wilson
Jesse Winchester
Johnny Winter
Steve Winwood
Stevie Wonder
Yes
Jesse Colin Young
Neil Young
Steve Young
Frank Zappa
Warren Zevon
Pinchas Zukerman
Zwan
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<p>Ry Cooder is known as a virtuoso on almost every stringed instrument, and on Into the Purple Valley, he demonstrates this ability on a wide variety of instruments. The main focus of the music here is on the era of the Dust Bowl, and what was happening in America at the time, socially and musically. Songs by Woody Guthrie, Leadbelly, and a variety of others show Cooder's encyclopedic knowledge of the music of this time, combined with an instinctive feel for the songs. 'Phenomenal' is the descriptive word to describe his playing, whether it is on guitar, Hawaiian "slack key" guitar, mandolin, or the more arcane instruments he has found. This is a must for those who love instrumental virtuosity, authentic reworkings of an era, or just plain good music.</p><p>—<strong>Bob Gottlieb</strong></p>
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