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He's on hundreds of records, won numerous Grammys and put out a load of music under his own name. Who you say?
It's none other than... a sideman extroidinaire!
The Sideman Extrodinaire!
The Lesser Known:
Celebrated Walkin' Blues - Taj Mahal
Train - Gentle Soul
Carriage House Song - John Braden
Soft Sounding Music - Harper's Bizarre
Jennette - Flaco Jimenez
The Biggies:
Love In Vain - The Rolling Stones
Willin' - Little Feat
Baby How Long - Jackson Browne
Wild About My Lovin' - John Sebastian
Last Night I Had A Dream - Randy Newman
Moving Up Front:
Giant Step - The Rising Sons
Great Dream from Heaven (Into The Purple Valley 1971) - Ry Cooder
The Girl From Texas (Borderline 1980) - Ry Cooder
East St. Louis ( Music By Ry Cooder 1995) - Ry Cooder
Spade Kooley (I, Flathead 2008) - Ry Cooder
Ry's Last Thoughts
James "Jim" Keltner was born April 27, 1942 in Tulsa, Oklahoma and is an American drummer and percussionist known for his session work. He was inspired to start playing because of his interest in jazz, but it was the explosion of rock that enabled him to break into recording work in Los Angeles. His first work as a session musician was on Gary Lewis's "She's Just My Style."
He teamed up with fellow Tulsa native, Leon Russell, to play on Delaney & Bonnie's Accept No Substitute, and with Joe Cocker on his Mad Dogs & Englishmen tour. This led to work with Carly Simon, Booker T. Jones, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, Harry Nilsson , Little Village, Ry Cooder, and many other pop music notables. In 1989, Keltner toured with Ringo Starr's All-Starr Band. He is also known a Buster Sidebury in the Traveling Wilburys. Here's a sample of his talent:
She's Just My Style - Gary Lewis and the Playboys
World in Changes - Dave Mason
Out in the Woods - Leon Russel
Sticks and Stones - Joe Cocker
I Can't Take It Much Longer - Delaney and Bonnie
Pack My Jack - J. J. Cale
Try Some Buy Some - George Harrison
Handle With Care - Traveling Wilburys
Going Back To Iuka - Albert King
Down In The Boondocks - Ry Cooder
Born Under A Bad Sign - Rita Coolidge
Little Trouble Maker - Ian Mclagan
Wishbone - Willis Alan Ramsey
Little More Holy - Steve Fromholz
Livin' For Your Lover - Chris Isaak
L A Getaway - Joel Scott Hill/Chris Ethridge/John Barbata
Crop Dusting - Steve Cropper
