Tag: Kurt Gallagher
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Episode 2365: The Ry Cooder Experience: Part Six: Buena Vista Social Club
Kurt Gallagher joins Patrick to tell the story of Ry Cooder, one of the most influential and incredible musical minds of the past 50 years. In this episode, Kurt tells the story of the Buena Vista Social Club, an album that was the end result of a trip to Cuba to record an entirely different project. It ended up becoming a worldwide phenomenon, funding the rest of Ry’s career.
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Episode 2363: The Ry Cooder Experience: Part Four, Soundtracks
Kurt Gallagher joins Patrick to tell the story of Ry Cooder, one of the most influential and incredible musical minds of the past 50 years. Part four examines Ry’s work in the 1980s, when scoring films and creating soundtracks were his main musical focus.
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Episode 2362: The Ry Cooder Experience: Part Three, Solo Albums in the 1970s
Kurt Gallagher joins Patrick to tell the story of Ry Cooder, one of the most influential and incredible musical minds of the past 50 years. Part three explores the solo material Ry released in the 1970s and the artistic freedom (and support) he was given by Warner Bros and Reprise Records.
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Episode 2361: The Ry Cooder Experience: Part Two, Session Man
Kurt Gallagher joins Patrick to tell the story of Ry Cooder, one of the most influential and incredible musical minds of the past 50 years. In the second installment, Ry branches out into session work and dabbles briefly with higher education before deciding his career path – musician – has already been laid out for him.
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Episode 2360: The Ry Cooder Experience: Part One, The Early Years
Kurt Gallagher joins Patrick to tell the story of Ry Cooder, one of the most influential and incredible musical minds of the past 50 years. In part one, Ry suffers a tragic accident that changes the course of his life, but ends up playing with Bill Monroe, founding a band that might have been bigger than the Byrds and playing with Captain Beefheart.
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Episode 2304: Rev. Gary Davis Story Part Four: The Lasting Influence of Rev. Gary Davis
We’re excited to present a series of episodes on the guitarist and teacher Rev. Gary Davis. Kurt Gallagher joins Patrick to guide us through Davis’ incredibly influential career. In the final episode of the series, Kurt wraps up proceedings with some great tales of his interactions with some of the Rev.’s students and reveals how Davis protected himself. Big thanks once again to Kurt Gallagher.
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Episode 2303: Rev. Gary Davis Story Part Three: From Stefan Grossman to Peter, Paul and Mary
We’re excited to present a series of episodes on the guitarist and teacher Rev. Gary Davis. Kurt Gallagher joins Patrick to guide us through Davis’ incredibly influential career. In the third installment, Kurt opens the discussion of one of Davis’ students, Stefan Grossman, as well as telling us about the song that earned Rev. and Annie enough money to buy a house.
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Episode 2302: Rev. Gary Davis Story Part Two: From Durham to New York City
We’re excited to present a series of episodes on the guitarist and teacher Rev. Gary Davis. Kurt Gallagher joins Patrick to guide us through Davis’ incredibly influential career. Today, the Rev. meets someone in Durham who changes his life and decides to try his luck in New York.
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Episode 2301: Rev. Gary Davis Story Part One: Introducing Rev. Gary Davis
We’re excited to present a series of episodes on the guitarist and teacher Rev. Gary Davis. Kurt Gallagher joins Patrick to guide us through Davis’ incredibly influential career and we’ll start at the beginning, from his birth through his time playing Piedmont Blues around Durham, North Carolina.
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Episode 2277: Listeners Pick the Best Music of 2025, Part Two
It’s time for our annual review of the best music of 2025, as chosen by our listeners. Today’s focus is on the voice of Kurt Gallagher, who checks in from the suburbs of New York City with his selections for the best music of 2025, featuring S.G. Goodman, The Dream Eaters and Daughter of Swords.