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Born Ryland Cooder on March 15, , in Santa Monica, CA; son of W.H. Cooder (an accountant); married Susan Titleman (an artist); children: Joachim. Addresses: Office--Warner Bros. Records, Warner Blvd., Burbank, CA

With over a dozen solo albums, ten soundtrack LPs, and countless studio dates to his credit, Ry Cooder has become one of the most tasteful and in-demand guitarists in the music world.

He has drawn on a wide variety of influences, including the blues, rhythm and blues, Hawaiian, Norteno, and even vaudeville, to create an exceptionally unique voice on his instrument. "The sounds he makes and the images those sounds evoke place him closer to Zen masters and Impressionist painters than to other guitarists," wrote Bud Scoppa in Guitar World.

Cooder's musical education began at the age of four, when his father taught him some basic chords on a four-string tenor guitar.

As his hands and abilities developed, he progressed to a full-size Martin, by which time the eight-year-o