Cooder, Ry - Jesus On The Mainline Lyrics

Brill backing vocals

what are they saying, 1:49....".. if you want your soul to...". i cant figure it out.

"If you wan to do somethin great" is what I hear! 😎🙏🏻👋🏻💖🎈

Keltner, , ‘too fast.’ Ye that’s it............

BLESS THE LORD

Every now and then an artist speaks truth!

Sounds like Zappa does the Dead

I love it !!!

Well tell him to get off theirs a train coming.

Etalon.

Hwite ppl ruin everything...

Love this song.

some note at the end by the bass singer it dont get any lower

Ry Cooter, Austin tx 1976. Armadillo World Headquarters! 2nd row. I was there! You?

It's a wonderful song! Krishna Das brought me here

I have seen Ry Cooder several times and he is one of the best. His bands are always all world

Ry cooder... lol sounds like a vanirial disease ... but man can he play

I didn't know Ry sing. All i knew was some of his excelent guitar work.

Chk out Buena Vista Social Club.

Jesus on the mainline -- find out what he wants.

This is the song they need at an Occult Gathering with Marina Amborvic

Still the best there is!

I. Love. Jesus. I. Hear. This. Song. All. .day. I. Could. Hear. This. Song. All. Day

I. Love. That. Song. Great. Singing

Good evening from Singapore! I hope you'd have a nice week =)

Colonel Sanders on keys and Eazy E on 0:52

in my head forever

Oh hail Shammy!

CallHimUP Nobody does it like Ry.

Oh great dear. ..thanks

“If your sick and want to get well, tell Him what you want”

Kenneth Krahn true words

Ry Cooder has always been a Great Proponent Of Soul, Blues, & Gospel from his Beginning Career as a Musical Artist and His Command Of String Instruments is Legendary Too And He Puts It Down Like Nobody Else ! - He Is One Of The Best-
From Rasta Paul Reggae DJ, VFR Radio, Northampton,MA.USA.---

Awesome Ry Cooder, the other great singers, just the whole band. Thank you!

A one off genius

ry tell him what we all want peace

Great great stuff!

It's Jesus on the mainline!

Get that eulogy ready

holy crap I've played this a hundred times .....

He made me also like japanese music - he is just a great muscian who makes one to explore more ....

Oh. My. GOD!
This is just...
I can't even...
[passes out from sheer bliss]

Can it get any better??

Great version of one of my all-time faves.

alleluja

Marvelous.... and as musician, you want to play with them, be a part of them.

does he have a glass eye?

Yes left eye, noticeable in this more current picture. http://mediamass.net/jdd/public/documents/celebrities/6500.jpg

Thank you

una delle migliori canzoni del grande Ry Cooder, se venisse in Italia

Never seen a mandoguitar before. I've seen electric mandolins, but never one with 12 strings. Cool.

Honestly besides the guitar I think the mandolin is one of the most versatile instruments across all genres. It always fits.

No fence but, the piano player looks like the KFC dude.

Van dyke parks in the flesh

hello ry, thank you again for your music .

simply love these vocals, thanks for posting

cooder you are the man

I've ALWAYs loved this- sometimes I just start singing back up- someone said Ry Cooder could sing at my funeral- AMen to that-  I talk to him the time- not sure he's listening- I meant jesus- but Ry Cooder would be cool-

Its all goin to pot!!!

needed a Ry Cooder fix this morning. some days are like that. willie and merle are great " pot" song also. it ws first on this page. thanks for making my day!

Yes, like Jesus has a supposed God's number in the back of his robe.

Does anyone know if this show was ever made available on C.D ? is so good need to buy it..

who knew Colonel Sanders was a king on the keys, hes killing it

jared Ó Súilleabháin

Hahaha! Good!

Lol his name is midnight and he is the whitest person I have ever seen ...

Ry s  car must have needed fixing on the way or poor soul only has one T shirt ?  Little singer sure has some range!

I love this. Check out the whole concert. Here's the link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZNVhiOY_ug&list=PLT_gjiPFeV6SctNki637JnOH_WuRKy1MS&index=7

42 clotheared dickheads!!!

42 clotheared dickheads!!!!!!

Agree Richie. Superb!

I knew sax player Pat Rizzo in Palm Springs ('77) and that looks like him at 2:06 in the Hawaiian shirt.

IT JUST DOESN'T GET BETTER THAN THIS !!

if it does let me know

@Marsh Sherrif 😂

called him up and said please !! no more wars , no more famin,no more poverty, no more hatred ,bigotry or sectarianism, no more rape , burglary or drunken brutality,no more mass gun killings in the name of any belief, but the sad fact is the line is still busy, ill keep tryin

I mean yowza

A talent for the ages. I am grateful this artist dropped into this world.

Who would've guessed Col. Sanders could shred the keyboards

Christ have mercy

Mooi liedje.

It's true. Jesus really is on the mainline!

Peter O'Brien Amen

I could listen to this tune all day.

EXCELLENT STUFF

I can visualise Mr. and Mrs. Trucks doing this rather well! Hard to improve on this though.

sum fine players

j j cale was a personal selection of my list of those.   That he wrote so many good songs and other musicians  did make them lst generation great......   All in the afterthought of what this is about.  Joe Satriani was the surfing with the alien guy I mentioned in an earlier rendering for great compositional artistry.

He is of the kind, that makes me feel great, just by the mention of his name.   These type artist, rare to find and in short supply always.....Like Eric, like willie, and Johnny .....and even in the likes of the surfing with the alien guitarist whos name slips my present sleep deprived mind.    There are some musicians that the mere mention of their name, and the good feelings overtake my attitude.    Ry, he too holds that kind of presence.....it could be the music choices, it could be the quality of the music and musicians around each performance.    Mostly, I think it comes down to what I ve learned in the years of their personal efforts. to expect yet another heart feeling as well as filling adventure down the road of imagination.   Time for the modern flash to find its Greatness in great music again and not the cheap thrill antics of what passes for contemporary hits.

Many, many and many good songs has he done...

What tuning would the mando guitar b in open d?

I loved this Album. Paradise and Lunch. One of my all time fave songs

Fantastic. All of them. Early Ry Cooder LP's are real gems. Saw him with Bobby King & Terry Evans in the 80's. I don't think he's been back to Toronto since. Too bad!

@laura_bue

this guy is so awesome and i love this song.  never heard another version as good as this

@Lois Pulliam Indeed.  Me neither.  And just killin' it on solo from 3:15 to 4:00.

priceless back vocals as well

Always been a favorite of mine...this man has such talent. Will listen to him forever...cannot abide the new bubble gum music made by girl clones which all sounds alike.

@Nancy Edmondson best of all... Hey Josephine, concert for New Orleans....

+Nancy Edmondson "bubble gum music made by girl clones which all sounds alike"....love it-great comment.

music is an art ,better if you can actually sing or play something . ugly bands are the best I find eg Fucus and canned heat or Fairport . (an old hippy)

Agreed!

keltner

@Bruce Wells on the drums

One and Only!!Ry Cooder!

Call Him up and tell Him what you want!

+Cheryl Czekala Amen!

I dunno.
I've been asking for Peace on Earth for a goodly number of years now.
Hasn't arrived yet.
Maybe I put a typo in the delivery address? UPS lost it on the way?

smartalek180. That's it brother you ain't sent it right.

Cheryl Czekala yes. He's always listening

fine song and excellent Mando-guitar play

Fuck yeah.

@Peter Arnold I think you summed it up nicely :-)

mainline

Ry Cooder, great singer.

wowww.... Ry Cooder !!!  <3 <3 <3

Simply, greater! Ry Cooder, one of my favorites guitar players...

Vitor Mendes

Amen!

I. Love. Song

Tearing up that mandolin

Don't neglect the vocal group and the Maker of those folks in your praises.

u a good boy. don't mess with my savior. 

Is that a Hammertone Octave 12 string guitar?

this is a VOX mandoguitar made in Italy 12 strings , better if tuned in open c or in open d, better if played with slide . A famous beatles song is played with this italian guitar :"words of love" . 

Ry Cooder is the crème de la crème.