This Week on Prairie Home Companion: Ry Cooder; Next Week: Pigs To Fly

If there's one Shore Fire client that I've always wanted to see live - but feared I never would - it's Ry Cooder. So it was my extreme pleasure to see him perform four songs from his new album 'My Name Is Buddy' this past weekend at a taping of Prairie Home Companion at Town Hall in NYC. Ry tore it up, acoustic style, abetted by the same group of top-drawer musicians who play on 'Buddy' - Mike Seeger on banjo, Roland White on mandolin, and Paddy Malony on various pipes. After hearing a couple songs, PHC host Garrison Keillor commented that 'Buddy' was "sure to go titanium."

Can't wait to see Ry again in May when he backs up Mavis Staples at the Apollo, this time on electric guitar!