They emanate from a home studio and workshop, one where veteran musician Ry Cooder spends hours studiously ... south of where he lives now with his wife, Suzy, next door to their son, drummer ...

Ry Cooder—the guitar wizard ... for the night. Cooder and his wife, Susan Titelman, had opted for the Algonquin, in hopes of a decent night’s rest. “I haven’t been sleeping,” he said.

"I'll never forget it." Ry Cooder is talking about his first encounter with a guitar, more than 50 years ago. The guitar was a three-quarter-size four-string tenor. Cooder was 4 years old ...

IN PICTURES: Ry Cooder: 15 essential songs Cooder's skill ... he is a family man. His wife, Susan Titelman, is a sculptor and photographer and his son Joaquim is a drummer.

And also elevation to the pantheon of Ry Cooder musical classics, for his guitar style, his compendious repertoire – a thousand or so numbers in Galban's memory, he reckons. And because Cooder ...