SUPERB LIVE FM BROADCAST FROM 1983, BY JOHN HIATT WITH RY COODER ON SLIDE GUITAR Song writing supremo John Hiatt s professional relationship with multi-instrumentalist and slide guitar maestro Ry Cooder has been a long and rewarding one. Hiatt played guitar and contributed two songs to Cooder s 1980 album Borderline, and, along with his band of the time, backed Cooder on his 1980 tour. Ry returned the favour, by performing alongside John and group on their 1982/83 tour, and he further backed Hiatt on albums like Bring the Family The pair s most famous collaboration however came in 1992 when, alongside Nick Lowe and Jim Keltner, the Little Village super-group emerged and released one album, and then toured extensively. The duo also famously co-wrote the magnificent Across the Borderline (from Cooder s 1987 album Get Rhythm ). The recording featured on this CD is taken from a Radio Broadcast of a gig by Hiatt and band - plus Ry Cooder on slide and electric guitars - played at the Cotati Cabaret, in Cotati, CA, during the winter of 1983, shortly after the release of John Hiatt s Riding With The King album.