"No Banker Left Behind" -- Ry Cooder

Gary North

Dec. 8, 2011

I can remember where I was when I heard that President Kennedy had been shot. I can also remember where I was when I heard my first Ry Cooder song: sitting in a theater in Durham, North Carolina, watching the closing credits for Goin' South. The movie wasn't very good, but the closing credits were spectacular.

I normally don't like political protest songs. But I make an exception for Cooder's No Banker Left Behind. The melody isn't much, but it's the sentiment that counts.