High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paradise and Lunch is the fourth album by roots rock musician Ry Cooder, released in 1974. The album contains a mix of jazz, blues and roots music led by Cooder`s guitar and is considered by many the crowning achievement of Cooder`s career. The final track, "Ditty Wah Ditty," showcases a duet between Cooder and jazz pianist Earl "Fatha" Hines.