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Rain, Rain |
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02:45 |
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Roscoe |
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03:44 |
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Big Shoe |
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03:49 |
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My Buffalo Girl |
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08:52 |
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Shenandoah (for Johnny Smith) |
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06:10 |
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Cadillac 1959 |
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06:26 |
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The Pioneers |
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05:17 |
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Cold, Cold Ground |
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09:04 |
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That Was Then |
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05:31 |
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Monroe |
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04:21 |
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Good Dog, Happy Man |
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02:34 |
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Poem for Eva |
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03:42 |
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| Country |
USA |
| Cat. Number |
79536 |
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DDD |
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Stereo |
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Good Dog, Happy Man
Date of Release May 18, 1999
Styles Modern Creative, Avant-Garde, Post-Bop
No doubt pleased with his countrified direction on Gone, Just Like A Train, Frisell gives us a lot more of basically the same thing here - only with expanded numbers in the ranks. Bassist Viktor Krause and drummer Jim Keltner return, now accompanied by Wayne Horvitz's understated organ and piano; Greg Leisz on as assortment of fretted instruments, including the dobro, pedal steel guitar and mandolin; and on "Shenandoah," Ry Cooder's atmospheric guitars. The first tracks of this album pick up right where Gone, Just Like A Train left off - low-key, perhaps too low-key - but tracks like "Big Shoe" and "Cadillac 1959" add a bit of swagger to the lope and "Poem For Eva" sports the best tune. Again, Frisell often captures a loose, evolutionary jamming quality in these sessions, playing the country accents off of his jazz sensibilities. Unlike its predecessor, though, you can't imagine this being recorded on a backwoods front porch, for there are some production tricks and distant-sounding electronic loops that give away its Burbank studio origins. Purists on either side of the jazz/country divide are hereby warned to back off so that the rest of us can enjoy this. - Richard S. Ginell
1. Rain, Rain (Frisell) - 2:45
2. Roscoe (Frisell) - 3:43
3. Big Shoe (Frisell) - 3:49
4. My Buffalo Girl (Frisell) - 8:50
5. Shenandoah (Traditional) - 6:09
6. Cadillac 1959 (Frisell) - 6:16
7. The Pioneers (Frisell) - 5:16
8. Cold Cold Ground (Frisell) - 9:01
9. That Was Then (Frisell) - 5:29
10. Monroe (Frisell) - 4:19
11. Good Dog, Happy Man (Frisell) - 2:33
12. Poem for Eva (Frisell) - 3:41
Ry Cooder - Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
Jim Keltner - Percussion, Drums
David Bither
Greg Calbi - Mastering
Judy Clapp - Engineer, Mixing Engineer
Bill Frisell - Guitar (Acoustic), Mandolin, Guitar (Electric), Loops, National Steel Guitar, Music Box
Wayne Horvitz - Organ, Piano, Sampling
Viktor Krauss - Bass
Greg Leisz - Dobro, Pedal Steel, Lap Steel Guitar, Weissenborn
Jeffrey Shannon - Assistant Engineer
Lee Townsend - Producer
Michael Wilson - Photography
Barbara de Wilde - Design
Noel Grey - Production Assistant
1999 CD Nonesuch 79536
