No doubt pleased with his countrified direction on Gone, Just Like a Train, Bill Frisell gives us a lot more of basically the same thing here -- only with expanded numbers in the ranks.
Bassist Viktor Krauss and drummer Jim Keltner return, now accompanied by Wayne Horvitz's understated organ and piano; Greg Leisz on an assortment of fretted instruments, including the Dobro, pedal steel guitar and mandolin; and on "Shenandoah," Ry Cooder's atmospheric guitars.
The first tracks of Good Dog, Happy Man 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.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rain, RainBill Frisell | Bill Frisell | Play | 02:45 | 6 MB | 0 MB |
| 2 | RoscoeBill Frisell | Bill Frisell | Play | 03:44 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 3 | Big ShoeBill Frisell, Jimmy Hamilton | Bill Frisell | Play | 07:50 | 17 MB | 0 MB |
| 4 | My Buffalo GirlBill Frisell | Bill Frisell | Play | 08:52 | 20 MB | 0 MB |
| 5 | Shenandoah (For Johnny Smith)Traditional | Bill Frisell | Play | 06:10 | 14 MB | 0 MB |
| 6 | Cadillac 1959Bill Frisell | Bill Frisell | Play | 06:26 | 14 MB | 0 MB |
| 7 | The PioneersBill Frisell | Bill Frisell | Play | 04:13 | 9 MB | 0 MB |
| 8 | Cold Cold GroundBill Frisell | Bill Frisell | Play | 09:04 | 20 MB | 0 MB |
| 9 | That Was ThenBill Frisell | Bill Frisell | Play | 05:31 | 12 MB | 0 MB |
| 10 | MonroeBill Frisell | Bill Frisell | Play | 07:02 | 16 MB | 0 MB |
| 11 | Good Dog, Happy ManBill Frisell | Bill Frisell | Play | 02:34 | 5 MB | 0 MB |
| 12 | Poem for EvaBill Frisell | Bill Frisell | Play | 03:42 | 8 MB | 0 MB |
| 67 mins | 155 MB | |||||
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| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Calbi | Mastering |
| 2 | Judy Clapp | Engineer, Mixing Engineer |
| 3 | Ry Cooder | Guest Artist, Guitar, Guitar (Electric) |
| 4 | Bill Frisell | Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Loops, Mandolin, Music Box, National Steel Guitar, Primary Artist |
| 5 | Noel Grey | Production Assistant |
| 6 | Jimmy Hamilton | Composer |
| 7 | Wayne Horvitz | Guest Artist, Organ, Piano, Sampling |
| 8 | Jim Keltner | Drums, Percussion |
| 9 | Viktor Krauss | Bass |
| 10 | Greg Leisz | Dobro, Lap Steel Guitar, Pedal Steel, Weissenborn |
| 11 | Jeffrey Shannon | Assistant Engineer |
| 12 | Lee Townsend | Producer |
| 13 | Traditional | Composer |
| 14 | Barbara de Wilde | Design |
| 15 | Michael Wilson | Photography |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |