Easy Does It (Al Kooper album)

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Easy Does It
Easy Does It cover
Studio album by Al Kooper
Released 1970
Recorded 1970
Genre Rock
Length 61:53
Label Columbia
Producer Al Kooper
Professional reviews
Al Kooper chronology
You Never Know Who Your Friends Are (1969) Easy Does It
(1970)		 New York City (You're A Woman)
(1971)

Easy Does It was the third solo album by New York City-based singer-songwriter Al Kooper, recorded and released in 1970 for Columbia Records.

A double album, Easy Does It featured Kooper on an expanded number of instruments, including sitar (used to effect on the country-tinged "Sad, Sad Sunshine"), vibes and electronic effects. While mostly backed by Bretheren rhythm section Stu Woods and Rick Marotta, Kooper also utilized groups in Nashville and Los Angeles to record the tracks for the album.

Two tracks were also featured on the soundtrack to the counter-culture film The Landlord, "Brand New Day" and "Love Theme from The Landlord".

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Brand New Day" (Al Kooper) – 5:10
  2. "Piano Solo Introduction" (2:00)
  3. "I Got a Woman" (Ray Charles, Renald Richard) – 4:30
  4. "Country Road" (James Taylor) – 4:22
  5. "I Bought You The Shoes (You're Walking Away In)" (Bob Brass, Irwin Levine, Kooper) – 1:57
  6. "Introduction" (0:50)
  7. "Easy Does It" (Kooper) – 5:25
  8. "Buckskin Boy" (Kooper, Charlie Calello) – 3:10
  9. "Love Theme from The Landlord" (Kooper) – 3:12
  10. "Sad, Sad Sunshine" (Kooper) – 5:04
  11. "Let the Duchess No" (John Gregory, Jim Roberts) – 3:17
  12. "She Gets Me Where I Live" (Kooper, Calello) – 3:34
  13. "A Rose and a Baby Ruth" (J.D. Loudermilk) – 3:29
  14. "Baby, Please Don't Go" (Big Joe Williams) – 12:26
  15. "God Sheds His Grace on Thee" (Kooper, Calello) – 3:27

[edit] Personnel