Good Dog, Happy Man

Good Dog, Happy Man is the eleventh album by Bill Frisell to be released on the Elektra Nonesuch label. It was released in 1999 and features performances by Frisell, Greg Leisz, Wayne Horvitz, Viktor Krauss and Jim Keltner with a guest appearance by Ry Cooder on guitar.^[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Richard S. Ginell awarded the album 4 stars stating "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".^[2]

Track listing

1. "Rain, Rain" - 2:45
2. "Roscoe" - 3:43
3. "Big Shoe" - 3:49
4. "My Buffalo Girl" - 8:50
5. "Shenandoah" - for Johnny Smith (Traditional) - 6:09
6. "Cadillac 1959" - 6:16
7. "The Pioneers" - 5:16
8. "Cold, Cold Ground" - 9:01
9. "That Was Then" - 5:29
10. "Monroe" - 4:19
11. "Good Dog, Happy Man" - 2:33
12. "Poem For Eva" - 3:41

All compositions by Bill Frisell except as indicated

• Recorded at O'Henry Sound Studios Burbank CA

Personnel

• Bill Frisell - electric and acoustic guitars, loops and music boxes
• Greg Leisz - pedal steel, Dobro, lap steel, Weissenborn, National steel guitar and mandolin
• Wayne Horvitz - organ, piano, samples
• Viktor Krauss - bass
• Jim Keltner - drums and percussion
• Ry Cooder (5) - guitar

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