Good Dog, Happy Man

by Bill Frisell

Good Dog, Happy Man cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 18 May 1999
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:02:20
  • Community rating: 3.95/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Further cementing his unique position at the intersection of modern jazz and rural American roots music, the acclaimed guitarist enlists a remarkably fluid backing ensemble. The addition of Ry Cooder on select tracks deeply enhances the relaxed, conversational acoustic interplay, creating an incredibly warm, pastoral hybrid of bluegrass, folk, and jazz improvisation.

Genres

Descriptors: atmospheric

Tracklist

  1. Rain, Rain (2:45)
  2. Roscoe (3:44)
  3. Big Shoe (3:49)
  4. My Buffalo Girl (8:52)
  5. Shenandoah (For Johnny Smith) (6:10)
  6. Cadillac 1959 (6:26)
  7. The Pioneers (5:17)
  8. Cold, Cold Ground (9:04)
  9. That Was Then (5:31)
  10. Monroe (4:21)
  11. Good Dog, Happy Man (2:34)
  12. Poem for Eva (3:42)

Credits

  • Bill Frisell - primary artist, composed by [compositions by], electric guitar, acoustic guitar, loops, musical box [music boxes]
  • Viktor Krauss - bass
  • Jim Keltner - drums, percussion
  • Wayne Horvitz - organ, piano, sampler [samples]
  • Greg Leisz - pedal steel guitar, dobro, lap steel guitar, steel guitar [weissenborn], steel guitar [national], mandolin
  • Ry Cooder - electric guitar, electric guitar [ripley guitar]
  • Traditional - written-by

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