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Product Description Following upon the success of GONE, JUST LIKE A TRAIN, Bill Frisell reunites with his much-admired partners from this last outing - plus others - for another session of inspired music-making. Joined by renowned drummer Jim Keltner and Lyle Lovett bassist Viktor Krauss, the core band is further expanded to a quintet with the addition of Greg Leisz (Joni Mitchell, k.d. lang) on dobro, mandolin and steel guitars, Wayne Horvitz on organ and Billy Cox on guitar, with a special guest appearance by Ry Cooder. With the gut-first feeling of rock, the subtleties of jazz, and the earnestness of country, Bill Frisell continues to create a genre unto himself. Amazon.com The live-simple equation reached in the title of Good Dog, Happy Man might lull the listener into believing that Bill Frisell's continuing vamp on his Nashville band is reaching for the quaintest sounds possible. But in truth, this mellow-opening recording is as reaching and full of yearning as any of the guitar great's other releases. He draws in the full-on bluegrass sound of Nashville with the more rock-hard crunch of that redoubtable effort's successor, Gone, Just Like a Train, which debuted longtime session drummer Jim Keltner as an ideal foil for Frisell's squishy guitar end runs around flashiness. Keltner's back on board, as is bassist Viktor Krauss (who began his Frisellian foray on Nashville), but the band has grown to include Wayne Horvitz on Hammond B-3 for several steamy tracks, Greg Leisz on steel guitar and mandolin, and Billy Cox on second six-string guitar. Frisell marks each tune with a uniquely decentered stamp, giving off a comfortable aura for new listeners and sneaking in gobs of weird twists and phrases. In addition, he samples in layers of squiggles in spots, making Dog sound like an ageless pop gem as well as the boundary-busting bounty that it is. --Andrew Bartlett Review Guitarist Bill Frisell has bent the rules of jazz guitar - or of any six-string tradition, for that matter - further than he could ever stretch an E string. His sonic identity has colored the work of a broad range of musicians during the past decade or so. And his own wide-ranging music has focused of late on themes that speak of distinctly American forms - not just jazz, but folk and country, too. Good Dog, Happy Man taps a well of Americana that many of Frisell's peers will continue to draw from - yet none will be able to duplicate his particular twang.--- JAZZIZ Magazine Copyright © 2000, Milor Entertainment, Inc. -- From Jazziz See more