Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1 | I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry | 3:30 |
| 2 | Raccoon Cat | 3:24 |
| 3 | Sugar Baby | 3:51 |
| 4 | We're Not from Around Here | 4:27 |
| 5 | The Pioneers | 5:16 |
| 6 | Rag | 4:00 |
| 7 | Verona | 3:09 |
| 8 | Shenandoah (for Johnny Smith) | 6:09 |
| 9 | Ballroom | 3:22 |
| 10 | Have a Little Faith in Me (listen to full-length track) | 5:39 |
| 11 | Mr. Memory | 3:59 |
| 12 | Wildwood Flower | 6:25 |
| 13 | Slow Dance | 3:08 |
| 14 | Sittin' on Top of the World | 3:59 |
| 15 | Poem for Eva (listen to full-length track) | 3:41 |
News & Reviews
- Thursday, March 17, 2011
Bill Frisell Brings Multimedia "Disfarmer Project" to Europe
Bill Frisell launches an 11-city European tour featuring the music of his last Nonesuch album, Disfarmer, in Hamburg, Germany, tonight. Joining him on tour are steel-guitar player Greg Leisz, bassist Viktor Krauss, and violinist Carrie Rodriquez. In the multimedia piece, inspired by the life, work, and subjects of eccentric photographer Mike Disfarmer, projected images of Disfarmer's portraits illuminate Frisell's musical perspectives on this fascinating character.
- Monday, May 3, 2010
Bill Frisell Begins Two-Week Residency at New York's Village Vanguard; Film Featuring His Music Opens at Hot Docs Festival
Bill Frisell is in New York City this week to begin a two-week residency at the Village Vanguard. This week's line-up features the Bill Frisell Trio, with Eyvind Kang on violin and Rudy Royston on drums. Next week, Frisell leads his 858 Quartet, with Kang returning on violin, Jenny Scheinman on violin as well, and Hank Roberts joining on cello. Tonight, Portrait of a Man, a new documentary film featuring Frisell's music, receives its international premiere at the Hot Docs film festival in Toronto.
About this Album
The first in a series of compilations drawn from Bill Frisell's catalog spotlights his idiosyncratic excursions into country and traditional folk. The Guardian calls it "a delectable collection," and The Independent gives five stars to this album of "beautiful, ringing musicality: 15 pieces of fathomless depth played with the freshness and simplicity that only genius brings. Make your world anew and treat yourself."
"It's hard to find a more fruitful meditation on American music than in the compositions of guitarist Bill Frisell," says the New York Times.
Credits
MUSICIANS
Bill Frisell, electric and acoustic guitars (1-15), loops (3, 5, 8, 13-15), music boxes (5, 8, 15)
Viktor Krauss, bass (2, 4, 5, 7-9, 11, 15)
Jim Keltner, drums, percussion (2, 5, 7-9, 15)
Danny Barnes, banjo, acoustic guitar, bass harmonica, pump organ (3, 14)
Keith Lowe, bass (3, 14)
Jerry Douglas, dobro (4, 11)
Greg Leisz, pedal steel, lap steel, National steel guitar, mandolin (5, 13, 15); Weissenborn (5, 15); Dobro, Scheerhorn resonator guitar (13)
Wayne Horvitz, organ, piano, samples (5, 15)
Ry Cooder, electric and Ripley guitar (8)
Kermit Driscoll, bass (10)
Joey Baron, drums (10)
David Piltch, bass (13)
Kenny Wollesen, drums, percussion (13)
PRODUCTION CREDITS
All tracks produced by Lee Townsend, except tracks 4, 6, 10, 11 by Wayne Horvitz
Tracks 1, 12 from Ghost Town; Recording and Mixing Engineer: Christian Jones
Tracks 2, 7, 9 from Gone, Just Like a Train; tracks 5, 8, 15 from Good Dog, Happy Man; track 13 from Blues Dream; Recording and Mixing Engineer: Judy Clapp
Tracks 3, 14 from The Willies; Recording and Mixing Engineer: Tucker Martine
Tracks 4, 11 from Nashville; Recording and Mixing Engineer: Roger Moutenot
Track 6 from Is That You?; Recording Engineer: Jay Follette; Mixing Engineer: Roger Moutenot
Track 10 from Have a Little Faith; Recording and Mixing Engineer: Joe Ferla
All songs written by Bill Frisell, except track 1 by Hank Williams; track 3, 8, 14 Traditional; track 10 by John Hiatt; and track 12 by A. P. Carter
Cover photograph by Michael Wilson
Design by Barbara deWilde
