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This is the third solo effort from rock & roll wunderkind Al Kooper. Originally issued as a two-LP set, Easy Does It (1970) is a diverse album that reveals the layer upon layer of musicality that has become synonymous with the artist. He draws deeply upon his skills as a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and equally engaging arranger. The extended run-time of the double album format likewise allows Kooper to thoroughly exhibit his wide-ranging and virtually mythical adaptability as an artist whose sheer talent defies the boundaries of genre or style. The set kicks off with the youthfully optimistic rocker "Brand New Day." This is the first of two tracks Kooper used in his score for Hal Ashby's directorial cinematic debut, The Landlord, a highly affable counterculture classic starring Beau Bridges. The haunting "The Landlord Love Theme" is also included, and is poignantly dovetailed with one of the disc's profoundly affective epics. "Buckskin Boy" is an uptempo rocker that lyrically offers a brutally honest assessment of the Native American situation, which was quickly becoming a national plague upon the social conscience of the country in the early '70s. The song is replete with Kooper's dynamic chord changes and trademark phrasing. The "morning after" fallout from a particularly potent experience with LSD is credited as the inspiration behind "Sad, Sad Sunshine." The cut features some heavily Eastern-influenced lead sitar work reminiscent of the sounds of Donovan circa Hurdy Gurdy Man (1968) and the burgeoning Canterbury-based progressive folk movement of the late '60s and early '70s. There is a decidedly Yankee contrast on the country-rocker "I Bought You the Shoes (You're Walking Away In)" as well as the cover of John Loudermilk's "A Rose and a Baby Ruth." Other well-placed cover tunes include a classy, soulfully subdued reading of Ray Charles "I Got a Woman'" as well as the spacy and well-jammed-out version of "Baby Please Don't Go." Throughout the 12-plus minute side there are definite recollections of the extended instrumental interaction that defined Kooper's former band, the Blues Project, as well as some of the inspirational improvisation heard on the original Super Session (1968). This performance alone is more than worth the time and effort of seeking out Easy Does It.


1. Brand New Day 5:09
Bass – Stu Woods
Drums – Rick Marotta
Written-By – Al Kooper

2. Piano Solo Introduction 2:00
3. I Got A Woman 4:30
Bass – Stu Woods
Drums – Rick Marotta
Saxophone, Soloist – Fred Lipsius
Written-By – Ray Charles

4. Country Road 4:23
Bass – Stu Woods
Drums – Rick Marotta
Harmonica [Harp] – Peter Ivers
Written-By – James Taylor

5. I Bought You The Shoes 1:58
Bass – Stu Woods
Drums – Rick Marotta
Pedal Steel Guitar – David Bromberg
Written-By – Al Kooper, Bob Brass, Irwin Levine

6. Introduction 0:50
7. Easy Does It 5:24
Bass – Stu Woods
Drums – Rick Marotta
Written-By – Al Kooper

8. Buckskin Boy 4:11
Bass – Stu Woods
Drums – Rick Marotta
Guitar – David Bromberg, Tom Cosgrove
Written-By – Al Kooper, Charlie Calello

9. Love Theme From 'The Landlord' 3:11
Bass – John Miller
Drums – Al Rogers
Guitar – Joe Beck, Stu Scharff
Percussion – George Devens
Written-By – Al Kooper

10. Sad, Sad Sunshine 5:04
Bass – Joe Osborne
Drums – Joe Corero Jr.
Guitar – Freddie Weller, Keith Allison
Sitar – Al Kooper
Tabla – Milt Holland
Written-By – Al Kooper

11. Let The Dutchess No 3:17
Backing Vocals – Blossoms
Bass – Charlie McCoy
Drums – Ken Buttrey
Guitar – Charlie Daniels, Wayne Moss
Pedal Steel Guitar – Pete Drake
Written-By – Jim Roberts, John Gregory

12. She Gets Me Where I Live 3:34
Arranged By, Conductor – Jimmie Haskell
Bass – Lyle Ritz
Drums – Earl Palmer
Guitar – Louie Shelton, Tommy Tedesco
Piano – Larry Knechtel
Written-By – Al Kooper, Charlie Calello

13. A Rose And A Baby Ruth 3:29
Backing Vocals – Al, Rick, Stu
Bass – Stu Woods
Drums – Rick Marotta
Electric Guitar – Tom Cosgrove
Pedal Steel Guitar – David Bromberg
Written-By – John Loudermilk

14. Baby, Please Don't Go 12:28
Bass – Stu Woods
Congas – Bobby Colomby
Drums – Rick Marotta
Written-By – Big Joe Williams

15. God Sheds His Grace On Thee 3:28
Arranged By, Conductor – Jimmie Haskell
Bass – Lyle Ritz
Drums – Earl Palmer
Guitar – Louie Shelton, Tommy Tedesco
Piano – Larry Knechtel
Written-By – Al Kooper, Charlie Calello

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