Easy Does It (Al Kooper album)
Easy Does It is the third solo album by American singer-songwriter Al Kooper, recorded and released in 1970 for Columbia Records.
A double album, Easy Does It featured Kooper on an expanded number of instruments, including sitar, vibes and electronic effects. While mostly backed by Bretheren rhythm section Stu Woods and Rick Marotta, Kooper also utilized groups in Nashville and Los Angeles to record the tracks for the album.
Two tracks were also featured on the soundtrack to the counter-culture film The Landlord, "Brand New Day" and "Love Theme from The Landlord".Track listing
Side 1
- "Brand New Day" – 5:10
- "Piano Solo Introduction to I Got a Woman"
- "I Got a Woman" – 4:30
- "Country Road" – 4:22
- "I Bought You the Shoes " – 1:57
Side 2
- "Introduction"
- "Easy Does It" – 5:25
- "Buckskin Boy" – 3:10
- "Love Theme from The Landlord" – 3:12
Side 3
- "Sad, Sad Sunshine" – 5:04
- "Let the Duchess No" – 3:17
- "She Gets Me Where I Live" – 3:34
- "A Rose and a Baby Ruth" – 3:29
Side 4
- "Baby, Please Don't Go" – 12:26
- "God Sheds His Grace on Thee" – 3:27
Personnel
Musicians
- Al Kooper – piano, organ, guitars, ondioline, sitar, vibraphone, prepared guitar, electronic effects, vocals
- Stu Woods – electric bass, backing vocal
- Rick Marotta – drums, backing vocal
- David Bromberg – pedal steel, guitar
- Tom Cosgrove – guitar
- Lyle Ritz – electric bass
- Earl Palmer – drums
- Larry Knechtel – piano
- Louie Shelton – guitar
- Tommy Tedesco – guitar
- Fred Lipsius – alto saxophone
- Peter Ivers – harmonica
- John Miller – electric bass
- Al Rogers – drums
- George Devens – percussion
- Stu Scharf – guitar
- Joe Beck – guitar
- Joe Osborn – electric bass
- Joe Corero, Jr. – drums
- Milt Holland – tabla
- Keith Allison – guitar
- Freddie Weller – guitar
- Charlie McCoy – electric bass
- Ken Buttrey – drums
- Pete Drake – pedal steel
- Wayne Moss – guitar
- Charlie Daniels – guitar
- The Blossoms – backing vocal
- Bobby Colomby – congas
- Charlie Calello – string and horn arrangements
- Jackson Marlie - vocals
- Jimmie Haskell – arrangements and conductor
Technical
- Al Kooper – producer
- Don Puluse, Neil Wilburn, Stan Tonkel, Sy Mitchell, Tim Geelan – engineers
- Mike Ruschack – mastering engineer
- Stan Weiss – remix engineer