First Frisell album I ever listened to, my dad bought it as he had read Cooder played on it. I fell in love with Bill's playing instantly, and his photo holding a Telecaster in the CD booklet is the reason I have a Tele myself. I know every note of this album by heart and currently "Blues Dream" and "The willies" are my favorite Frisell albums. Thanks for this.
When it first came out I listened to this almost every work day for a year. I'd arrive at the office and hit play on my PC CD drive. I agree.Its just great. Excellent job.
This album changed my life. I could listen to it endlessly. I’m so happy I got to meet him in a small club in Seattle (he was sitting in with Petra Haden who was in town) and tell him how much it meant to me.
I'm really glad you like it. I loved making this vid as it let me delve into the tunes for days at a time while editing/building the thing. Of course the irony is that I'm saying how much I love this record and that everyone should run out and get it and my video was, pretty much immediately, demonitized. Well I'm not counting on views to pay the bills so it's just the head shaking reality of YT right now. This sent me back to acoustic guitars actually. And the mix of acoustic, electric and hammond organ haunts me still...
Haden and Frisell, Windmills Of Your Mind on Paul Motian's album sort of changed mine. And lately the Charles Lloyd & The Marvels with Bill Frisell live set someone shared, always great to see how happy he is playing music
I bought "Good Dog ... " and a slew of other Bill Frisell albums on the day each came out. Though I could never play like him, his simple approach to tone and feel and his high-wire-act harmonization have been constant inspiration for me for - Lord! - more than thirty years. Thank you for this!
This was also an important album for me. It's brilliant. It's genius. It deserves more attention. I listen to it often and the kids I teach hear it in the background.
This album is one of my all time favourites. I am a huge fan and I was lucky to see him this year for the first time playing in a small town in Germany. It was unbelievable.
Thank you, Keith. What an amazing find! Just a few weeks ago I took a leap of faith and bought the album outright without any prior knowledge of the musical material on it (and with no recommendation at hand). Yes, indeed, back in the early 00’s I had heard of its release, but not a single note of the said material. The moment I played it the first time, I was taken somewhere to a wonderful place. What amazes me about “Good Dog, Happy Man” is that my kids (10yo & 6yo) just love listening to the album, especially when we are on a road (we drive a lot due to our location); to them (and myself), the album is a truly magical place, or a wonderfully woven story, and - evidently - speaks universal language. Honestly, I cannot get enough of its texture and musicality. I guess what has drown me to the album was the awareness of minimalistic approach towards gear that Bill Frisell embodies; and since I’ve been recently on a quest of getting more out of less, or even very little that’s how I found your channel. Truly, there are no coincidences in life. Happy Easter!
Hey Michal, True that, or they are all coincidences and we put the meaning to them, which is just as cool really. As I say in the vid, I've never recommended the record to anyone that hasn't fallen in love with it. How many records can you say that about? The only other one in my experience is "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis. Very different record but it also has that sort of "zen drawing" thing going on, implying the most information with the fewest notes. If you like this, you'll like his "Nashville" and his John Lennon album (the name escapes me at present.) . I'll bet your kids will too. :) Happy Easter to you my friend. Keith
@@fivewattworld Keith, thank you. I personally don't believe in coincidences (other than those who are mere vehicles for figure of speech, lol). I think this was meant to be :) You've nailed it; both "Kind of Blue", as well as "Good Dog, Happy Man" have that zen factor, and transcendental quality. I mean, it's more just the notes - it's the whole story & emotion - it's a different universe. Now, it's really funny that you mentioned "Nashville", because I purchased it two weeks after I bought "Good Dog, Happy Man". If I may, I would add to that special list "Quartet" by Pat Metheny Group. Over the years I've had die-hard metal fans listening to it in awe, as well as rock guitarists; on personal note, it's the very first jazz record that led me to playing jazz guitar. Oh, and there's "The Dark Side of the Moon". I am so glad that I have found your channel, Keith. All the best & God bless!
@@michalmikolajmaslowski3994 Of course you'd be into Metheny. I'm a long time fan as well. I'll go back and listen to Quartet again on your recommendation. Do you know the Kenny Garrett that Meth guested on? It's all Coltrane covers.
@@fivewattworld Thanks, Keith. Now, I will get to know "Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane" very soon :) Oh, man, what a feast to the ears! Thanks, again!
Even though it's been almost two years since this video was posted, the content is still very relevant. It's why I just ordered the CD. Thanks for spotlighting it, Five Watt World. Much appreciated.
Watched this when it came out, and then came back today in honor of the 25th anniversary. Would love to see some version of "Five Watt Favorites" come back to the channel.
I love this album. Poem for Eva broke me. Took me a lot of years to get back into playing guitar after realizing I had gone so astray. You have a lot of great content on your channel. Keep it up!
Clearly these "Favorites" vids are going to be me indulging things that stick in my mind. Out of nowhere I find myself humming these tunes, unconscious of why it's popped into my head. RUclips dinged me for using copyrighted content on this but I'm not hear looking to make money of Bill, just hoping to have other people find the comfort in this record I have. I assume you've also listened to "Nashville" and "All We Are Saying"? Both around this same time and both equally beautiful playing. And btw, I own the same make Gibson he's playing in that thumbnail. I figured it's his "office guitar" from when he was teaching at the University of Seattle. It's a great guitar and will likely be one of the few keepers at the end of the big purge. It can go from straight ahed jazz box to Robben Ford and Larry Carlton...well as much as I can that is.
I was a teenager when it came out and loved it immediately. I've always been a Cooder fanatic, that's how I got to hear it, so that record was my entry to Bill Frisell whom I've also loved ever since, I like your taste Keith, thanks for the great videos!
Long time Frisell fan here, had all his records, (until 'the sweetest puch', me think) years ago, then, for financial reasons, sold them, always regretted it. he's an influence in my sound, until today. Thanks for pointing to a great musician, worlds away from 'everything shredd'
Thanks for this, for your other videos and for your encouragement towards minimalism and authenticity. I saw Bill with Greg in a smallish club (The Ironwood) with great sound about five years ago in Calgary, Alberta. I went alone and just wanted to pinch myself the entire evening to make sure it was real.
Awesome review! Thanks for sharing. My introduction to Bill Frisell was the album Gone Like a Train. Good Dog Happy Man was the album that turned me into a lifelong fan! I swear I had it on constant repeat for at least 3 years - in my car, in my home, at work, and the soundtrack for when I would go to sleep at night. My favorite track from the album is The Pioneers. A masterpiece of a song.
I feel like I was a late comer to Bill Frisell but it has been a 20 year love affair now. A Jazz friend had asked me one day knowing I was a guitar playing if I knew who he was, I did not at the time but immediately went and searched him out and was blown away. Do remember going to by a record/CD just based on a name someone had given you and you did not know if you would be glad or sad for the money you had just spent? I have to say I keep going back to his album 2001 "Blues Dream" because tonally I find it so rich. Come on, he is a jazzer who plays Tele!
Coming from a rock and roll background I hated Jazz, till I started playing guitar a year ago. I started taking lessons with an instructor that has a jazz background and introduced me to ''jazz'' chords as an exercise. It was like finding a new world!
This is a definite "desert island" disc. When I found this record I was so glad to hear a guitar player who played melodies like he was singing them, not just racing through changes in a display of virtuosity.
It doesn’t surprise me you are a fan of Frisell. Few create so much from so little. Beautiful Dreamer is my current fav Frisell album... or maybe Disfarmer. They are all so good.
Making this video was a great excuse to delve back into this record. For me Frisell is a zen artist of the guitar. Inferring vast spaces with the fewest possible lines. I need to do another one of these vids on Joey Landreth. Great slide playing does something and he's one of my current favorites as well.
Great topic and a great video, Thank you. Bill is so prolific, it would be easy to overlook some of his best stuff. He is on a Kenny Wheler album called " Angel Song". His performance here is remarkable in my opinion, but I will add that it takes a few listens to really appreciate his genius
Thanks Stephen. I can't believe I hadn't told you about this before. It's the sort of thing that pops into my mind at the funniest moments and it's alway welcome.
HA HA, I've had 'Good Dog, Happy Man' in my collection for over a decade. I love it. The title for me sets the tone of the whole album. As any dog lover will tell you, your dog is truly your best buddy.
True enough Ken. This video hasn't done that well, and was demonitized after all the work but I so loved having an excuse to immerse myself in the record, I'd do it again. :) I assume you have "Nashville" and the John Lennon project? They are my 2nd and 3rd place Bill records. BTW, a few years back he came by FYD Amps when his wife, the painter, was in VT for a summer workshop. He played my Desk Top Champ. I was away on vacation but Dan said he was a prince and I like to think something dwells in my DT to this day.
@@fivewattworld Hey thanks for sharing that story. No, I never got around to picking up any of Bill's other albums. I may look for the ones you mentioned. One can never have too much music! 🙂
@@kenster865 Well Bill can get out there. The only time I ever had a chance to see him live was a duet show with Brad Meldau and he played NONE of this "pretty stuff". But yeah, all three of those are gorgeous particularly the pedal steel along with Bill's playing.
I've been a fan of Bill ever since I tried him out in the early days of RUclips after hearing of him through his connection to Elvis Costello. There's a great video that's still up of him playing "Just Like a Woman" and that really sold me. I've seen him several times live now in a variety of configurations - solo, three-piece jazz band, even with a chamber orchestra - and I think he has a tendency to be better live than on his albums. Thankfully, he sells concert recordings through his website. I definitely respect that you like Bill, but I must say Good Dog, Happy Man isn't my favorite album of his; I care less for the traditional band setup that album has and more for the stuff that's stripped down or uses more unusual combinations of instruments. I love the stuff he writes with luscious, dissonant viola and/or cornet harmonies like on Disfarmer or History, Mystery. His skill in making simultaneously tuneful and dissonant music is something I wish I had. It's a marriage of the complex and the melodic which most non-jazz musicians don't manage very well in my opinion, and much of the time in jazz it's just all complex so you can kinda glaze over and the effect is dampened. Bill tends to use a foundation of, like you said, very traditional and simple chords and melodies, and then he introduces more extended harmony and it's really impactful. "I Am Not a Farmer" from Disfarmer is a great example of this. Stimulates my brain and my feelings at the same time, which is one of the best things music can achieve.
Glad you like this. It hasn't been one of my bigger videos, but I loved making it. I'll do more of these but this first, Frisell vid was magical for me to make.
I volunteer for the Halifax Jazz Festival as a driver, and I had the pleasure of driving Bill and his band to and from the airport when they performed here many years back. It was my birthday-greatest present ever. Such a humble man!
@@DavidMFChapman Hi Dave, Yeah, he's a real gent. His wife is a painter and had a summer residency in Vermont when I lived there. A mutual acquaintance brought him by FYD Amps to check out Dan's amps, particularly his Champ variants. I got Dan into Frisell and you know what, I HAD TO BE OUT OF TOWN! So I just missed him. Thanks for sharing this Dave. Keith
I am a huge fan of Sharrock. I like the album, but I find I do NOT like a lot of Sonny's tones on that album. The rest of the band was recorded so naturally and sound phenomenal, but Sonny has a lot of weird and unnecessary effects on his guitar. And a lot of overdubs. I'd have preferred a much more live sound from him, but for some reason, Bill Laswell added a lot of extra stuff that I don't think Sonny needed.
Hey Keith, this is a video of Bill Frisell from around the time the Line 6 DL4 came out. Can you identify what he's using as a looper? It almost looks like an old Zoom pedal or something. Great video by the way, he's a huge influence on me for sure! ruclips.net/video/mT5fabWwCaE/видео.html
From what I've read he did, and still does use the DL4 for setting up his short atmospheric loops. He tends to get to know a piece of gear inside out and stick with it for as long as possible. Thanks for watching.
First Frisell album I ever listened to, my dad bought it as he had read Cooder played on it. I fell in love with Bill's playing instantly, and his photo holding a Telecaster in the CD booklet is the reason I have a Tele myself. I know every note of this album by heart and currently "Blues Dream" and "The willies" are my favorite Frisell albums. Thanks for this.
Bill is one of the greatest artists living today in any medium. Transcendent. Thank you for this, Keith!
When it first came out I listened to this almost every work day for a year. I'd arrive at the office and hit play on my PC CD drive. I agree.Its just great.
Excellent job.
This album changed my life. I could listen to it endlessly. I’m so happy I got to meet him in a small club in Seattle (he was sitting in with Petra Haden who was in town) and tell him how much it meant to me.
I'm really glad you like it. I loved making this vid as it let me delve into the tunes for days at a time while editing/building the thing. Of course the irony is that I'm saying how much I love this record and that everyone should run out and get it and my video was, pretty much immediately, demonitized. Well I'm not counting on views to pay the bills so it's just the head shaking reality of YT right now.
This sent me back to acoustic guitars actually. And the mix of acoustic, electric and hammond organ haunts me still...
Haden and Frisell, Windmills Of Your Mind on Paul Motian's album sort of changed mine. And lately the Charles Lloyd & The Marvels with Bill Frisell live set someone shared, always great to see how happy he is playing music
I bought "Good Dog ... " and a slew of other Bill Frisell albums on the day each came out. Though I could never play like him, his simple approach to tone and feel and his high-wire-act harmonization have been constant inspiration for me for - Lord! - more than thirty years. Thank you for this!
This was also an important album for me. It's brilliant. It's genius. It deserves more attention. I listen to it often and the kids I teach hear it in the background.
This album is one of my all time favourites. I am a huge fan and I was lucky to see him this year for the first time playing in a small town in Germany. It was unbelievable.
Love all his work...and thanks for introducing more!!!
Thank you, Keith. What an amazing find! Just a few weeks ago I took a leap of faith and bought the album outright without any prior knowledge of the musical material on it (and with no recommendation at hand). Yes, indeed, back in the early 00’s I had heard of its release, but not a single note of the said material.
The moment I played it the first time, I was taken somewhere to a wonderful place. What amazes me about “Good Dog, Happy Man” is that my kids (10yo & 6yo) just love listening to the album, especially when we are on a road (we drive a lot due to our location); to them (and myself), the album is a truly magical place, or a wonderfully woven story, and - evidently - speaks universal language. Honestly, I cannot get enough of its texture and musicality.
I guess what has drown me to the album was the awareness of minimalistic approach towards gear that Bill Frisell embodies; and since I’ve been recently on a quest of getting more out of less, or even very little that’s how I found your channel.
Truly, there are no coincidences in life.
Happy Easter!
Hey Michal,
True that, or they are all coincidences and we put the meaning to them, which is just as cool really.
As I say in the vid, I've never recommended the record to anyone that hasn't fallen in love with it. How many records can you say that about? The only other one in my experience is "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis. Very different record but it also has that sort of "zen drawing" thing going on, implying the most information with the fewest notes.
If you like this, you'll like his "Nashville" and his John Lennon album (the name escapes me at present.) . I'll bet your kids will too. :)
Happy Easter to you my friend.
Keith
@@fivewattworld Keith, thank you. I personally don't believe in coincidences (other than those who are mere vehicles for figure of speech, lol). I think this was meant to be :)
You've nailed it; both "Kind of Blue", as well as "Good Dog, Happy Man" have that zen factor, and transcendental quality. I mean, it's more just the notes - it's the whole story & emotion - it's a different universe. Now, it's really funny that you mentioned "Nashville", because I purchased it two weeks after I bought "Good Dog, Happy Man".
If I may, I would add to that special list "Quartet" by Pat Metheny Group. Over the years I've had die-hard metal fans listening to it in awe, as well as rock guitarists; on personal note, it's the very first jazz record that led me to playing jazz guitar. Oh, and there's "The Dark Side of the Moon".
I am so glad that I have found your channel, Keith. All the best & God bless!
@@michalmikolajmaslowski3994 Of course you'd be into Metheny. I'm a long time fan as well. I'll go back and listen to Quartet again on your recommendation.
Do you know the Kenny Garrett that Meth guested on? It's all Coltrane covers.
@@fivewattworld Thanks, Keith. Now, I will get to know "Pursuance: The Music of John Coltrane" very soon :) Oh, man, what a feast to the ears! Thanks, again!
So glad you featured this. I have a huge Frisell collection, but this has always been my favorite.
One of my all time fav albums for sure. Thank you for this.
Even though it's been almost two years since this video was posted, the content is still very relevant. It's why I just ordered the CD.
Thanks for spotlighting it, Five Watt World. Much appreciated.
Watched this when it came out, and then came back today in honor of the 25th anniversary. Would love to see some version of "Five Watt Favorites" come back to the channel.
I love this album. Poem for Eva broke me. Took me a lot of years to get back into playing guitar after realizing I had gone so astray.
You have a lot of great content on your channel. Keep it up!
Clearly these "Favorites" vids are going to be me indulging things that stick in my mind. Out of nowhere I find myself humming these tunes, unconscious of why it's popped into my head. RUclips dinged me for using copyrighted content on this but I'm not hear looking to make money of Bill, just hoping to have other people find the comfort in this record I have.
I assume you've also listened to "Nashville" and "All We Are Saying"? Both around this same time and both equally beautiful playing.
And btw, I own the same make Gibson he's playing in that thumbnail. I figured it's his "office guitar" from when he was teaching at the University of Seattle. It's a great guitar and will likely be one of the few keepers at the end of the big purge. It can go from straight ahed jazz box to Robben Ford and Larry Carlton...well as much as I can that is.
thanks for the recommendation Keith. i added the album to my playlist.
I was a teenager when it came out and loved it immediately. I've always been a Cooder fanatic, that's how I got to hear it, so that record was my entry to Bill Frisell whom I've also loved ever since, I like your taste Keith, thanks for the great videos!
Thanks Boyan
Long time Frisell fan here, had all his records, (until 'the sweetest puch', me think) years ago, then, for financial reasons, sold them, always regretted it. he's an influence in my sound, until today. Thanks for pointing to a great musician, worlds away from 'everything shredd'
One of my favorite records of all time. Such quiet, easy power.
Thanks for this, for your other videos and for your encouragement towards minimalism and authenticity. I saw Bill with Greg in a smallish club (The Ironwood) with great sound about five years ago in Calgary, Alberta. I went alone and just wanted to pinch myself the entire evening to make sure it was real.
This is a blessing. Thank you....
Yeah James. Nothing better.
Yep, also one of my favorites🤘
What a great album! Thank you, Keith.
Love this album.... thanks!
Awesome review! Thanks for sharing. My introduction to Bill Frisell was the album Gone Like a Train.
Good Dog Happy Man was the album that turned me into a lifelong fan! I swear I had it on constant repeat for at least 3 years - in my car, in my home, at work, and the soundtrack for when I would go to sleep at night. My favorite track from the album is The Pioneers. A masterpiece of a song.
Agreed. I take breaks from it but putting it in again feels like coming home.
Dude, these videos are great. Thanks for them.
I feel like I was a late comer to Bill Frisell but it has been a 20 year love affair now. A Jazz friend had asked me one day knowing I was a guitar playing if I knew who he was, I did not at the time but immediately went and searched him out and was blown away. Do remember going to by a record/CD just based on a name someone had given you and you did not know if you would be glad or sad for the money you had just spent? I have to say I keep going back to his album 2001 "Blues Dream" because tonally I find it so rich. Come on, he is a jazzer who plays Tele!
Coming from a rock and roll background I hated Jazz, till I started playing guitar a year ago. I started taking lessons with an instructor that has a jazz background and introduced me to ''jazz'' chords as an exercise. It was like finding a new world!
I gotta say. Just downloaded this album and it takes me away ! Another gem Kieth !
If you’re like me you’ll be swept away and listen to this for a year straight.
I love Frisell's "Power Tools" album. Diverse and weird, soft and loud, clean and dirty.
Great work Keith! We’re all the better for your authenticity, attention to detail, and heart.
Thanks J!
Most definitely my favorite Bill Frisell album
Right?! Closely followed b Nashville and the John Lennon albums recorded right after this one.
Discovered your channel recently. These videos are really informative thanks 👍
Thank you.
This is a definite "desert island" disc. When I found this record I was so glad to hear a guitar player who played melodies like he was singing them, not just racing through changes in a display of virtuosity.
Exactly, not just trying to get to the solos.
Very enjoyable as usual.
It doesn’t surprise me you are a fan of Frisell. Few create so much from so little. Beautiful Dreamer is my current fav Frisell album... or maybe Disfarmer. They are all so good.
Making this video was a great excuse to delve back into this record. For me Frisell is a zen artist of the guitar. Inferring vast spaces with the fewest possible lines.
I need to do another one of these vids on Joey Landreth. Great slide playing does something and he's one of my current favorites as well.
Great topic and a great video, Thank you. Bill is so prolific, it would be easy to overlook some of his best stuff. He is on a Kenny Wheler album called " Angel Song". His performance here is remarkable in my opinion, but I will add that it takes a few listens to really appreciate his genius
Wasnt' familiar with Good Dog..., after a listen- so agree.
Thanks Stephen. I can't believe I hadn't told you about this before. It's the sort of thing that pops into my mind at the funniest moments and it's alway welcome.
HA HA, I've had 'Good Dog, Happy Man' in my collection for over a decade. I love it. The title for me sets the tone of the whole album. As any dog lover will tell you, your dog is truly your best buddy.
True enough Ken. This video hasn't done that well, and was demonitized after all the work but I so loved having an excuse to immerse myself in the record, I'd do it again. :)
I assume you have "Nashville" and the John Lennon project? They are my 2nd and 3rd place Bill records. BTW, a few years back he came by FYD Amps when his wife, the painter, was in VT for a summer workshop. He played my Desk Top Champ. I was away on vacation but Dan said he was a prince and I like to think something dwells in my DT to this day.
@@fivewattworld Hey thanks for sharing that story. No, I never got around to picking up any of Bill's other albums. I may look for the ones you mentioned. One can never have too much music! 🙂
@@kenster865 Well Bill can get out there. The only time I ever had a chance to see him live was a duet show with Brad Meldau and he played NONE of this "pretty stuff". But yeah, all three of those are gorgeous particularly the pedal steel along with Bill's playing.
I've been a fan of Bill ever since I tried him out in the early days of RUclips after hearing of him through his connection to Elvis Costello. There's a great video that's still up of him playing "Just Like a Woman" and that really sold me. I've seen him several times live now in a variety of configurations - solo, three-piece jazz band, even with a chamber orchestra - and I think he has a tendency to be better live than on his albums. Thankfully, he sells concert recordings through his website.
I definitely respect that you like Bill, but I must say Good Dog, Happy Man isn't my favorite album of his; I care less for the traditional band setup that album has and more for the stuff that's stripped down or uses more unusual combinations of instruments. I love the stuff he writes with luscious, dissonant viola and/or cornet harmonies like on Disfarmer or History, Mystery. His skill in making simultaneously tuneful and dissonant music is something I wish I had. It's a marriage of the complex and the melodic which most non-jazz musicians don't manage very well in my opinion, and much of the time in jazz it's just all complex so you can kinda glaze over and the effect is dampened. Bill tends to use a foundation of, like you said, very traditional and simple chords and melodies, and then he introduces more extended harmony and it's really impactful. "I Am Not a Farmer" from Disfarmer is a great example of this. Stimulates my brain and my feelings at the same time, which is one of the best things music can achieve.
Frisell is my biggest inspiration followed by Nels Cline and Jim Campilongo.
Glad you like this. It hasn't been one of my bigger videos, but I loved making it. I'll do more of these but this first, Frisell vid was magical for me to make.
This is my #1 favorite CD by him.
Mine too. For me it’s the peak of everything I like about his playing.
Thanks for watching Dave.
I volunteer for the Halifax Jazz Festival as a driver, and I had the pleasure of driving Bill and his band to and from the airport when they performed here many years back. It was my birthday-greatest present ever. Such a humble man!
@@DavidMFChapman Hi Dave, Yeah, he's a real gent. His wife is a painter and had a summer residency in Vermont when I lived there. A mutual acquaintance brought him by FYD Amps to check out Dan's amps, particularly his Champ variants. I got Dan into Frisell and you know what, I HAD TO BE OUT OF TOWN! So I just missed him.
Thanks for sharing this Dave.
Keith
Awesome 2 videos in less than a week. FWWJ Five Watt World Junky👍
I missed this one. Call it a bonus for me!
Thanks for watching this one Mark. This record was a big influence on me.
Have you ever listened to sonny sharrock's ask the ages?
I am a huge fan of Sharrock. I like the album, but I find I do NOT like a lot of Sonny's tones on that album. The rest of the band was recorded so naturally and sound phenomenal, but Sonny has a lot of weird and unnecessary effects on his guitar. And a lot of overdubs. I'd have preferred a much more live sound from him, but for some reason, Bill Laswell added a lot of extra stuff that I don't think Sonny needed.
Viktor Krauss.......Alison’s big bro.
Hey Keith, this is a video of Bill Frisell from around the time the Line 6 DL4 came out. Can you identify what he's using as a looper? It almost looks like an old Zoom pedal or something. Great video by the way, he's a huge influence on me for sure!
ruclips.net/video/mT5fabWwCaE/видео.html
From what I've read he did, and still does use the DL4 for setting up his short atmospheric loops. He tends to get to know a piece of gear inside out and stick with it for as long as possible.
Thanks for watching.