Name: Ramblin' Jack
Brand: Topic Records
SKU: 286958
Price: 13.81 USD
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Ramblin' Jack

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Album: Ramblin' Jack
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Talking Columbia Blues	More Info...	0:03
2)	Pretty Boy Floyd	More Info...	0:03
3)	Ludlow Massacre	More Info...	0:04
4)	Talking Miner Blues	More Info...	0:02
5)	Hard Travelling	More Info...	0:03
6)	So Long, It's Been Good to Know You	More Info...	0:03
7)	Talking Dustblow Blues	More Info...	0:03
8)	1913 Massacre	More Info...	0:03
9)	Rambling Blues	More Info...	0:02
10)	Talking Sailor Blues	More Info...	0:04
11)	San Francisco Bay Bay	More Info...	0:03
12)	Ol' Riley	More Info...	0:02
13)	The Boll Weevil	More Info...	0:03
14)	New York Town	More Info...	0:03
15)	Mule Skinner's Blues	More Info...	0:05
16)	East Texas Talking Blues	More Info...	0:02
17)	Dink's Song	More Info...	0:03
18)	It's Hard, Ain't It Hard	More Info...	0:03
19)	All Around The Water Tank	More Info...	0:02
20)	Mother's Not Dead	More Info...	0:02
21)	East Virginia Blues	More Info...	0:02
22)	Danville Girl	More Info...	0:03
23)	Rich And Rambling Boys	More Info...	0:02
24)	Roll On Buddy	More Info...	0:02

Album: Ramblin' Jack
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Talking Columbia Blues	More Info...	0:03
2)	Pretty Boy Floyd	More Info...	0:03
3)	Ludlow Massacre	More Info...	0:04
4)	Talking Miner Blues	More Info...	0:02
5)	Hard Travelling	More Info...	0:03
6)	So Long, It's Been Good to Know You	More Info...	0:03
7)	Talking Dustblow Blues	More Info...	0:03
8)	1913 Massacre	More Info...	0:03
9)	Rambling Blues	More Info...	0:02
10)	Talking Sailor Blues	More Info...	0:04
11)	San Francisco Bay Bay	More Info...	0:03
12)	Ol' Riley	More Info...	0:02
13)	The Boll Weevil	More Info...	0:03
14)	New York Town	More Info...	0:03
15)	Mule Skinner's Blues	More Info...	0:05
16)	East Texas Talking Blues	More Info...	0:02
17)	Dink's Song	More Info...	0:03
18)	It's Hard, Ain't It Hard	More Info...	0:03
19)	All Around The Water Tank	More Info...	0:02
20)	Mother's Not Dead	More Info...	0:02
21)	East Virginia Blues	More Info...	0:02
22)	Danville Girl	More Info...	0:03
23)	Rich And Rambling Boys	More Info...	0:02
24)	Roll On Buddy	More Info...	0:02

Performer Notes

RAMBLIN' JACK includes the complete Topic album TALKING WOODY GUTHRIE as well as tracks from the Topic albums MULESKINNER and ROLL ON BUDDY.
Personnel: Ramblin' Jack Elliott (vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica); Derroll Adams (vocals, banjo).
Compilation producers: Tony Engle, Simon Geal.
Includes liner notes by Wizz Jones.
Personnel: Ramblin' Jack Elliott (vocals, guitar); Derroll Adams (vocals, banjo).
Liner Note Author: Wizz Jones.
Photographer: Brian Shuel.
An often understated figure in the 1960s folk revival, Ramblin' Jack Elliott provided a crucial bridge between Woody Guthrie and his most direct disciples in Greenwich Village: Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs. Even Arlo Guthrie credits Elliott with introducing him to his own father's milieu. Born Elliott Charles Adnopoz into a wealthy Jewish family, Ramblin' Jack was the proto-Dylan--eschewing comfort for a folkie version of the Kerouacian dream: he took on an alias, donned a cowboy hat, traveled with Woody, and recorded a string of hard-travellin' albums that made him legendary in folk circles.
RAMBLIN' JACK collects most of Elliott's three earliest LPs for the British folk label Topic. It is a rewarding introduction to Elliott's music, which is basically an insider's distillation of Guthrie's; in fact, at least two-thirds of the tracks are either by Woody or songs Elliott learned from him. Still, RAMBLIN' JACK, an essential purchase for American folk fans, has its own rollicking air, boosted by Elliott's hillbilly charm, which, while obviously learned, reflects the integrity of a man with boundless love for the American experience. The set includes the heart-stopping "1913 Massacre," as good a rendition of a folk song as any ever recorded.