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''Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings Songs by Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers'' is an album by American folk musician
Ramblin' Jack Elliott Ramblin' Jack Elliott (born Elliot Charles Adnopoz; August 1, 1931) is an American folk singer and songwriter. Life and career Elliott was born in 1931 in Brooklyn, New York, United States, the son of Florence (Rieger) and Abraham Adnopoz, a ...
. It was released in 1960 in
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and in 1962 in the US on the
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label. iscrepancy - Discogs shows UK album by Columbia being released in 1961


Reception

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's Bruce Eder wrote of the reissue: "These versions have a beguiling air of authenticity despite their being recorded long after the point they were written... Elliott covers at least three styles here, with little overlap; it's more than one hour of excellent material that's the equal of any of his various best-of compilations from different labels."


Reissues

*''Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings Songs by Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers'' was reissued in 1962 in the US on the Monitor label with a slight title change to ''Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers''. *''Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings Songs by Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers'' was reissued on CD in 1994 by Monitor along with '' Monitor Presents Jack Elliott: Ramblin' Cowboy''. It retained the altered title. *''Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings Songs by Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers'' was reissued on CD in 2005 by Monitor with additional tracks and re-titled ''Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers & Cowboy Songs''.


Track listing


Side one

#"
Do-Re-Mi "Do-Re-Mi" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical ''The Sound of Music''. Each syllable of the musical solfège system appears in the song's lyrics, sung on the pitch it names. Rodgers was helped in its creation by long-time ...
" (
Woody Guthrie Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (; July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter, one of the most significant figures in American folk music. His work focused on themes of American socialism and anti-fascism. He has inspired ...
) #"Dead or Alive" (
Lonnie Donegan Anthony James Donegan (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002), known as Lonnie Donegan, was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the " King of Skiffle", who influenced 1960s British pop and rock musicians. Born in Scot ...
, Guthrie) #"Grand Coulee Dam" (Guthrie) #"Dust Storm Disaster" (Guthrie) #"I Ain't Got No Home" (Guthrie) #"So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh)" (Guthrie)


Side two

#" T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)" (
Jimmie Rodgers James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as "the Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive rhythmi ...
) #"Waiting for a Train" (Rodgers) #"Jimmie the Kid" (Rodgers) #"Mother, the Queen of My Heart" (Rodgers) #" In the Jailhouse Now" (Rodgers) #"Whippin' That Old T.B." (Rodgers)


2005 Reissue track listing

#"Do-Re-Mi" (
Woody Guthrie Woodrow Wilson Guthrie (; July 14, 1912 – October 3, 1967) was an American singer-songwriter, one of the most significant figures in American folk music. His work focused on themes of American socialism and anti-fascism. He has inspired ...
) – 2:29 #"Dead or Alive" (
Lonnie Donegan Anthony James Donegan (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002), known as Lonnie Donegan, was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the " King of Skiffle", who influenced 1960s British pop and rock musicians. Born in Scot ...
, Guthrie) – 3:15 #"Grand Coulee Dam" (Guthrie) – 2:38 #"Dust Storm Disaster" (Guthrie) – 3:22 #"I Ain't Got No Home" (Guthrie) – 2:14 #"So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh)" (Guthrie) – 3:50 #"T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)" (
Jimmie Rodgers James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as "the Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive rhythmi ...
) – 3:38 #"Waiting for a Train" (Rodgers) – 2:27 #"Jimmie the Kid" (Rodgers) – 2:25 #"Mother, the Queen of My Heart" (Rodgers) – 3:04 #"In the Jailhouse Now" (Rodgers) – 2:20 #"Whippin' That Old T.B." (Rodgers) – 3:40 #"Rusty Jiggs and Sandy Sam" – 2:53 #"Get Along, Little Dogies" (Traditional) – 2:00 #"Sadie Brown" (Jack Elliott) – 2:08 #"Night Herding Song" (Traditional) – 2:42 #"Chisholm Trail" (Traditional) – 2:12 #"Fifteen Cents and a Dollar" – 2:45 #"Rocky Mountain Belle" (Traditional) – 2:00 #"Talking Blues" (Traditional) – 2:13 #"Diamond Joe" (Traditional) – 3:17 #" In the Willow Garden" – 3:15 #"I Ride an Old Paint" (Traditional) – 2:15 #" Jack O'Diamonds" – 2:22


Personnel

*Ramblin' Jack Elliott – vocals, guitar ;Technical *Dick Lazenby - engineer *Peter Leslie - sleeve design *Walter Campbell Hanlon - photography


References


External links


Ramblin' Jack Elliott Illustrated discography
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