''Jack Elliott'' is an album by

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folk musician

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, released in 1964. It was his only principal release on the

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label.

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appears playing harmonica as "Tedham Porterhouse". Another album titled ''Jack Elliott'' was released by Everest Archive of Folk Music in the 1960s and has since been reissued on CD by

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. It has a different track list.

Reception

Writing for

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, music critic Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. wrote the album "...a listener doesn't have to check out but three or four tracks on Jack Elliott to find out what an original oddball he is... ''Jack Elliott'' manages to pay its respects to public domain material while still being entertaining."

Reissues

*''Jack Elliott'' was reissued with additional live tracks as a

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and on CD by

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in 1976 and 1998 as '' The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott''. *All the songs from ''Jack Elliott'' were reissued on CD by Vanguard in 2000 on '' Best of the Vanguard Years''. *Seven tracks from ''Jack Elliott'' were reissued on CD by Vanguard in 2007 on ''

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''. *''Jack Elliott'', with its original track listing, was reissued by Vanguard on vinyl as VRS-9151 in 2014.

Track listing

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

Side one

#"Roving Gambler" #"

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" #"Diamond Joe" #"Guabi Guabi" (a Zimbabwean love song originally recorded by George Sibanda which talks about love and gifts to his lover) #"Sowing on the Mountains" #"Roll On Buddy"

Side two

#"1913 Massacre" (

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) #"

House of the Rising Sun "The House of the Rising Sun" is an American traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". It tells of a person's life gone wrong in the city of New Orleans. Many versions also urge a sibling or parents and children to avoid the ...

" #"Shade of the Old Apple Tree" #"Black Snake Moan" #"Portland Town" (

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) #"More Pretty Girls"

Personnel

*Ramblin' Jack Elliott – vocals, harmonica, guitar * Bill Lee – bass on "Roving Gambler", "Will the Circle Be Unbroken", "Roll On Buddy" and "Black Snake Moan" *

Erik Darling Erik Darling (September 25, 1933 – August 3, 2008) was an American singer-songwriter and a folk music artist. He was an important influence on the folk scene in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Biography Darling was born in Baltimore, Maryland ...

– banjo on "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" and "Sowing on the Mountain" * John Hammond – mouth harp on "Roll On Buddy" *

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– bass on "Guabi Guabi" *John Herald – guitar on "Guabi Guabi" *

Ian Tyson Ian Dawson Tyson (25 September 1933 – 29 December 2022) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who wrote several folk songs, including " Four Strong Winds" and " Someday Soon", and performed with partner Sylvia Tyson as the duo Ian & Sylvia. Ea ...

– guitar on "Guabi Guabi" *Monte Dunn – guitar on "Guabi Guabi" * Sylvia Fricker - percussion on "Guabi Guabi" * Tedham Porterhouse (Bob Dylan) – mouth harp on "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" ;Technical *Jules Halfant - design *

David Gahr David Gahr (September 18, 1922 – May 25, 2008) was an American photographer, known for his work with famous musicians. Biography David Gahr was born on September 18, 1922, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Russian immigrant parents. He enlisted ...

, Jim Marshall - photography

References

External links

Ramblin' Jack Elliott Discography
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