The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott
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Release Date: 08/01/2007
PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Folk favorite Elliot shows why his sound has left huge footprints along the trail of American folk music, passing the Guthrie mantle onto the young Bob Dylan. Includes Portland Town; Roving Gambler; Roll on Buddy; House of the Rising Sun; Don't Think Twice It's All Right and more.
AMAZON
In terms of song selection, this is, indeed, the essential Ramblin' Jack. Originally released as a two-LP set, this 23-song collection is split into studio and live halves. The studio portion consists of a bracing assortment of traditional tunes that Elliott picked up from his many travels. He was, after all, Woody Guthrie's last road companion, and the highlight of the first dozen tunes is Guthrie's dramatic "1913 Massacre." The last section of the CD was recorded in concert at the Town Hall in New York City. The Ramblin' Jack of 1965 was a versatile, likable performer as adept at essaying old cowboy tunes ("Buffalo Skinners," "Night Herding Song") as then-contemporary folk tunes (protégé Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"). One complaint, though: liner notes explaining this linchpin folkie's role as a bridge between generations of troubadours would make The Essential all the more indispensable. --Steven Stolder.