Blues Run the Game

"Blues Run the Game" is a 1965 song by the American singer-songwriter Jackson C. Frank.[2][3][4] It was the opening track on his self-titled debut album.

"Blues Run the Game"
Single by Jackson C. Frank
from the album Jackson C. Frank
B-side"Can't Get Away From My Love"
Released1965 (1965)
RecordedJuly 1965
StudioCBS Studios, London
GenreFolk[1]
Length2:50
LabelColumbia (EMI)
Songwriter(s)Jackson C. Frank
Producer(s)Paul Simon

Cultural impact

Samples of the Jackson C. Frank original appear on the soundtrack of This Is Us, S01E03, "Kyle,"[2] and the full song is heard in the 2018 film, The Old Man and the Gun[5] and in the 7th episode of the second season of "Britannia". The cover version of this song by Simon and Garfunkel appears in the PBS documentary The Vietnam War by Ken Burns, in season 1: episode 7.

Cover versions

The song has been performed by various other artists, such as Simon and Garfunkel (on the CD box set Old Friends), Sandy Denny, Nick Drake (on Family Tree), John Renbourn and Eddi Reader, and later by Bert Jansch, Counting Crows, John Mayer, Colin Meloy, Robin Pecknold, Headless Heroes, Mark Lanegan, Laura Marling[6] Jack Steadman from Bombay Bicycle Club, Mauricio A. Reyes, Martin Simpson, and Wizz Jones (on Lucky The Man).

References
  1. Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "An English Pastoral: Folk Rock". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 297. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
  2. "This Is Us Gives a Second Life to Tragic Forgotten '60s Folk Musician Jackson C. Frank". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  3. "The melancholic allure of Blues Run the Game". Financial Times. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  4. Stanley, Bob (2014-01-09). "The tragic tale of Jackson C Frank, forgotten legend of the 60s". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-14.
  5. FoxSearchlight (2018-06-05), THE OLD MAN & THE GUN | Official Trailer [HD] | FOX Searchlight, retrieved 2018-11-14
  6. ""Blues Run The Game"". thirdmanstore.com. Retrieved 2018-11-14.


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