Jack Elliott (album)

Jack Elliott is an album by American folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott, released in 1964. It was his only principal release on the Vanguard label.

Jack Elliott
Studio album by
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Released1964
GenreFolk
LabelVanguard
Ramblin' Jack Elliott chronology
Country Style
(1962)		 Jack Elliott
(1964)		 Young Brigham
(1968)

Bob Dylan appears playing harmonica as "Tedham Porterhouse".[1]

Another album titled Jack Elliott was released by Everest Archive of Folk Music in the 1960s and has since been reissued on CD by Tradition / Rykodisc. It has a different track list.

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [2]
Record Mirror[3]

Writing for Allmusic, 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."[2]

Reissues

Track listing

All songs Traditional unless otherwise noted.

Side one
  1. "Roving Gambler"
  2. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"
  3. "Diamond Joe"
  4. "Guabi Guabi" (a Zimbabwean love song originally recorded by George Sibanda which talks about love and gifts to his lover)[5]
  5. "Sowing on the Mountains"
  6. "Roll On Buddy"

Side two
  1. "1913 Massacre" (Woody Guthrie)
  2. "House of the Rising Sun"
  3. "Shade of the Old Apple Tree"
  4. "Black Snake Moan"
  5. "Portland Town" (Derroll Adams)
  6. "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 – banjo on "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" and "Sowing on the Mountain"
  • John Hammond – mouth harp on "Roll On Buddy"
  • Eric Weissberg – bass on "Guabi Guabi"
  • John Herald – guitar on "Guabi Guabi"
  • Ian Tyson – 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

References
  1. Searchin' for a Gem
  2. Lankford, Jr., Ronnie D. "Jack Elliott > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 3, 2011.
  3. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (5 June 1965). "Jack Elliott: Jack Elliott" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 221. p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  4. Allmusic entry for The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott. Accessed June 11, 2009.
  5. Azizi, Powell (2013-05-04). "The REAL Meaning of The Song "Gwabi Gwabi" (Guabi Guabi)". pancocojams. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
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