Jack Elliott Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie
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Jack Elliott Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie is an album by American
folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott
, released in 1960. It consists of songs written or well-known as performed by Woody Guthrie
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called the album "the recording that is most representative of his role in popularizing the work of his hero."
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Ramblin' Jack Elliott is an American folk singer and performer.-Life and career:Elliot Charles Adnopoz was born in Brooklyn, New York to Jewish parents in 1931. Elliott grew up inspired by the rodeos at Madison Square Garden, and wanted to be a cowboy...
, released in 1960. It consists of songs written or well-known as performed by Woody Guthrie
Woody Guthrie
Woodrow Wilson "Woody" Guthrie is best known as an American singer-songwriter and folk musician, whose musical legacy includes hundreds of political, traditional and children's songs, ballads and improvised works. He frequently performed with the slogan This Machine Kills Fascists displayed on his...
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Reception
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Richie UnterbergerRichie Unterberger
Richie Unterberger is a US author and journalist whose focus is popular music and travel writing.-Life and writing:Having worked as a DJ at WXPN in Philadelphia, he started reviewing records for Op magazine in 1983...
called the album "the recording that is most representative of his role in popularizing the work of his hero."
Reissues
- Jack Elliott Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie was reissued along with Ramblin' Jack ElliottRamblin' Jack Elliott (album)Ramblin' Jack Elliott is an album by American folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott, released in 1961.Ramblin' Jack Elliott in London was reissued in 1971 on the Marble Arch label also titled as Ramblin' Jack Elliott.-Reception:...
in 1989 as a double LPDouble albumA double album is an audio album which spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically records and compact discs....
on the FantasyFantasy RecordsFantasy Records is a United States-based record label that was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California. They had previously operated a record-pressing plant called Circle Record Company before forming the Fantasy label...
label as Hard Travelin' . It was reissued on CD in 1991 with "I Love Her So/I Got a Woman" omitted.
Side one
- "Hard Traveling"
- "Grand Coulee Dam"
- "New York Town"
- "Tom Joad"
- "Howdido"
- "Talking Dust Bowl"
- "This Land is Your LandThis Land Is Your Land"This Land Is Your Land" is one of the United States' most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by Woody Guthrie in 1940 based on an existing melody, in response to Irving Berlin's "God Bless America", which Guthrie considered unrealistic and complacent. Tired of hearing Kate Smith sing it on...
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Side two
- "Pretty Boy Floyd"
- "Philadelphia Lawyer"
- "Talking Columbia"
- "Dust Storm Disaster"
- "Riding in My Car"
- "1913 Massacre"
- "So Long"