Ramblin'

Ramblin'

Ramblin'

ASIN: B000001DI7

Track Listings
 
1. Rambling on My Mind
2. Me and My Chauffeur Blues
3. Motherless Children
4. Malted Milk
5. Disgusted
6. Jug Band Music
7. Stop Breaking Down
8. Drop Down Daddy
9. Little Darlin' Pal of Mine
10. Make Me a Pallet on the Floor
11. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
12. Great Speckled Bird
13. You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
14. Satisfied Mind

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The first recordings from an artist with a gift for interpreting original blues from Robert Johnson to Memphis Minnie to The Carter Family. Williams's unmistakable sound is powerfully direct and filled with melancholy and passion. 43 minutes. "The quintessential recording of Lucinda Williams.... An unbelievably soulful...vocalist."-Montana State University Exponent --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Ramblin',Lucinda Williams,Smithsonian Folkways,Acoustic Blues,Alternative Country-Rock,Alternative Folk,Country & Western,Folk-Rock,Pop,Rock,Singer/Songwriter
Dona Got a Ramblin Mind
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Wonderful discovery
  • Truly Good Old Timey Music
  • MMMMMMMMMMMM Chocolate!
  • Old Time Music was made to be made by young people
 Dona Got a Ramblin Mind
Carolina Chocolate Drops
Manufacturer: Music Maker
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000H5U6M0
Release Date: 2007-06-26

Tracks:

  1. Starry Crown
  2. Dona Got a Ramblin' Mind
  3. Rickett's Hornpipe
  4. Ol' Corn Likker
  5. Little Sadie
  6. Little Margaret
  7. Dixie
  8. Black Annie
  9. Tom Dula
  10. George Buck
  11. Old Cat Died
  12. Another Man Done Gone
  13. Black-Eye D Daisy
  14. Short Life Of Trouble
  15. Sally Ann
  16. Sourwood Mountain

Album Description

AS HEARD ON NPR!

"Even though the music's being played right in front of you, you expect to hear crackles and hisses as if the sounds were being torn from a salvaged 78." - Independent Weekly

Terrific renditions of old-time classics from the Carolina Chocolate Drops as they reclaim their African American NC Piedmont string band musical traditions! This young group is the hottest thing to hit the old-time music community in decades, and have grabbed the attention of folks like Taj Mahal, Mike Seeger, Alice Gerrard, and John Sebastian.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful discovery.......2007-06-30

I listened to Garrison Keillor's "Prairie Home Companion" this past week, and was bowled over by the Carolina Chocolate Drops. I've replayed their segments on the Internet several times since then and I just keep getting more enthusiastic about them.

I haven't heard their CD, but based upon what I've heard on PHC, it's going to be a "must buy."

I was fortunate enough to hear John Hartford, who died a few years ago, live in concert about 10 years or so ago, and I remember one of his stock lines, after playing a lot of his newer -- or unfamiliar -- stuff, he told about a young woman who walked up to the stage after they were about to begin the second half of their program and said "Could y'all play something we know so we can tell if you're any good or not?"

Hartford's tongue was firmly in cheek, of course, but I can't imagine anyone having heard what I did from the Carolina Chocolate Drops would dare assume that they had anything to prove.

5 out of 5 stars Truly Good Old Timey Music.......2007-03-24

The Carolina Chocolate Drops are something of a throwback. This recording could have been made 75 years ago. All we're missing are the pops and scratches. A great listen and true to the genre.

My favorite track is "Dixie." CCD have chosen to record a song that we often associate with the Civil War and the Confederacy. There is a just enough of an improvisational feel to this track that you forget the negative undertones this song sometimes evokes. Very nicely done.

A nice mix of instrumental and vocal cuts.

5 out of 5 stars MMMMMMMMMMMM Chocolate!.......2007-03-16

I was introduced to the Carolina Chocolate Drops by NPR. They were interviewed and played live on air. I went right away to Amazon to order this cd. I appreciate the great service and received my cds ( I purchased one for myself and one to share with my brother) in a week.

There is no better music to sit around a bonfire to enjoy. That is if you can fight the urge to dance! I am going to see them perform tonight for the first time and I can hardly wait!

5 out of 5 stars Old Time Music was made to be made by young people.......2006-11-18

Too much of the vision of Old Time Music, Black or white, is a misimpression set by the old veterans of the 1920s and 1930s music who were brought back to public attention in the late 1950s and 1960s as sixty, seventy, and even eighty-year olds. The idea of an old time musician was of a wizened old white man, playing music sometimes masterfully, sometimes in manner that reflected their age and distance from playing in a living tradition. In those years young old time musicians (remembering myself as a teenager now) affected the manners of the ancient, in an attempt to be "old timey." Sometimes, as I remember us back in the day, one would be afraid if we late teens on the band stand would keel over and die.

The Dock Boggs, Tom Ashleys, Roscoe Holcombs, and Maybelle Carters of the 1960s were paying music they played when they were hot young people, playing for other young people, playing music of the kind that wild folk who got in trouble, got wild, and played music for people to dance, party, and seek affection to.

My own generation is now reaching the age of the old performers we rediscovered in the 1960s. That and miseducation make too many of our performances even senile, museum piece replications with an educational purpose, rather than good music.

Such is not the case here. You may find this the kind of music to be played to wake the dead or even enliven old farts like me
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The Carolina Chocolate drops reverse this trend.It's a good point and word for the wise that the drops indicate each one's age in the liner notes. It is not that they are African Americans playing string band music, but it is that their approach is of young people, thorough musicians, but young people playing this music the way it was intended to be played, as exciting, not always perfect, music to evoke fun, dancing, impure thoughts, and throwing your body and soul into joy.

The band's strength is the great fiddling of Rhiannon Giddens and Justin Robinson. Of course, that fiddling works best with the expert support from the guitar, banjo (tenor, five, and six-string),jug, drum, and general exhortation of musical savant and songster Dom Flemmons. Anyone interested in good old time rhythm banjo and guitar (the most neglected thing in the world of old time music) needs to study this CD.

The music isn't always over technical or overly masterful, but it is much more musical, dancing, bouncing, swinging and fun then a lot of recordings I have of more skilled fiddlers. It is really real. It makes even senile seat addicts like me know one is isn't alive if one does not dance and dance to music like this.

This is why I like the band pieces on this CD much better than the solo pieces, because I think they have a loseness and joy which a number of bands that have been together longer don't keep or find difficulty in achieving. Lets hope that they don't lose this as they become more practiced.

My personal favorites are the pieces that seem to be influenced by their collaboration with African American Heritage fiddler Joe Thompson of Mebane North Carolina. These include Dona Got a Ramblin Mind, Ol Corn Likker, Black Annie, Georgie Buck, and Black Eyed Daisy. I also am fond of their version of Sourwood Mountain, since that song has been done to death as a public school and camp song and by folkies who know nothing about old time music. They infuse the song with a lot of fun excitement and danciability that makes it a lot of fun.

If you can't get enough from the clips here, they are played regularly on the Old Time Music radio program on live 365 Internet radio. Listening to that will get you to buy this CD.

However, anyone with ears should buy this CD. If you dont have the money, get a job. If you cannot get that job, you may have to steal one, because you need it.
Golden Classics Edition: Today/Ramblin'
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Golden Classics Edition:
  • The Very Best of the New Christy Minstrels
  • Golden Classics Edition: Today/Ramblin'
  • Presenting/In Person The New Christy Minstrels
  • Excellent
 Golden Classics Edition: Today/Ramblin'
The New Christy Minstrels
Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000093G
Release Date: 1997-04-22

Tracks:

  1. Company of Cowards
  2. This Ol' Riverboat
  3. Love Theme (Today)
  4. Whistlin' Dixie
  5. Anything Love Can Buy
  6. Ladies
  7. Charleston Town
  8. Company Q Whistle March
  9. Way Down In Arkansas
  10. Brackenby's Music Box
  11. Riverboat Theme
  12. Today
  13. Ramblin'
  14. Mighty Mississippi
  15. Hi Jolly
  16. A Travelin' Man
  17. Down the Ohio
  18. The Drinkin Gourd
  19. Green, Green
  20. Rovin' Gambler
  21. Wagoner's Song
  22. My Dear Mary Anne
  23. Ride, Ride, Ride
  24. Last Farewell
  25. Chim Chim Cher-ee
  26. This Land is Your Land

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Golden Classics Edition:.......2007-05-12

They need an age tune up so they can sing again poor stuff as far as quality!!

5 out of 5 stars The Very Best of the New Christy Minstrels.......2007-01-10

When I was a small boy in the 1950s, my dad used to bring young sailors home with him sometimes. He or my mom would give them a home-cooked meal and an opportunity to visit with their kids (my siblings and me). In return, sometimes, they would provide engaging conversation and/or musical entertainment. So it was with a couple of young doughboys who would later wow audiences across America and around the world: Dean Jones and Randy Sparks.

While Dean went on to become an actor in the Disney stable and star of such classic films as 'The Love Bug' and 'Beethoven', Randy formed a band and 'sparked' (pun intended!) the Folk Music fad that swept like a wave around the world in the mid-1960s. Named for the Christy Minstrels who rambled from town to dusty town in the Old West entertaining far-flung American settlers, Randy Sparks and the New Christy Minstrels traveled around the world and fanned the cooling embers of our rich folk heritage to a bright, new flame.

Songs like 'Green, Green', 'Ramblin'' and 'Today' as well as many made popular by such other folk artists as Peter, Paul and Mary and the Kingston Trio, were often written and first performed by the Christies. Many of Randy's troupe, such as lead singer Barry Maguire, went on to have great solo careers in the music business.

Randy Sparks and Dean Jones may not remember us, but my dad, Frank King, never tires of reminiscing about entertaining them in our San Diego family home 'way back when.

4 out of 5 stars Golden Classics Edition: Today/Ramblin'.......2006-12-12

I am so happy NCM have come out on CD. I have almost every NCM album (yes, vinyl) they made. My father taught me to love good music, no matter what the genre. NCM were my favorites growing up, because they so heavily relied on the voices, rather than a show or the instruments. It is a simple form of performance music, but when you look into the combinations of harmony and the talents that sprang into other areas from this group - it is one of the foundations of today's music.

4 out of 5 stars Presenting/In Person The New Christy Minstrels.......2006-11-05

I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the CD. Given that there are two albums on the CD, it is a good value if this is your type of music.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent.......2005-06-09

Both albums on one CD...what a bargin! A nice touch for the NCM fans!
Ramblin'
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • An interesting beginning
  • Work in progress
  • I find it odd...
  • Genuine, exceptional CD!
  • A Good Start
 Ramblin'
Lucinda Williams
Manufacturer: Smithsonian Folkways
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001DI6
Release Date: 1992-07-13

Tracks:

  1. Ramblin' On My Mind
  2. Me And My Chauffeur
  3. Motherless Children
  4. Malted Milk Blues
  5. Disgusted
  6. Jug Band Music
  7. Stop Breakin' Down
  8. Drop Down Daddy
  9. Little Darling Pal Of Mine
  10. Make Me Down A Pallet On Your Floor
  11. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
  12. Great Speckled Bird
  13. You're Gonna Need That Pure Religion
  14. Satisfied Mind

Album Description

The first recordings from an artist with a gift for interpreting original blues from Robert Johnson to Memphis Minnie to The Carter Family. Williams's unmistakable sound is powerfully direct and filled with melancholy and passion. 43 minutes. "The quintessential recording of Lucinda Williams.... An unbelievably soulful...vocalist."-Montana State University Exponent

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars An interesting beginning.......2007-03-26

I bought this cd recently when I needed another purchase to get me over the $25 mark for free delivery from Amazon. I've been an avid Lucinda Williams fan for a couple of years, and I've heard all of her albums from the past ten years, so I was interested to see what she sounded like in the beginning. This is supposed to be her first album, and it is certainly different from any of the other albums by Williams that I have heard.

Ramblin' is a collection of folk and blues tunes by artists such as Robert Johnson. Playing 12 string guitar and singing with a beautiful voice, Lucina does some excellent justice to many of these songs. On the other hand, an entire album of other peoples music tires after awhile. It's rather an odd trip when you consider that most of these songs are traditional delta blues tunes, and hearing Lucina sing "Ramblin' On My Mind" is okay the first time. She even does an interesting version of "Stop Breaking Down," that while it won't rock with the Stones version, is still an interesting rendition. "Motherless Children" is perhaps the best cut on the album, and Williams sound so sweet singing it. She has a wonderful voice in these early recordings that isn't as easily heard in later albums such as the new West or Essence, which are much grittier. I could have done without "Jambayla," as she really offers nothing to it, and it is such an over covered song to begin with. It's almost like, why bother. Ramblin' has done something for me, if nothing else, it has me interested in hearing another of her early albums. So, the next time I need a second purchase to get me over $25, I'll be looking for one of hers.

3 out of 5 stars Work in progress.......2006-09-28

Don't get me wrong--I love Williams' music and this is not a bad album, but it definitely doesn't sound as though she had grown into her musical self yet. The music is fine technically but she sounds as though she's trying it on and hasn't found the right fit. "A" for effort and a learning experience, though.

5 out of 5 stars I find it odd..........2006-06-17

...that several reviewers who seem to hate blues and folk music, who find them boring or worthless as genres, have tried to drag down the rating of this priceless early work in Williams' career. Yet this album is a delight in every respect, from the choice of songs to their spare, honest presentation, and it's especially worthy as a showcase for the artist's roots. Give it a try!

5 out of 5 stars Genuine, exceptional CD!.......2005-05-23

Recorded in the late 70s, this is an excellent Blues-based album with a shot of traditionals. Lucinda does a phenomenal job with her acoustic guitar and a dobro at times, it's simple and pure -- no fancy arrangements. It's like the girl with a guitar joined at times by some fellow musicians in the living room and/or on the porch of a cozy home somewhere in the deep South -- even sounds like a nice evening around the camp fire. Great Americana! Her voice had already the edge on this CD which Lucinda fans have gotten to appreciate and treasure over the many years she has been around in the music scene. On this CD she also does "Little Darling Pal of Mine" as well as an excellent version of "Jamabalaya" and of all things the sweet "Great Speckled Bird" and "You're Gonna Need that Pure Religion."
I think every music fan in general will appreciate this really honest CD -- it's not easy to find good music like this anymore.

3 out of 5 stars A Good Start.......2004-11-16

I am a great fan of Lucinda Williams. This collection shows her blues roots influence but it is also a very sophomoric effort. The music lacks depth not withstanding the good intentions. To see her perform these tunes now shows the miles she has traveled to bring this music alive in the deep old ways.
I Stand Alone
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • This is the best new CD I've heard in a long time
  • Jack Elliot in Classic Form
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  • Music to Grin by
  • Folk Music
 I Stand Alone
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Manufacturer: Anti
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000FMGTXA
Release Date: 2006-07-11

Tracks:

  1. Engine 143
  2. Arthritis Blues
  3. Old Blue
  4. Driving Nails In My Coffin
  5. Rake & Ramblin' Boy
  6. Hong Kong Blues
  7. Jean Harlow
  8. Call Me A Dog
  9. Careless Darling
  10. Mr. Garfield
  11. My Old Dog & Me
  12. Leaving Cheyenne
  13. Remember Me
  14. Willy Moore
  15. Honey, Where You Been So Long
  16. Woody's Last Ride

Amazon.com

They don't call him Ramblin' Jack because he travels around a lot, and they don't call him the Last Brooklyn Cowboy because he croons like his hero Gene Autry. You can't really acquire a taste for Elliott's briny, staggering voice--you just have to surrender to the persona. In his 75th year, that persona is in fine, witty, playful form. He laughs out loud at the lines "Now when I die, don't bury me at all / Just place me away in alcohol / My .44 put by my feet / Tell everyone I'm just asleep" and jokes with his physician on "Arthritis Blues" ("Doctor, doctor, get your X-ray machine / Feels so good, just about like morphine"). Turns out his guitar chops are tougher than his rheumatism: he bangs away at his acoustic like the last one-man band standing at the all-night hootenanny, though when a rare accompanist shares the spotlight--as do David Hidalgo on accordion, Nels Cline on Dobro, Flea on bass, DJ Bonebrake on drums, and Lucinda Williams and Corin Tucker on harmony vocals--the effect is like a cool chaser to his rotgut whiskey drawl. These dog songs, train songs, love songs, fleetingly remembered songs, and one original (the brief monologue "Woody's Last Ride") have been with him forever; they're funny even when tragic, soulful even when they turn tunefulness upside down. --Roy Kasten

Album Description

Bob Dylan called him his "long lost father". He's a living link to Woody Guthrie, Brownie McGhee, and the beat poets. Mick Jagger, Lou Reed, Van Morrison, Paul McCartney, Kris Kristoffersen, Bruce Springsteen, and Beck all cite him as an inspiration. Now more than ever, Elliott stands alone, a crucial reminder of a proud and dying American tradition - a self-made wayfarer whose fifty-plus years of experience resonate in every note he sings. This is the most intimate recording of his career, cradled by a family of guests that include Lucinda Williams, David Hidalgo, Flea, Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney, and Wilco guitarist Nels Cline. Elliott offers an introspective look back at his career, through meditative takes on favorites and untried material. At 74, he still has plenty of hunt left in him.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars This is the best new CD I've heard in a long time.......2007-06-16

This is my introduction to Ramblin' Jack Elliott and it is everything I'm looking for in a new album. During my 4th listening I became completely overcome with emotion, cried even. I'm embarrassed that it has taken me so long to check his stuff out. He's my new favorite artist.

4 out of 5 stars Jack Elliot in Classic Form.......2007-02-03

Few artists could get away with boldly proclaiming "I Stand Alone" as Ramblin' Jack Elliot does on this release. All it takes is one listen to validate that he does stand alone, in song selection, delivery and musicianship. This album is refreshing because one finds a lot of overlap on his other releases--Jack Elliot standards like "1913 Massacre", "Solider's Last Letter", "Buffalo Skinners", etc.--and for good reason, they are all wonderful songs that he has made his own through his many years of playing them. But what sets this album, apart, for me, are the new songs Jack gives us that we haven't heard before. "Ol' Blue", for example, is in my opinion arguably one of the most beautiful songs he has ever recorded, and showcases Cisco Houston's talents as a songwriter. Other standouts include "Mr. Garfield", "Hong Kong Blues" and "My Old Dog & Me". And though he includes some of his favorites that he has recorded before, they are also some of his best - relatively obscure songs like "Arthritis Blues" and "Rake and Ramblin' Boy". Rounding everything out are some country-western classics that veer from Elliot's roots leanings, particularly "Driving Nails in My Coffin", "Careless Darling" and "Remember Me". The fact that Elliot's daughter Ilyana urged him to make this album is a nice footnote to another sweet release by a true master.

5 out of 5 stars Old Jack.......2007-01-16

This is a sweet and melancholy CD from an older Jack Elliot, same great voice, great energy, singing about old man things.

5 out of 5 stars Music to Grin by.......2007-01-05

Last night sitting at the kitchen table sipping some fine whiskey, I listened to this album for the first time. Had been a long time since I grinned through an entire CD. Jack Elliot has got it.
The kids wondered what this weird music was I was listening to, but they sat down and enjoyed the songs also.
Good stuff.

5 out of 5 stars Folk Music.......2007-01-04

Jack shows his considerable skill in guitar and finds the the poetry of life in music form. Great feeling in this volume. I think it is also a pretty good meditation upon his life(or yours.
The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Horses
  • Great But Not Quite Essential
  • I really like the way he plays guitar.
  • JACK ELLIOTT IS AN AMERICAN ICON
 The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000ECA
Release Date: 1993-03-20

Tracks:

  1. Roving Gambler
  2. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
  3. Diamond Joe
  4. Guabi Guabi
  5. Sowing On The Mountain
  6. Roll On Buddy
  7. 1913 Massacre
  8. House Of The Rising Sun
  9. Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
  10. Black Snake
  11. Portland Town
  12. More Pretty Girls
  13. San Francisco Bay Blues
  14. Buffalo Skinners
  15. Sadie Brown
  16. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
  17. Blind Lemon Jefferson
  18. Ramblin' Round Your City
  19. Talkin' Columbia
  20. Tennessee Stud
  21. Night Herding Song
  22. Love Sick Blues
  23. I Belong To Glasgow

Amazon.com

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

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Horses.......2006-07-16

I met Ramblin' Jack in 1967. He had come to Tampa to do a gig at a tiny coffee house. He was late. (Yeah, so, what's new.) He had driven from NC and was frazzed. He proceeded, after a glass of water, to give it his all, for hours.

After the show, knowing he was a rodeo cowboy, I asked him if he would like to stay with me and meet my barrel racing champion Appaloosa stallion -- Snapper. Say no more.... We've stayed in touch as we wandered through our lives over almost 40 years.

What Dylan learned, he learned and Jack is totally giving as were all the folks who came to Woody's. He was a sponge, a user who drifted through. A musical wizard who was predisposed to Woody's stuff. It would be nice if he were to acknowledge those who formed him. Since he is not nice, he won't.

Jack has faithfully taken Woody's legacy and has, not as a writer, but a performer, become a treasure, a peer to his mentor.
He has only gotten better in the last, what, almost 60 years.

His body hurts, but his mind is free. He and Pete Seegar are the greatest living people's musicians.

5 out of 5 stars Great But Not Quite Essential.......2003-02-26

The essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott is to be found on CDs released on labels other than Vanguard. Nonetheless, this is the best on CD from RJE's middle period, the years when he almost became a star but with considerable effort on his own part managed to avoid it (for which we owe him thanks unending) after teetering on a dangerous brink at Warner Brothers in 1967. This package CD includes two vinyl Vanguard albums that have little to do with one another but certainly give us lots of slices of RJE at a very good price. The first dozen songs are studio takes that appeared on the 1964 Vanguard LP "Jack Elliott," also repeated on the mildly interesting Vanguard CD "The Vanguard Years." The various tracks include accompaniment by Bob Dylan on guitar and mouth harp, aliasing as Tedham Porterhouse, and Erik Darling on banjo ("Will the Circle Be Unbroken"), Ian & Sylvia, Eric Weissberg, John Herald and Monte Dunn ("Guabi Guabi"), John Hammond on mouth harp ("Roll On Buddy") and bassist Bill Lee on several numbers. No, don't look for this or any other information in Vanguard's liner notes. There aren't any liner notes. These studio takes - as one might expect with such helpers on board - made for the liveliest of all RJE's studio sessions up to that time. However, one only gets 100% of Ramblin' Jack when he's playing to an audience, and that's what he does on this CD's last 11 tracks, all taken from his superlative April 30,1965 concert at New York City's Town Hall. When RJE begins Track No. 13, Jesse Fuller's "San Francisco Bay Blues" in concert, the atmosphere begins to glow. In a sense, all 11 live pieces are highlights. If so, the first among equals are Leadbelly's "Blind Lemon Jefferson," Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" and Scottish comedian Will Ffyfe's "I Belong to Glasgow," which is one of several high points in the RJE discography, far better than the 1961 studio version for Prestige International, now on the Fantasy CD "Ramblin' Jack Elliott." If you're a Ramblin' Jack fan, you'd be downright foolish to avoid acquiring this CD.

5 out of 5 stars I really like the way he plays guitar........2001-11-28

The song selection on this disc is superb. My favorite song, "Guabi Guabi" is the only one that he gets credit for having written, and that doesn't make sense, because he is singing it like it is written in a foreign language. At one point in the song, he even gives up and says that he couldn't keep up, it goes too fast for him. That happens to me all the time when other people are using a language that I don't really know, but Jack makes it seem like anybody's brain could do that all by itself. The only Bob Dylan song here is "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" and this is the perfect kind of album for that song to be on, since practically everybody likes to know at least one song right off the bat. Jack gives a couple examples of Huddie Ledbetter introducing some songs, and it's too bad he didn't have some kind of historical introduction for "Black Snake," a song which must have come from somewhere vaguely familiar, but this album doesn't say where. I like the pitiful part of Jack's version of "Shade of the Old Apple Tree," and I doubt if all of that is in the traditional way it is usually done. I even bought music for "Shade of the Old Apple Tree" without getting anything that is as funny as the way Jack does that song. "Sowing on the Mountain" is not a funny songs, but I think it is a song that people should know, like "San Francisco Bay Blues," which is one of the reasons that I bought this album. I don't listen to this every day, but this music is solid. He picked these songs well.

5 out of 5 stars JACK ELLIOTT IS AN AMERICAN ICON.......1999-11-18

I REGRET THAT I WAS FORTY YEARS OLD BEFORE I EVER HEARD RAMBLIN' JACK. I WAS USED TO LISTENING TO THE BEATLES, STONES, ETC. BUT JACK ELLIOTT KNOWS THE PROPER WAY TO DELIVER A SONG. A FRIEND OF WOODY GUTHRIES, HE LEARNED WELL. THIS ALBUM CONTAINS SONGS THAT WILL MAKE YOU LAUGH, AND MAKE YOU CRY. HOW DOES HE PLAY THE GUITAR SO WELL? EAT YOUR HEART OUT CLAPTON, SANTANA, ETC. ETC. THIS ALBUM IS A MUST FOR ALL MUSICIANS AND ALL MUSIC LOVERS.
The Ramblin' Man
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Another Perfect WJ Album
  • Love This Stuff
  • Rainy Day Woman / Cloudy Days
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  • Another good one
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Waylon Jennings
Manufacturer: Buddha
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ASIN: B0000457EU
Release Date: 2000-02-08

Tracks:

  1. I'm A Ramblin' Man
  2. Rainy Day Woman
  3. Cloudy Days
  4. Midnight Rider
  5. Oklahoma Sunshine
  6. The Hunger
  7. I Can't Keep My Hands Off Of You
  8. Memories Of You And I
  9. It'll Be Her
  10. Amanda
  11. Got A Lot Going For Me
  12. The Last Letter
  13. The One I Sing My Love Song To

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This 1974 RCA release, newly reissued in 2000 by Buddha Records, was something of a transitional album for Waylon Jennings. The initial recording session, which produced the hit "I'm a Ramblin' Man," was coproduced by Jennings and Ray Pennington and featured a Nashville studio band complete with chirping backup singers. The rest of the album was coproduced by Jennings and fellow Outlaw Tompall Glaser and featured the singer's own road band with longtime drummer Richie Albright and steel-guitar great Ralph Mooney. The hits included "Rainy Day Woman" and "Amanda," which became a No. 1 single in 1979, five years after the album's release. But the best tracks--including a cover of Rex Griffin's "The Last Letter" not found on the original release--anticipate the austere, heartfelt approach Jennings would take when he returned to the studio the following year to paint his masterpiece, Dreaming My Dreams. --Rick Mitchell

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Another Perfect WJ Album.......2007-04-03

One of Waylon's two great albums from 1974. This is easily one of my favorite of Waylon's studio efforts from his '70s peak. Although it doesn't sound all that much different from his other albums of this period, it is still a fantastic album with top-notch songs. I highly recommend this album for mellow evenings, poker nights or just plain relaxing.

Best Songs:

"I'm A Ramblin' Man"
"Rainy Day Woman"
"Midnight Rider"
"The Hunger"
"Amanda"

4 out of 5 stars Love This Stuff.......2007-02-28

This is the last 70's Waylon album I needed to complete my collection, I don't know why I waited until now to buy it, maybe it was the scary cover, but now that I have it, I am sorry I waited so long, it contains a class set of tunes, hard for any Waylon fan to resist, it's not his best, but this time period was near his masterpiece releases and is still a great album.

5 out of 5 stars Rainy Day Woman / Cloudy Days.......2006-12-22

These are two songs you don't always hear on the radio or ever at all. These are great country songs. Waylon's guitar is bright and full here.

Do you like anything by Waylon? If so, you'll LOVE this! I believe this is one of his peak recordings. His version of Midnight Rider is good.

OK. Now that I'm writing this, I have to admit, this is one of my favorite country records ever. This is like pure gold. If you don't have this one, and you like real country, you are missing out.

5 out of 5 stars Another good'un from Ol' Waylon!.......2002-12-10

"The Ramblin' Man," pre-"Dreaming My Dreams" and post-"This Time," is an album that shows Waylon in both rockin' (title track, "Rainy Day Woman," "Midnight Rider," "Memories Of You And I") and more tender modes ("The Hunger," "Amanda"). It's an album that was perhaps a sign of things to come -- "Dreaming My Dreams" -- with a few tender ballads mixed with more uptempo numbers. Waylon could rock with the best of them, but he was also as good with a ballad as anyone you could ever hope to find. Put simply, he was extremely versatile.

"The Ramblin' Man" has a number of outstanding cuts in the title track, "Rainy Day Woman," "The Hunger," "Memories Of You And I," "Amanda," and my personal favourite, "Midnight Rider." This album really doesn't have any "filler" -- just prime Waylon.

Musically, Waylon plays plenty of lead guitar. He really smokes on "Rainy Day Woman" and "Midnight Rider," and he plays very tastefully on "Cloudy Days" and "Amanda." This album contains some classic Waylon guitar moments -- things that the students of his guitar style can learn a great deal from. It also features what is, I believe, the first recorded evidencee of Waylon's use of the phase shifter, the guitar effect that would shape his guitar tone later on. Vocally Waylon is, of course, stunning on this album.

"The Ramblin' Man" is another essential album. It captures that unique "Waylon sound" that Waylon became so well-known for. On this album you'll hear that sound becoming more and more like the sound that would dominate his later albums. Maybe it's not considered on-par with "Honky Tonk Heroes" or "Dreaming My Dreams" by many, but it is still a damn fine example of Ol' Waylon's incredible musical talent, and it's better than the so-called "country" that is out there today.

Meaninful songs played and sung by a man who could make you feel them. 5 stars.

4 out of 5 stars Another good one.......2000-02-19

Another good Waylon Jennings album - made in Waylon's height of his popularity. This one is a good one, not as good as Dreaming My Dreams or Honkytonk Heroes...but still excellent. Memories of You and I is absolutely fantastic - as are Waylon's version of Midnight Rider and the song "The Hunger". Great record, they need to keep re-issuing his old stuff.
The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Ramblin' Jack, great American
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 The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
Ramblin' Jack Elliott , Bob Dylan , Johnny Cash , and Woody Guthrie
Manufacturer: Vanguard Records
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ASIN: B00004UETH
Release Date: 2000-08-15

Tracks:

  1. Introduction By Johnny Cash - Johnny Cash
  2. Muleskinner Blues
  3. Cuckoo
  4. Hard Travelin'
  5. Railroad Bill
  6. Buskin'
  7. Pastures Of Plenty
  8. Rake & Ramblin' Boy
  9. San Fransisco Bay Blues
  10. Candy Man/Talkin' Sailor Blues
  11. Acne
  12. Don't Think Twice
  13. Take Me Home
  14. If I Were A Carpenter
  15. Car Song
  16. 900 Miles (Odetta)
  17. Cup Of Coffee
  18. Introduction By President Clinton
  19. 1913 Massacre
  20. Cuckoo (Reprise)

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This is an above-average soundtrack to a revelatory documentary about folk singer Ramblin' Jack Elliott, made by his daughter Aiyana Elliott with Dick Dahl. Now any time one reads about this Ramblin' Jack Elliott character, it has to somewhere state that Elliott is "the link between Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan." And there certainly is truth to this--he was the last traveling companion of Guthrie and taught Dylan much about folk music. Two of the most interesting cuts on the disc are "Hard Travelin," sung with Guthrie (the first known recording of the two together, discovered while preparing the CD) and "Acne," a playful, previously unheard doo-wop parody with Dylan recorded live on the radio in 1961. The duet with Johnny Cash is rough but pretty great too. But the real import of this disc (and film) is to show Ramblin' Jack as a distinctive, itinerant musician firmly at the center of folk-music history. When he toured the U.K. in the 1950s he single-handedly introduced traditional American folk stylings to a nation wrapped up in the whiffy-twee fad of skiffle music. His nimble flatpicking, strong voice, and unstoppable storytelling are in evidence on his covers of songs by Tim Hardin, Jesse Fuller, and Guthrie. All the rare and unreleased cuts make Ballad a no-brainer choice for die-hard folkies. For neophytes who can stand audio quality that leans toward the archival, the disc also stands as the finest introduction yet to R.J.E.'s entire oeuvre. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Ramblin' Jack, great American.......2000-10-03

Ramblin' Jack Elliott's recorded output has been as wild, woolly, and uneven as the man himself, but this retrospective -- capturing him through a long career from the young, Guthrie-besotted singer/guitarist to his present status as revered elder statesman of American folk music -- is simply wonderful. The duet with Woody Guthrie on "Railroad Bill" (not "Hard Travelin" as the Amazon review has it) is itself worth the price of the disc. It is one of Guthrie's last recording sessions, moving for that but musically appealing as well. Elliott's astonishingly affecting reading of Bob Dylan's "Don't Think Twice," like so much of his distinctly finite repertoire, has been recorded before, but its reappearance here is no less welcome for that. Late in life, through the documentary for which this is the soundtrack and through sheer perseverance, Ramblin' Jack steps out of the long shadows cast on him by Guthrie and Dylan -- the first the man from whom he learned, the other the boy whom he taught -- and proves himself, for yet one more time, to be indispensable, a personality different from but as uniquely American as Guthrie's. Over the years I've heard a lot of Ramblin' Jack records, but I'm hard-pressed to think of one as thoroughly engaging, and as fully satisfying, as this one. Miss it at your own peril.

5 out of 5 stars 50 Years of Ramblin' Jack in The American Century.......2000-08-18

Ramblin' Jack has outdown himself, or lets say his daughter has by putting together this collection, the choices, and the voices along the way. This is true Ramblin' Jack, capturing him at various stops in more than 45 years of recording. The duet with a young Bob Dylan is a rarity. The 1998 versions of great Ramblin' Jack often performed songs (this time live at New York's Bottom Line) such as "1913 Massacre" and "Don't Think Twice" along with songs captured at the 1998 Elko, Nevada Cowboy Poetry Festival, "If I were A Carpenter" and "Cuckoo" are among the best he has ever done. This sound track to the film documentary now at theatres (read Stephen Holden's fascinating review in the Wednesday, August 16, New York Times) produced by Alyana Elliott is a must for anyone interested in folk music, or American music, in the 20th century. If you have never heard of Ramblin' Jack, now is the time. If you are already a fan, this is yours. What were we doing last century? Listen to Ramblin' Jack, it will help you in the 21st Century.

5 out of 5 stars The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack.......2000-08-16

Ramblin' Jack Elliott is a living American legend, and "true music" doesn't get any better than this album. Spanning a lifetime of experiences with some of the greatest musicians of the 20th century, Jack's impact on the music world is unmistakeable. His music will remain forever young.
Big Fish
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Fishy Ending
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  • good soundtrack for a nice movie
 Big Fish
Danny Elfman , and Various Artists
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ASIN: B0000YTPFC
Release Date: 2003-12-23

Tracks:

  1. Man Of The Hour - Pearl Jam
  2. Dinah - Bing Crosby
  3. Everyday - Buddy Holly
  4. All Shook Up - Elvis Presley
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  20. Finale - Danny Elfman
  21. End Titles - Danny Elfman
  22. Jenny's Theme - Danny Elfman
  23. Twice the Love (Siamese Twins' Song) - Danny Elfman

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Director Tim Burton's adaptation of author Daniel Wallace's bittersweet Southern Gothic novel has been billed as his first mainstream character drama, a notion that conveniently ignores the story's inherent fables and flights of imagination. But composer Danny Elfman understands their every dark nook and murky cranny with this magical, often deftly understated score. While the epic melodrama of his comic book scores (Batman, Spider-Man, The Hulk, et. al.) have made him a mainstream Hollywood music star, longtime fans know that the composer's true emotional range is seldom tapped as well as it is working with longtime collaborator Burton. His music here bridges the delicate pastoralism of Rachel Portman and restless, rhythmic mysteries of Thomas Newman, seasoned with twangy fiddles and bowings to the film's occasionally Gothic turns and concludes with the deliciously loopy "Twice the Love (Siamese Twins Song)." Anchored by Eddie Vedder and Pearl Jam's wistful theme song "Man of the Hour" and a half-dozen pop chart nuggets than span half-a-century, Elfman's work here (as well as Pearl Jam's) received a much-deserved Golden Globe nomination. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Fishy Ending.......2005-09-15

Movie Title: Big Fish
Produced By: Schmidt Richard D. Zanuck, Dan Jinks
Director: Tim Burton
Length: 2 hours. 5 minutes
Rated: PG-13
Released Date: 2003



Do you like movies that will make you cry so hard that you will need a dump truck full of tissues? Or when a person gets to a scary part in the woods and a man almost dies and gets your hopes up. Well if you do this is the movie the for you.

This movie has terrific characters in it. If you are wondering how I'll tell you how. Because all characters fit into the part that they are supposed to play in. defiantly Edward bloom. Edward bloom is the star of this movie. He is a brave and ignorant man. So if you don't believe me that he fits in his part GIVE ME A CALL.

Also this movie has a lot of fantasy world in it. Like the 12 foot tall giant the moving (killing) trees. Also the eye. The eye is a eye that a witch has that will show you how you die. Pretty freaky ha. Most movies that you see are realistic not fantasy except for a couple.....this one is. It's a very good movie you really really need too watch it.

This movie is mostly about an old man that tells a bunch of stories about him in his younger years. He talks about what he does and how he does it. You will never understand this movie if you don't watch it from the beginning.

This movie also has a couple of related and spooky parts in it. Like when his wife walks in will he is in the bath tub under water with his arms crossed a crossed his chest. And at the end of the movie he went to the lake and his son dropped him in the water and the old mans arms was crossed like in the bath tub. That is a related. The spooky is........well trust me you don't want too know. Any way I don't want to ruin it.

When you watch this movie please call me and tell me if you have any more of them tissues. Because I need them for next time I watch this movie. Sorry I couldn't tell you more but I really didn't want to tell you none of it. I just wanted to say WATCH THIS MOVIE NOW!!!!!

4 out of 5 stars Big Fish Soundtrack.......2005-09-04

It is always great when you buy a soundtrack that actually plays the music exactly as it happened in the movie. There have been some that I've bought that are 'inspired' by the movie.

My only disappointment was that there were some songs like Sandra's Farewell that I just craved went longer than 1min 16secs.

Despite this, I'm glad I have got it.

4 out of 5 stars Perfect complement to a fantastic film.......2005-07-27

Tim Burton's film Big Fish is a wonderful movie, and composer Danny Elfman's Oscar-nominated score complements it beautifully. Elfman's music is very understated in the movie, and it wasn't until I listened to the film's soundtrack recently that I realized how hauntingly beautiful his music is.

Elfman's music is perfect for Burton's magical film about the larger-than-life character of Edward Bloom. Mystical, whimsical, and eerie at times, the score takes you deep into the weird and wondrous world of the character. The emotional "Sandra's Theme" is one of the best pieces of music on the soundtrack, and the jazzy number "Twice the Love" (the Siamese twins' song) closes out the CD with a bang.

The soundtrack is mostly instrumental, with the exception of the first seven tracks. These tracks are an eclectic mixed bag of music, featuring artists ranging from Pearl Jam to Buddy Holly to Elvis Presley. The real gold on this particular CD, though, is Elfman's music.

Even if you haven't seen the film (and you should; it's wonderful), if you enjoy quality instrumental music, I highly recommend picking up a copy of this soundtrack.

4 out of 5 stars "Amazing" song.......2005-02-27

I believe the other song refered to in the trailers is Josh Kelley's "Amazing" from his For the Ride Home CD. Hope this helps those of you who were looking for this song as I was.

5 out of 5 stars good soundtrack for a nice movie.......2004-08-13

The Big Fish soundtrack goes well with the best movie. I was impressed, but I think that "Dinah" by Bing Crosby is the oldest song on here.It's a neat thing to listen to if you're traveling somewhere far away and you're driving.I usually just listen from track 1-7 because they're the only ones that aren't classical, and thanks to Elvis Presley's superb existence and the year 1955, we have rock music!
Best of the Vanguard Years
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ASIN: B00004Z3VC
Release Date: 2000-10-31

Tracks:

  1. Roving Gambler
  2. Will The Circle Be Unbroken
  3. Diamond Joe
  4. Guabi Guabi
  5. Sowing On The Mountain
  6. Roll On Buddy
  7. 1913 Massacre
  8. House Of The Rising Sun
  9. Shade Of The Old Apple Tree
  10. Black Snake Moan
  11. Portland Town
  12. More Pretty Girls
  13. Danville Girl
  14. John Hardy
  15. Dark As A Dungeon
  16. Hard Ain't It Hard
  17. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
  18. I Got A Woman
  19. Railroad Bill
  20. I Never Will Marry
  21. At My Window
  22. Blue Eyed Elaine
  23. Wildwood Flower
  24. Ranger's Command
  25. Willie Moore

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First it was Woody Guthrie who cast a shadow over Ramblin' Jack Elliott's art. "He sounds more like me than I do," Woody once quipped. Now Elliott's own legend threatens to obscure his fine music. This 25-song set shows how forceful, even peerless (at least among the folkies), his singing and guitar playing could be. Because Elliott released only one album on Vanguard, this "best-of" includes the whole of that 1964 debut plus 13 previously unreleased tracks, making for less of a useful introduction and more of a fan's dream come true. Unreleased tracks include old folk songs such as "Danville Girl," "Diamond Joe," and "Blue Eyed Elaine." Elliott's ultratwangy, unapologetically aggressive style lends the stories a cinematic intensity--and a delightful, cutting humor. This set also reveals just how much Elliott shaped the repertoire, flatpicking, and vocal style of the young Bob Dylan (who, in the guise of Tedham Porterhouse, lends harmonica to Elliott's frenzied version of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"). As a portrait of the artist, these Vanguard recordings make clear just why Elliott remains so influential and revered. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Great and Great Fun.......2006-03-01

If you want the genuine article in folk singers, Elliott's your man, and these are some of his best. He'll also make you laugh - "I Got a Woman" is worth the price of the album if you've got a sense of humor. As you can tell from that statement, Elliott doesn't necessarily confine himself to the folk genre. When you're the best there is at what you do, you can afford the risks. Don't pass up a chance to see him perform in person if he comes your way. If you're not familiar with him, watch "The Ballad of Rambling Jack" before you go so you have an appreciation for his place in the history of folk music in this country and an understanding of the man himself.

5 out of 5 stars Jack.......2003-03-28

Jack Elliott is the last American troubador and this compliation shows why. He only wrote a few songs: his artistry -- live performance by performance -- is what sets him above all others. Mr. Zimmerman is a very good song writer... Jack, on the other hand, not only gave Woody Guthrie all of the credit, but also everyone else who's work he covered. The body of his work is a treasure beyond compare. (If only he could have consistenly showed up on time, perhaps he would have been legendary.)

3 out of 5 stars A Bit Less Than the Best.......2003-02-26

One disagrees only reluctantly with another reviewer, but it simply is not true, that this CD offers "a great rare look at unreleased songs that Jack wrote while rambling around with Woody Guthrie!" There are, in fact, no songs at all that Ramblin' Jack wrote on this CD. RJE claims the authorship of precisely three numbers in the more than 50 years of his career: "912 Greens," "Cup of Coffee" and "Bleeker Street Blues." None of them are songs; all three are talking pieces. What is on this CD is a collection of traditional folk songs and works by such disparate folk, country and even rock musicians as Woody Guthrie, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Derroll Adams, Merle Travis, Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, A.P. Carter and Ernest Tubb, all Vanguard studio recordings from 1964. The first 12 were released in the same year on vinyl on the LP Vanguard simply called "Jack Elliott." These same 12 songs also are available on Vanguard's "The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott," which is a better buy at a lower price. Please see my review of that album for my comments on these songs. The remaining 13 are outtakes from the same studio session, songs that Vanguard had not released until now. Of the 13, the highlights are Guthrie's "Hard, Ain't It Hard," Dylan's "Don't Think Twice," the Traditional "Railroad Bill," and Ray Charles' rock 'n' roll hit "I Got a Woman," also made famous to a certain extent by Elvis Presley. The first three of these four songs are the kind of solid music one expects from RJE, but all three are available in better performances on other RJE CDs. "I Got a Woman" is fun and interesting, but Ramblin' Jack's version is unlikely to add anything to the song's legacy or RJE's. In essence, one understands why these 13 first time releases were outtakes in 1964. They're all fine but as a whole, just a bit duller than most of his other vinyl work from these years. Of course, I wouldn't personally want to do without this CD, but then again, there are but a few RJE recordings I'm willing to have outside of my collection. If your interest is more casual, skip this CD and order "The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott" instead. It includes the best of this CD, and it goes one better by giving you the best of RJE's superlative April 30,1965 concert at New York City's Town Hall as well - at a better price.

5 out of 5 stars "The Lost Songs Of The Ramblin' Man".......2002-07-03

Take a trip with me in 1913! For those new to RJE or looking for rare Ramblin' tunes, well look no further! This is a great rare look at unreleased songs that Jack wrote while rambling around with Woody Guthrie! This is such a great find and proud to own it! This completes my Ramblin' collection. Stay away from The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott CD! It only has 1/4 of what this CD offers! As Jack says, "I've got's to ramble!"
Ramblin' Mind
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Continuing the tradition.
 Ramblin' Mind
Big Bill Morganfield
Manufacturer: Blind Pig
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000056PGS
Release Date: 2001-02-13

Tracks:

  1. Mellow Chick Swing
  2. Strong Man Holler
  3. Roll With Me
  4. What's The Matter
  5. People Sure Act Funny
  6. Ramblin' Mind
  7. Trace of You
  8. Dirty Dealin' Mama
  9. Foolish Love
  10. My Doggy's Got The Blues
  11. Troubles
  12. Highway 69
  13. Little Angel
  14. You're Gonna Miss Me

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With his debut, Rising Son, Big Bill Morganfield firmly established himself as following in the footsteps of his famous father (that's Muddy Waters, in case you hadn't heard). The album, an impressively performed collection of original songs and lesser-known Waters compositions, was notable for simultaneously staying true to the electric blues style Waters helped pioneer, while also showcasing Morganfield's distinctive voice. True, his music sounds a lot like his father's; however, that's due not to slavish imitation, but to a desire to master a very traditional style of music to which the rules are well understood, if not always followed to such great result. Thus, with Ramblin' Mind, Morganfield's musical voice emerges more strongly and distinctly than ever before. It helps that this album features more originals; nine of the 14 tracks were penned by the younger Morganfield, and none is by his father. This makes for a greater variety of material and a chance for Morganfield to stretch his songwriting wings; while the usual electric blues is to be expected, there's also a bit of swing ("Mellow Chick Swing"), the cheerful "People Sure Act Funny," and the sultry "Dirty Dealin' Mama," which almost ought to earn the album a parental advisory sticker. Overall, Morganfield has proven that not only was the success of Rising Son not a fluke, but that following Muddy's footsteps doesn't mean riding on his coattails. --Genevieve Williams

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4 out of 5 stars Continuing the tradition........2001-03-20

Big Bill's third release is chock full of guest artists including several that performed with his father, Muddy Waters, band. Guests include, Taj Mahal, Bob Margolin, Pinetop Perkins, Willie Smith, Paul Oscher and Bill Lupkin to name a few.

Despite the guests, Big Bill's performance seems a little lack luster and slightly below his two earlier releases, the overlooked and underrated "Nineteen Years Old"--available through Taxim.com and, the award winning "Rising Son"--available here on Amazon.com. The two strongest cuts are those featuring the vocals of Taj Mahal, "Strong Man Holler" and "You're Gonna Miss Me." While nothing ground breaking on this CD, Bill certainly carries on the fine tradition of the Delta blues. Worth the purchase, but don't overlook the previous two releases.

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