Ballad of Ramblin Jack wo Eliott

Tienda 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

Detalles del producto Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No Idioma : Inglés Dimensiones del producto : 5 x 5.75 x 0.35 pulgadas; 3.61 Onzas Fabricante : Vanguard Número de modelo del producto : 1978682 Fecha de lanzamiento original : 2000 Tiempo de ejecución : 1 hora y 52 minutos Producto en Tienda desde : Julio 27, 2006 Etiqueta : Vanguard ASIN : B00004UETH Número de discos : 1 Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº349,269 en CDs y Vinilo (Ver el Top 100 en CDs y Vinilo) nº913 en Vaquero nº4,907 en Folk Contemporánea (CDs y Vinilo) nº5,375 en Folk Tradicional (CDs y Vinilo) Opiniones de clientes: 5.0 de 5 estrellas 8 calificaciones Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No Idioma : Inglés Dimensiones del producto : 5 x 5.75 x 0.35 pulgadas; 3.61 Onzas Fabricante : Vanguard Número de modelo del producto : 1978682 Fecha de lanzamiento original : 2000 Tiempo de ejecución : 1 hora y 52 minutos Producto en Tienda desde : Julio 27, 2006 Etiqueta : Vanguard ASIN : B00004UETH Número de discos : 1