Ramblin' Jack Elliott - Friends of Mine (1998)
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Country / Folk
Label: Hightone
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Riding Down the Canyon (4:24)
met Arlo Guthrie
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Me and Billy the Kid (3:49)
met Peter Rowan
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Last Letter (5:08)
met Rosalie Sorrels
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Louise (4:44)
met Tom Waits
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Rex's Blues (2:38)
met Emmylou Harris en Nanci Griffith
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Walls of Red Wing (4:31)
met John Prine
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Hard Travelin' (1:44)
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He Was a Friend of Mine (3:27)
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Dark as a Dungeon (4:40)
met Guy Clark
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Friend of the Devil (4:14)
met Bob Weir
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Reason to Believe (3:28)
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Bleeker Street Blues (3:51)
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Old Time Feelin' (0:47)
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geplaatst: 24 december 2025, 02:40 uur
vandaag terecht veel aandacht hier op MuMe voor de onlangs op 74-jarige leeftijd overleden Chris Rea.
op dit duet album uit 1998 van de inmiddels 94-jarige nog in leven zijnde Ramblin' Jack Elliott zijn vele muzikale grootheden te horen die ons helaas inmiddels zijn ontvallen, te weten Guy Clark, Rosalie Sorrels, Nanci Griffith, John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker en Norton Buffalo, wat de nummers op dit album een extra lading geeft.
Ramblin' Jack Elliott is een folk legende die past in het rijtje van o.a. Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger en Woody Guthrie. er staan heel wat pareltjes op "Friends of Mine", zoals "Last Letter", de hemels mooie harmoniezang van Emmylou Harris en Nanci Griffith op "Rex's Blues" (Townes Van Zandt), het ontroerende "Walls of Red Wing" (B. Dylan) met de onvolprezen John Prine, "He Was a Friend of Mine" (B. Dylan) met Jerry Jeff Walker, "Dark as a Dungeon" (Merle Travis) met Guy Clark en de solo door Ramblin' Jack Elliott gespeelde en gezongen Tim Hardin cover "Reason to Believe".
een prachtig, ingetogen album met akoestisch uitgevoerde klassiekers waarbij de sleutelwoorden authentiek, puur en oprecht mij te binnen schieten. behalve de akoestische gitaren en een enkele keer drums (Jimmy Sanchez) worden er prachtige accenten aangebracht door o.a. Norton Buffalo (harmonica), Tom Rigney (violins) en Billy Wilson (accordeon).
Album werd door Ramblin' Jack opgedragen aan Townes Van Zandt (his spirit lives on ...) en geproduceerd door Roy Rogers
de liner notes zijn van de inmiddels overleden Susanna Clark (vrouw van Guy Clark)
"Jack and Jan stayed with us in the Spring of '97. Jack and I surprised each other in the kitchen at 7:00 a.m. one morning, and over coffee someone lowered the Jim Beam.
At the kitchen table Jack took me on a magical tour from Brooklyn to herding cattle with Ian Tyson in Canada. From Woody Guthrie to his San Francisco boat, from New Orleans to folkhouse Bob Dylan. And he drew pictures the whole time. Spellbound, he sang songs, and I sang songs back at him, and I drew pictures back at him. And I wrote stuff down when words got so memorable they were unmemorizable. He attented to details of life that go unattended and go wanting, were it not for Jack's passing them along with his precise poet's report. Laughed a lot and he let me cry about Townes. By mid-afternoon Guy had checked on us a lot but he said, "There was such an electric arc of understanding, I wouldn't touch it with welding gloves".
John Prine found us at 7:00 p.m., same table, same robe, same cups, when he came to cart Jack off to dinner.
I know Jack will take you to all the places he took me with this album. I don't miss Jack 'cause he's still here, the songs, drawings, laughter and stories. Listen and you'll be at our kitchen table".
I love you Jack,
Susanna Clark (December 5, 1997)
op dit duet album uit 1998 van de inmiddels 94-jarige nog in leven zijnde Ramblin' Jack Elliott zijn vele muzikale grootheden te horen die ons helaas inmiddels zijn ontvallen, te weten Guy Clark, Rosalie Sorrels, Nanci Griffith, John Prine, Jerry Jeff Walker en Norton Buffalo, wat de nummers op dit album een extra lading geeft.
Ramblin' Jack Elliott is een folk legende die past in het rijtje van o.a. Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger en Woody Guthrie. er staan heel wat pareltjes op "Friends of Mine", zoals "Last Letter", de hemels mooie harmoniezang van Emmylou Harris en Nanci Griffith op "Rex's Blues" (Townes Van Zandt), het ontroerende "Walls of Red Wing" (B. Dylan) met de onvolprezen John Prine, "He Was a Friend of Mine" (B. Dylan) met Jerry Jeff Walker, "Dark as a Dungeon" (Merle Travis) met Guy Clark en de solo door Ramblin' Jack Elliott gespeelde en gezongen Tim Hardin cover "Reason to Believe".
een prachtig, ingetogen album met akoestisch uitgevoerde klassiekers waarbij de sleutelwoorden authentiek, puur en oprecht mij te binnen schieten. behalve de akoestische gitaren en een enkele keer drums (Jimmy Sanchez) worden er prachtige accenten aangebracht door o.a. Norton Buffalo (harmonica), Tom Rigney (violins) en Billy Wilson (accordeon).
Album werd door Ramblin' Jack opgedragen aan Townes Van Zandt (his spirit lives on ...) en geproduceerd door Roy Rogers
de liner notes zijn van de inmiddels overleden Susanna Clark (vrouw van Guy Clark)
"Jack and Jan stayed with us in the Spring of '97. Jack and I surprised each other in the kitchen at 7:00 a.m. one morning, and over coffee someone lowered the Jim Beam.
At the kitchen table Jack took me on a magical tour from Brooklyn to herding cattle with Ian Tyson in Canada. From Woody Guthrie to his San Francisco boat, from New Orleans to folkhouse Bob Dylan. And he drew pictures the whole time. Spellbound, he sang songs, and I sang songs back at him, and I drew pictures back at him. And I wrote stuff down when words got so memorable they were unmemorizable. He attented to details of life that go unattended and go wanting, were it not for Jack's passing them along with his precise poet's report. Laughed a lot and he let me cry about Townes. By mid-afternoon Guy had checked on us a lot but he said, "There was such an electric arc of understanding, I wouldn't touch it with welding gloves".
John Prine found us at 7:00 p.m., same table, same robe, same cups, when he came to cart Jack off to dinner.
I know Jack will take you to all the places he took me with this album. I don't miss Jack 'cause he's still here, the songs, drawings, laughter and stories. Listen and you'll be at our kitchen table".
I love you Jack,
Susanna Clark (December 5, 1997)
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