Gone Wanderin'

Jackie Greene | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 19, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Dig Music
• ASIN: B00006L3QR
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,682 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #67 in Music > Indie Music > Folk > Singer Songwriters

Track Listings

1. Gone Wanderin'

2. Tell Me Mama, Tell Me Right

3. Travelin' Song

4. Mexican Girl

5. Down In The Valley Woe

6. Cry Yourself Dry

7. By The Side Of The Road, Dressed To Kill

8. Freeport Boulevard

9. Judgement Day

10. Gracie

11. Maria, Maria (It's A Sin To Tell A Lie)

12. The Ballad Of Sleepy John

13. Messin' With The Kid (Bonus Live Track)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Got himself a future, March 23, 2004

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Mitchell Lopate (Adak, Alaska) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gone Wanderin' (Audio CD)

Blowing a tasty blues harmonica and really filling up the space in between with fluid and rich chords, Jackie Greene plays his way into your hearts and ears. Confidence-that's one thing he has; his voice carries it strongly with the homespun lyrics that pour out in a sensitive tenor. Maybe another Jackson Browne? The urge to catalogue him is immediate-but not as easy as I wanted. The harmonica was vintage Dylan-and maybe Neil Young. The same for the guitar: on an acoustic, he looks as though he had been on stage for years, especially with the furious rhythm he sets on several songs. Who did something like that...Buddy Holly? Maybe. Where did he get that maturity? Something like Waylon as a young man...and he finger-picks ballads ("Gracie") like Willie did before he went grizzled and gray. But Jackie is skinny-has a mop of dark hair that sits under a porkpie hat-and looks like someone ought to take him home and keep him for a while.

He can pull up to a keyboard set and proceeded to ripple as fine a boogie-woogie cabaret piano as Billy Joel would do-and yes, the harp is still clamped and honking. No fooling: this is why those lessons you quit in spite of your parents' pleas were valuable. He's also quite adept at bluegrass banjo, electric guitar, and a Hammond B-3 too, but that's on the CD. And it rocks-with good licks and rough-and-ready stuff. "Tell Me Mama, Tell Me Right" just slides ever so gracefully under your shuffling feet, "Mexican Girl" has Jackie torn between love and destiny, "Down in the Valley Woe" goes aloft with a fast-paced crescendo, "Cry Yourself Dry" means you just closed the bar, and "Freeport Boulevard" is where the action's at for a hot night. Now, let me get back to the CD; is he a western Van Morrison? Maybe he came from the days of Poco? Just can't help comparing him...and most likely, he's gonna be just fine being himself.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The talented Mr. Green, August 18, 2004

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T. Piccuillo - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Gone Wanderin' (Audio CD)

Like many other reviewers, my first exposure to Jackie Green came earlier this year when I saw him open up for Jonny Lang in Anaheim, CA. Though Jonny Lang delivered an amazing show and exhibited why he is considered one of the most talented guitar players on the planet, Jackie Green would have been worth the price of admission by himself. He plays with a raw energy that grabs you on the very first note. His music is a combination blues, folk, and good old fashioned rock-and-roll, and his play on the acoustic guitar, piano, and harmonica will astound you. Buy this record. Buy all of Jackie Green's records. And if you have the chance to see him live, don't miss it!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A true artist., January 26, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Gone Wanderin' (Audio CD)

I had the good fortune of seeing Jackie play live last week as Jonny Lang's opening act. It was amazing, simply put. I have never seen someone move from instrument to instrument with such ease and fluency. He was completely alone on stage, with no backup band or even another rhythm guitar player, and to tell the truth, he didn't need anyone else. The songs were wonderful. The lyrics - all of which he wrote - range from a light sing-along style to deep and impactful poetry on music. I bought his CD immediately.
"Gone Wanderin'" is truly one of the best CD's I have ever heard. It opens with the song the CD was named for, a light but wistful tune that could have come straight out of the Great Depression. "By the Side of the Road, Dressed to Kill" and "Gracie" are stunningly poetic ballads that could tear your heart out if you let them. The last track on the CD is a live one with Mick Martin and the Blues Rockers, which is I appreciate all the more after actually seeing Jackie play live.
Many people have compared Jackie Greene to Bob Dylan or other epic folk-rock singers of the past, but Jackie can stand alone and do well without these comparisons. He's just himself, and that's so much better than being "the next ______." He is a true artist.