I Stand Alone (Dig)

Ramblin' Jack Elliott | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 11, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Anti
• ASIN: B000FMGTXA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #99,064 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

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

Customer Reviews

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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Starts strong, ends strong... welcome back, RJE..!!, July 11, 2006

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Spike "Spike" (Earth) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Stand Alone (Dig) (Audio CD)

This album starts strong, and ends like a beatnik dream, with Jack teasing into a trip he and Woody Guthrie took to California in about 1954 or 5, the last time he saw Woody before heading off to change the face of folk music in England and Europe over the next 5 or 6 years... I've had a bit of a start on hearing this album as it was released over here in Europe a few days earlier, and it's been listened to over and over (along with Kristofferson's newest gem, of course)... back to "I Stand Alone", though, I believe I'd read somewhere Jacks daughter (documentary daughter) or someone asked him if he could think of any songs he hadn't played in a good while, and this album was born out've just that, despite a couple regulars ("rake and ramblin' boy", to be sure)... it's good to hear Jack singin' regulars from his much earlier works like "Mr Garfield" (which, incidentally, he nails!!) and "Call me a Dog"/"Honey where you been so long", etc, etc... This is no 'South Coast', it's no "Kerouacs Last Dream", no "Young Brigham", or "Friends of Mine"... its "I Stand Alone" and that it does, alongside those classics in it's own special way.... Jacks vocals and wisdom through and through give a new, deeper meaning and feeling and almost humor to "Arthritis Blues" (the man's got a new hip, if I'm correct) and when he sings "... blue... i'm coming too" it takes on a new meaning as well.... Jack Elliott really ages like wine, and this album shows just that! I reviewed my alltime favorite of his albums (Kerouacs Last Dream) and didn't think I'd throw another on that level but, with where Jack is in life a few months shy of 75, and the various influences and disciple-sorts that show up to pay their respects and, most importantly, dwarfing the prior two reasons, is just the through and through outstanding quality of this album! Spike here gives it 5 stars and if there were six stars I'd ask for seven.... Now, if you're new to Ramblin Jack Elliott, you may not understand why 2 or 3 of the songs are so short ...hell, maybe none of us do but Jack fans will know it's just Jack... I've been a Jack groupie whenever I can get an excuse to for the past decade or so (12, 15 shows) and to see Jack live, also, can explain his eccentric habits.... pony's, gettin' old, bacon and beans, beat visions, memories, dogs, dogs, more dogs.. trains and the blues from an old man in Hong Kong, just wishin' to get back home --- Jack covers 'em all and more, and, as always, Jack Elliott makes 'em his own....

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I Stand Alone, August 12, 2006

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Eric J. Smith (Southern Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Stand Alone (Dig) (Audio CD)

Ramblin'Jack still has one of the most authentic folk voices around, and this is an interesting selection. The fans of the latter day Elliot Adnipose will appreciate his guitar work throughout. Unfortunately, only a few cuts are fully realized so as to rise much above the level of average. These include "Arthritis Blues," "Driving Nails in My Coffin," and "Call me a Dog." He also gives Hoagie Carmichael a run for his money with his version of "Hong Kong Blues."

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Breakfast with Ramblin' Jack, August 11, 2008

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Stephen Andrew McDonnell "SAM" (Regina, Saskatchewan Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Stand Alone (Dig) (Audio CD)

I had breakfast with Jack, Sunday, August 10, 2008. Jack was in town for the Regina Folk Festival. I was @ The hotel he was staying at, for a pre-fest breakfast with friends & family, Jack came in for breakfast, we introduced ourselves & he kindly asked me to join him for breakfast!

I've been a long time fan of his since my teens and my older brother & I (deceased 1983) used to listen to his 'Young Brigham' album, and particularly the song '912 Greens' - a rambling talking Kerouacesque blues that had a profound emotional resonance for the both of us. He didn't play '912 Greens' at his concert, but he did play his wonderful version of 'Don't Think Twice, It's Alright' from that album. Precious memories. 'I Stand Alone' is ample proof that Jack has still got it and is aging like a very,very, fine old wine. I also gave him a copy of a cd: 'Living in The Boom Times' - a country/roots project I played on. Hope he likes it.