The Essential This release collects the original 1964 Jack Elliott album with a live performance from April 30, 2020. Vanguard 1998 77:23 1. Roving Gambler (Traditional) - 3:35 2. Will the Circle Be Unbroken? (Traditional) - 2:34 3. Diamond Joe (Traditional) - 2:55 4. Guabi Guabi (Traditional, arranged by Elliott) - 4:40 5. Sowing on the Mountain (Traditional) - 2:12 6. Roll on Buddy (Traditional) - 2:00 7. 1913 Massacre (Guthrie, Woody) - 3:48 8. House of the Rising Sun (Traditional) - 3:24 9. Shade of the Old Apple Tree (Traditional) - 2:38 10. Black Snake (Jefferson) - 3:23 11. Portland Town (Adams, Derroll) - 1:56 12. More Pretty Girls (Traditional) - 2:11 13. San Francisco Bay Blues (Fuller, Jesse) - 2:15 14. Buffalo Skinners (Traditional) - 4:30 15. Sadie Brown (Rodgers, Jimmie) - 3:50 16. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right (Dylan, Bob) - 4:00 17. Blind Lemon Jefferson (Ledbetter, Huddie) - 3:40 18. Ramblin' Round Your City (Guthrie, Woody) - 2:10 19. Talkin' Columbia (Guthrie, Woody) - 3:50 20. Tennessee Stud (Driftwood, Jimmy) - 4:05 21. Night Herding Song (Traditional) - 3:03 22. Love Sick Blues (Friend, Cliff) - 3:10 23. I Belong to Glasgow (Fyffe, Will) - 5:15 Titled "The Essential," this was actually for some time just the entirety of Ramblin' Jack recordings on the Vanguard label. Musicians on the studio portion include Tedham Porterhouse (alias Bob Dylan), John Herald, Eric Weissberg, Bill Lee, Ian Tyson, and John Hammond, Jr. Humor and confidence at a high, Jack heads up an interesting assortment of studio sessions and a better live performance. Impressions of Lead Belly and an inebriated Scotsman parlay more serious workings of the contemporary "Don't Think Twice" and the vivid howl of "Night Herding Song." Inspect reviews, herded in from all over.