Bull Durham Sacks & Railroad Tracks

Studio album by Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Released

1970

Recorded

Woodland Sound and Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville, TN

Charlie Daniels, Neil Wilburn

Ramblin' Jack Elliott chronology

Young Brigham
(1968)

Bull Durham Sacks & Railroad Tracks
(1970)

The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott
(1976)

Bull Durham Sacks & Railroad Tracks is an album by American folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott, released in 1970. It was his second, and last, release on the Reprise label. Elliott did not release another studio album for eleven years.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Mary Grady wrote the album "The album shines when it gets away from talking and into the music... Lowlights are the spoken raps, which just don't work well in the context of the album. Overall, the album is a good representation of the most commercial period of Elliott's career."^[1]

Reissues

Bull Durham Sacks & Railroad Tracks was reissued on CD with selections from Young Brigham as Me & Bobby McGee by Rounder Records in 1995.^[2]
Bull Durham Sacks & Railroad Tracks was reissued on CD by Collector's Choice Music in 2001.

Track listing

"Me and Bobby McGee" (Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster) – 3:45
"Folsom Prison Blues" (Johnny Cash) – 3:48
"Reason to Believe" (Tim Hardin) – 2:02
"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight" (Bob Dylan) – 1:51
"Don't Let Your Deal Go Down" (Traditional) – 3:57
"We Come Here Not Chicago Dutchland For The Alles Brink Hoop Geslaffen Mocker"
"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (Dylan) – 1:05
"Lay Lady Lay" (Dylan) – 2:55
"Girl from the North Country" (Dylan) – 3:00
"The Tramp on the Street" (Grady Cole, Hazel Cole) – 4:27
"Michigan Water Blue" (Clarence Williams) – 2:14
"Don't You Leave Me Here" (Traditional) – 1:26
"Blue Mountain" (Traditional) – 0:44
"With God on Our Side" (Dylan) – 3:44

Personnel

Ramblin' Jack Elliott – vocals, guitar

Production notes:

Neil Wilburn – producer
Charlie Daniels – producer
Johnny Cash – original liner notes

References

1 2 Grady, Mary. "Bull Durham Sacks & Railroad Tracks > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
↑ Allmusic entry for Me & Bobby McGee. Accessed June 10, 2009.

External links

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Studio albums	Woody Guthrie's Blues Jack Elliot Sings Jack Takes the Floor Ramblin' Jack Elliott in London Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings Songs by Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers Jack Elliott Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie Songs to Grow On by Woody Guthrie, Sung by Jack Elliott Ramblin' Jack Elliott Country Style Jack Elliott Young Brigham Bull Durham Sacks & Railroad Tracks Kerouac's Last Dream South Coast Friends of Mine The Long Ride I Stand Alone A Stranger Here

Live albums	Jack Elliott at the Second Fret

With Derroll Adams	The Rambling Boys Roll On Buddy Folkland Songs Riding in Folkland America

Compilations	Talking Woody Guthrie Muleskinner The Essential Ramblin' Jack Elliott Hard Travelin' Talking Dust Bowl: The Best of Ramblin' Jack Elliott Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Spider John Koerner, U. Utah Phillips: Legends of Folk Jack Elliott Plus / Jack Elliott Me and Bobby McGee Jack Elliott: Ramblin' Jack, The Legendary Topic Masters Ramblin' Jack Elliott: Early Sessions Best of the Vanguard Years The Lost Topic Tapes: Cowes Harbour 1957 The Lost Topic Tapes: Isle of Wight 1957 Vanguard Visionaries

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