Jack Elliott at the Second Fret is a live album by American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Ramblin' Jack Elliott is an American folk singer and performer.-Life and career:Elliot Charles Adnopoz was born in Brooklyn, New York to Jewish parents in 1931. Elliott grew up inspired by the rodeos at Madison Square Garden, and wanted to be a cowboy...

, released in 1962.

Reception

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Richie Unterberger

Richie Unterberger

Richie Unterberger is a US author and journalist whose focus is popular music and travel writing.-Life and writing:Having worked as a DJ at WXPN in Philadelphia, he started reviewing records for Op magazine in 1983...

 wrote the album "It's perhaps a little more fun to hear than the average early 1960s Jack Elliott album, because the live ambience and spoken introductions and asides give it a warmer atmosphere than the earnest but plain studio recordings."

Reissues

• Jack Elliott at the Second Fret was reissued as Hootenanny with Jack Elliott in 1964 on the Prestige
  Prestige Records
  Prestige Records was a jazz record label founded in 1949 by Bob Weinstock. The company was located at 203 South Washington Avenue in Bergenfield, New Jersey, and recorded hundreds of albums by many of the leading jazz musicians of the day, sometimes issuing them under the names of several...
  
  /Folklore label.
• Jack Elliott at the Second Fret was reissued on CD by Fantasy Records
  Fantasy Records
  Fantasy Records is a United States-based record label that was founded by Max and Sol Weiss in 1949 in San Francisco, California. They had previously operated a record-pressing plant called Circle Record Company before forming the Fantasy label...
  
   in 1999 along with Country Style
  Country Style (Ramblin' Jack Elliott album)
  Country Style is an album by American folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott, released in 1962.-Reception:Writing for Allmusic, music critic Ronnie D. Lankford, Jr. wrote the album "On Country Style, one can see the rambling doctor's son come into his own as a performer.....
  
  .

Side one

1. "Mule Skinner Blues
   Mule Skinner Blues
   "Mule Skinner Blues" is a classic country song written by Jimmie Rodgers; "George Vaughn" is sometimes listed as co-author; the name is a pseudonym for Vaughn Horton, who wrote Bill Monroe's "New Mule Skinner Blues" the second version recorded by Monroe.The song was first recorded by Rodgers in...
   
   " (Jimmie Rodgers
   Jimmie Rodgers (country singer)
   James Charles Rodgers , known as Jimmie Rodgers, was an American country singer in the early 20th century known most widely for his rhythmic yodeling...
   
   , Vaughn Horton)
2. "Cool Water
   Cool Water
   "Cool Water" is a song written in 1936 by Bob Nolan. It is about a man and his mule, Dan, and a mirage in the desert.-Original version:The best-selling recorded version was done by Vaughn Monroe and The Sons of the Pioneers in 1948. The recording was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number...
   
   " (Bob Nolan
   Bob Nolan
   Bob Nolan was a Canadian-born American singer, songwriter, and actor. He was a founding member of the Sons of the Pioneers, and composer of numerous Country music and Western music songs, including the standards "Cool Water" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." He is generally regarded as one of the...
   
   )
3. "Talking Miner"
4. "Boll Weevil
   Boll Weevil (song)
   "Boll Weevil" is a traditional blues song, also known by similar titles such as "Boweavil" or "Boll Weevil Blues." Although many songs about the boll weevil were recorded by blues musicians during the 1920s, '30s and '40s, this one has become well known, thanks perhaps to Lead Belly's rendition of...
   
   " (Traditional)
5. "How Long Blues"

Side two

1. "Salty Dog
   Salty Dog (song)
   "Salty Dog Blues" is an early 1900s folk song. It is in the public domain. It has been recorded by blues, jazz, country music, bluegrass groups and other styles. The oldest recordings of the song credit Papa Charlie Jackson, who adapted the song directly from the African-American traditional for...
   
   " (Traditional)
2. "Tyin' Knots in the Devil's Tail"
3. "Hobo's Lullaby
   Hobo's Lullaby
   "Hobo's Lullaby" is a song written by Goebel Reeves, and famously performed by various people including folk singer Woody Guthrie, his son Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Emmylou Harris, the Kingston Trio, Ramblin' Jack Elliott. and Anaïs Mitchell. Its music is nearly identical to popular Civil War era...
   
   " (Goebel Reeves
   Goebel Reeves
   Goebel Reeves was an American folk singer. His most famous song is "Hobo's Lullaby," which has been covered by a variety of singers, notably Woody Guthrie and his son Arlo....
   
   )
4. "Talking Sailor"
5. "Rock Island Line" (Lead Belly)

External links

• Ramblin' Jack Elliott Illustrated discography