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Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys

1973 studio album by Arlo Guthrie

Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys
Studio album by Arlo Guthrie
Released	April 1973
Recorded	1973
Studio	Warner Bros. Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	Folk, folk rock
Length	32:36
Label	Reprise
Producer	Lenny Waronker, John Pilla
Arlo Guthrie chronology
Hobo's Lullaby (1972) Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys (1973) Arlo Guthrie (1974)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Billboard	(favorable)[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B[3]
Gay News	(favorable)[4]
Los Angeles Times	(favorable)[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[6]
Washington Post	(favorable)[7]

Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys is a 1973 album by the American singer-songwriter Arlo Guthrie. The title was borrowed from a nickname given to Ramblin' Jack Elliott.^[8] Although not intended as a concept album, Guthrie recorded it with the goal of evoking a particular, "mythical" place and era, which he also intended to embody in the cover art.^[9]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks composed by Arlo Guthrie; except where indicated

1. "Farrell O'Gara" (Traditional) – 2:49
2. "Gypsy Davy" (Traditional, Woody Guthrie) – 3:44
3. "This Troubled Mind of Mine" (Ernest Tubb, Johnny Tyler) – 2:27
4. "Week on the Rag" – 2:23
5. "Miss the Mississippi and You" ([William Heagney]) – 2:55
6. "Lovesick Blues" (Irving Mills, Cliff Friend) – 2:35
7. "Uncle Jeff" – 0:56
8. "Gates of Eden" (Bob Dylan) – 5:16
9. "Last Train" – 3:06
10. "Cowboy Song" – 3:42
11. "Sailor's Bonnett" (Traditional) – 1:23
12. "Cooper's Lament" – 2:47
13. "Ramblin' 'Round" (Woody Guthrie; music based on "Goodnight Irene" by Huddie Ledbetter and John Lomax) – 3:14

Personnel[edit]

• Arlo Guthrie – vocals, guitar, banjo, piano, harmonica
• Doug Dillard – banjo
• Clarence White – guitar
• Kevin Burke – fiddle
• Ry Cooder – guitar
• Buddy Collette – clarinet
• Ed Shaughnessy – drums, tabla
• Chuck Rainey – bass
• Stan Free – piano, harpsichord
• Jesse Ed Davis – guitar
• Gene Parsons – drums
• Clydie King – background vocals
• Jim Keltner – drums
• Grady Martin – guitar
• Buddy Alan – guitar
• Bob Arkin – bass
• George Bohanon – horn
• Jerry Brightman – steel guitar
• Donald Christlieb – woodwind
• Gene Coe – horn
• Nick DeCaro – accordion
• Barry Feldman – Executive Producer
• Venetta Fields – background vocals
• Gib Guilbeau – fiddle
• Bob Glaub – bass
• William Green – oboe
• Richie Hayward – drums
• Dick Hyde – trombone
• Thad Maxwell – bass
• Gene Merlino – background vocals
• Bob Morris – guitar
• John Pilla – guitar
• Thurl Ravenscroft – background vocals
• Don Rich – fiddle, guitar
• Jim Shaw – organ, piano
• Doyle Curtsinger – bass, mandolin
• Jessica Smith – vocals
• Robert Tebow – background vocals
• Mike Utley – organ
• Ernie Watts – flute
• Jerry Wiggins – drums
• Dick Hyde – horn
• Jesse Smith – background vocals
• Jim Gordon – piano
• Leland Sklar – bass

Technical

• Judy Maizel - production manager
• Marty Evans - photography

References[edit]