Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys

Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys
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

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

All tracks composed by Arlo Guthrie; except where indicated

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

Personnel

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

^ AllMusic review
^ "Pop Picks". Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 15. 1973-04-14. p. 51. Retrieved 2024-03-04 – via ProQuest.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: G". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ "Record Reviews". Gay News. London. 1973-07-12. Retrieved 2024-03-04 – via ProQuest.
^ Hilburn, Robert (1973-08-12). "Pop Album Briefs". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles. Retrieved 2024-03-04 – via ProQuest.
^ Nathan Brackett, ed. (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Fireside Books. p. 351.
^ Zito, Tom (1973-06-17). "One More Time". The Washington Post Times Herald. Washington. Retrieved 2024-03-04 – via ProQuest.
^ Schwartz, Larry (1999-03-07). "Urban cowboy". The Age. Melbourne. Retrieved 2024-03-04 – via Access World News.
^ Harper, Colin (April 1999). "Buried Treasure". Mojo. No. 65.