Jack-Knife Gypsy

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Jack-Knife Gypsy
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1971
Studio
Genre Country rock/Folk rock
Length37:44
Label Elektra (42076), Line (900951)
Producer Robert W. Zachary Jr.
Paul Siebel chronology
Woodsmoke and Oranges
(1970)
Jack-Knife Gypsy
(1971)
Live at McCabe's
(1981)

Jack-Knife Gypsy is the second album from folk rock/country rock musician Paul Siebel.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Music critic Jim Worbois wrote in his Allmusic "The first record may have drawn listeners for the opportunity to hear Siebel originals of songs they knew from elsewhere. This record does not have that same kind of pull but is every bit as good." [1]

Reissues

Track listing

All songs by Paul Siebel.

  1. "Jasper and the Miners" – 2:37
  2. "If I Could Stay" – 3:41
  3. "Jack-Knife Gypsy" – 3:25
  4. "Prayer Song" – 4:47
  5. "Legend of the Captain's Daughter" – 3:51
  6. "Chips Are Down" – 4:29
  7. "Pinto Pony" – 2:22
  8. "Hillbilly Child" – 2:58
  9. "Uncle Dudley" – 3:09
  10. "Miss Jones" – 4:24
  11. "Jeremiah's Song" – 2:01

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. 1 2 Worbois, Jim. "Jack-Knife Gypsy > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved December 6, 2010.