Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys

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Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys
Arlo Guthrie 1973.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1973
Recorded1973
StudioWarner Bros. Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre Folk, folk rock
Length32:36
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
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Billboard (favorable) [2]
Christgau's Record Guide B [3]
Gay News (favorable) [4]
Los Angeles Times (favorable) [5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Contents

Track listing

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

Technical

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