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
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

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

• 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 guitar
• 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 guitar
• 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 guitar
• William Green – oboe
• Richie Hayward – drums
• Dick Hyde – trombone
• Thad Maxwell – bass guitar
• 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 guitar, 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 guitar

Technical

• Judy Maizel - production manager
• Marty Evans - photography

References

1. AllMusic review
2. "Pop Picks" . Billboard . Vol. 85, no. 15. April 14, 1973. p. 51. ProQuest   1505923636 . Retrieved March 4, 2024.
3. 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.
4. "Record Reviews" . Gay News . London. July 12, 1973. ProQuest   2242683474 . Retrieved March 4, 2024.
5. Hilburn, Robert (August 12, 1973). "Pop Album Briefs" . Los Angeles Times . Los Angeles. ProQuest   157303294 . Retrieved March 4, 2024.
6. Nathan Brackett, ed. (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide . Fireside Books. p. 351.
7. Zito, Tom (June 17, 1973). "One More Time" . The Washington Post Times Herald . Washington. ProQuest   148399525 . Retrieved March 4, 2024.
8. Schwartz, Larry (March 7, 1999). "Urban cowboy" . The Age . Melbourne. Retrieved March 4, 2024– via Access World News.
9. Harper, Colin (April 1999). "Buried Treasure". Mojo . No. 65.