Jack Takes the Floor

Jack Takes the Floor
Studio album by Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Released	1958
Genre	Folk
Label	Topic
Producer	Bill Leader, Dick Swettenham
Ramblin' Jack Elliott chronology
The Rambling Boys (1957) Jack Takes the Floor (1958) Ramblin' Jack Elliott in London (1959)

Jack Takes the Floor is an album by American folk musician Ramblin' Jack Elliott, released in Great Britain in 1958. The original release was a 10-inch LP.^[1]

Track listing[]

Side one

1. "San Francisco Bay Blues" (Jesse Fuller)
2. "Ol' Riley"
3. "Boll Weevil" (Traditional)
4. "Bed Bug Blues"
5. "New York Town"
6. "Grey Goose"

Side two

7. "Mule Skinner Blues" (Jimmie Rodgers, Vaughn Horton)
8. "Cocaine"
9. "Dink's Song"
10. "Black Baby"
11. "Salty Dog" (Traditional)

The album was reissued with two additional songs: "Old Blue" and "East Texas Talking Blues" as Muleskinner. A later reissue further added "Brother Won't You Join the Line?" and "There Are Better Things to Do".

Personnel[]

• Ramblin' Jack Elliott – vocals, guitar

References[]

External links[]

• Ramblin' Jack Elliott Illustrated discography