Blackjack David Explained

Blackjack David
Type:	studio
Artist:	Dave Alvin
Border:	yes
Released:	June 16, 1998
Recorded:	February – March, 1998
Genre:	Folk rock, country rock
Length:	50:21
Label:	Hightone
Producer:	Greg Leisz
Prev Title:	Interstate City
Prev Year:	1996
Next Title:	Public Domain
Next Year:	2000

Blackjack David is the sixth album by the American artist Dave Alvin, released in 1998.

Reception

Writing for AllMusic, Janna Pendragon stated: "A Renaissance man, Dave Alvin continues to make and record music of integrity." Music critic Robert Christgau wrote: "...making the personal historical is still his metier—the border patrolman of 'California Snow', the Vietnam casualty of '1968'. He also knows how to make rootlessness historical. But I say he just likes the road."

Track listing

All songs by Dave Alvin unless otherwise noted.

1. "Blackjack David" (Traditional) – 5:02
2. "Abilene" – 4:57
3. "New Highway" – 3:14
4. "California Snow" (Dave Alvin, Tom Russell) – 4:00
5. "Evening Blues" – 5:33
6. "The Way You Say Goodbye" – 4:37
7. "Mary Brown" – 4:30
8. "Laurel Lynn" – 3:36
9. "1968" (Alvin, Chris Gaffney) – 4:03
10. "From a Kitchen Table" – 5:56
11. "Tall Trees" (Alvin, Fontaine Brown) – 4:47

Personnel

• Dave Alvin – vocals, guitar
• Chris Gaffney – accordion
• Dan McGough – organ
• Gregory Boaz – bass
• Bob Glaub – bass
• David Piltch – bass
• Bobby Lloyd Hicks – drums, percussion, background vocals
• Greg Leisz – guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, banjo, dobro, mandola, pedal steel guitar, slide guitar
• Brantley Kearns – fiddle
• Dillon O'Brian – accordion, harmonium, piano
• Doug Wieselman – clarinet, organ

Production notes

• Paul DuGre – engineer, mixing
• David Ahlert – engineer
• Joe Gastwirt – mastering
• Lou Beach – design
• Kate Hoddinott – package design
• Issa Sharp – photography
• Dave Hoekstra – liner notes