Jack-Knife Gypsy is the second album from Folk rock

Folk rock

Folk rock is a musical genre combining elements of folk music and rock music. In its earliest and narrowest sense, the term referred to a genre that arose in the United States and the UK around the mid-1960s...

/Country rock

Country rock

Country rock is sub-genre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock with country. The term is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s, beginning with Bob Dylan and The Byrds; reaching its greatest...

 musician Paul Siebel

Paul Siebel

Paul Siebel is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born on September 19, 1937 in Buffalo, NY. He is best known for other artist's cover versions of his songs, most notably "Louise"...

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Reception

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."

Reissues

• Jack-Knife Gypsy was re-issued on CD by Line in 1994.
• Jack-Knife Gypsy was reissued on CD with Woodsmoke and Oranges by WEA International on October 12, 2004.

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

• Paul Siebel
  Paul Siebel
  Paul Siebel is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born on September 19, 1937 in Buffalo, NY. He is best known for other artist's cover versions of his songs, most notably "Louise"...
  
   - guitar, vocals
• Clarence White
  Clarence White
  Clarence White was a guitar player for Nashville West, The Byrds, Muleskinner, and the Kentucky Colonels. His parents were Acadians from New Brunswick, Canada...
  
   - guitar
• Robert Warford - guitar
• Buddy Emmons
  Buddy Emmons
  Buddy Emmons , is an American guitarist.Emmons has been called "The World's Foremost Steel Guitarist" and his talent is greatly admired by fellow steel guitarists...
  
   - steel guitar
• David Grisman
  David Grisman
  David Grisman is an American bluegrass/newgrass mandolinist and composer of acoustic music. In the early 1990s, he started the Acoustic Disc record label in an effort to preserve and spread acoustic or instrumental music.-Biography:Grisman grew up in Hackensack, New Jersey...
  
   - mandolin
• Jim Buchanan
  Jim Buchanan
  James Forrest Buchanan was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of one season with the St. Louis Browns. For his career, he compiled a 5-9 record in 22 appearances, with a 3.50 earned run average and 54 strikeouts.Buchanan attended Austin College and Midland...
  
   - violin, viola
• Doug Kershaw
  Doug Kershaw
  Doug Kershaw, born January 24, 1936, is an American fiddle player, singer and songwriter from Louisiana. Active since 1949, Kershaw has recorded fifteen albums and charted on the Hot Country Songs charts.- Early life :...
  
   - fiddle
• Billy Wolfe - bass
• Bernie Leadon
  Bernie Leadon
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   - guitar
• Gary White - bass
• Ralph Shuckett - organ, piano
• Russ Kunkel
  Russ Kunkel
  Russell Kunkel , also known as Russ Kunkel, is an American drummer and producer who has worked as a session musician with a number of well-known artists.Kunkel was born in Pittsburgh, PA...
  
   - drums

Production

• Producer: Robert W. Zachary
• Recording Engineer: Bill Lazerus at Sunset Sound, LA / Fritz Richmond
  Fritz Richmond
  John B. "Fritz" Richmond was an American musician and recording engineer. Fritz Richmond was considered the foremost washtub bassist in the world, and was also the most successful professional jug player....
  
   at Elektra Sound Recorders, LA
• Overdub Engineer: Greg Fulginiti
  Greg Fulginiti
  Gregory Fulginiti is an American recording and mastering engineer.In a career spanning three decades, Fulginiti was nominated for the TEC Awards by Mix magazine 6 times, earned 175 Gold and Platinum Awards, 25 Multi-Platinum Awards, 100 Number One recordings, 135 Grammy nominees, including the...
  
   at Elektra Sound Recorders, NYC
• Mixing: Bruce Morgan at Elektra Sound Recorders, LA
• Art Direction: Robert L. Heimall
• Photography: Frank Bez
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig
  Bob Ludwig is an American mastering engineer.He is a well known and respected figure within the music industry. His name is credited on the covers of albums released across the world, and he has won numerous awards....