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Interstate City
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 16, 1998
RecordedFebruary – March, 1998
GenreFolk rock, country rock
Length50:21
LabelHightone
ProducerGreg Leisz
Dave Alvin chronology
Interstate City
(1996)
Interstate City
(1998)
Public Domain
(2000)

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

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Robert Christgau(B+)[2]

Writing for Allmusic, music critic Janna Pendragon wrote of the album "A Renaissance man, Dave Alvin continues to make and record music of integrity."[1] 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."[2]

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

References

  1. ^ a b Pendragon, Janna. "Blackjack David > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 12, 2015.
  2. ^ a b Christgau, Robert. "Dave Alvin Reviews". Retrieved August 1, 2015.