Tom Rush

Track Listing:
1. Long John - 4:00   2. If Your Man Gets Busted - 3:30   3. Do-Re-Mi - 2:39   4. Milk Cow Blues - 3:15   5. The Cuckoo - 3:24   6. Black Mountain Blues - 2:44   7. Poor Man - 3:30   8. Solid Gone - 3:01   9. When She Wants Good Lovin' - 2:45   10. I'd Like to Know - 2:17   11. Jelly Roll Baker - 3:01   12. Windy Bill - 2:16   13. Panama Limited - 8:23

Reviews:

1. AllMusic - Bruce Eder
It's unfortunate that Tom Rush's third album has such a strong reputation among rock listeners -- not that it doesn't deserve it, but it sort of distracts them from this album, which was as natural a fit for rock listeners as any folk album of its era. Rush's debut album is filled with a hard, bluesy brand of folk music that's hard on the acoustic guitar strings and not much easier on his voice; he sings stuff like "Long John" and "If Your Man Gets Busted" with a deep, throaty baritone that's only a little less raw thanJohn Hammond's was while doing his work of the same era. Rush had the misfortune to be equated with Bob Dylan, but he had a more easygoing and accessible personality that comes out on numbers here such as Woody Guthrie's "Do-Re-Mi" and Kokomo Arnold's "Milkcow Blues," which are thoroughly enjoyable and quietly (but totally) beguiling. Additionally, he isn't such a purist that he felt above covering a Leiber & Stoller number such as "When She Wants Good Lovin'."