LoginRicky Jay Plays Poker
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This royal flush of a card sharp's compilation provides an inspired soundtrack for magician Ricky Jay's poker obsession. The game (blood sport?) offers common thematic ground for blues king Robert Johnson, country queen Patsy Cline, folk great Bob Dylan, soul legend O.V. Wright, and the high bluegrass harmonies of the Country Gentlemen. The selection additionally extends from call-and-response musicals (Howard Da Silva's "Politics and Poker") to TV (Lorne "Bonanza" Greene's "Five Card Stud") to Irish balladry ("Dolan's Poker Party"). The same song--"Ace in the Hole" (not the Geo
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Manufacturer: Sony Legacy
Release date: 13 February 2007
Number of discs: 2
EAN: 0828768416426 UPC: 828768416426
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Release date: 13 February 2007
Number of discs: 2
EAN: 0828768416426 UPC: 828768416426
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