For other uses, see Jack of Diamonds.
Jack of Diamonds (a.k.a. Jack o' Diamonds and Jack of Diamonds (Is a Hard Card to Play)) is a traditional folk song.
Versions
Among others, it has been performed by
- Tex Ritter - Very early recording and a song that Ritter is famous for.
- Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds (on the album B-Sides & Rarities, released 22 March 2005.)
- P.W. Long (on the album We Didn't See You On Sunday, released 1997.)
- Blind Lemon Jefferson (1926)
- Alexander Hacke & Danielle de Picciotto (on the album Ship Of Fools, 2008.)
- John Lee Hooker (on the album Jack o' Diamonds: 1949 Recordings, released 2004)
- Odetta (on Odetta Sings Ballads and Blues, 1956)
- Lonnie Donegan released it as a single in 1957 (available on Rock Island Line: The Singles Anthology 1955-1967, released 1985 [1])
- Mance Lipscomb (the Texas Songster)
- Ruth Brown released a version as a single in 1959.
- Fairport Convention recorded a version on their debut album written by Bob Dylan and Ben Carruthers, and featured lyrics [2] based on the original.
- The Daily Flash, an obscure Seattle-based folk-rock group from the Sixties, released their version on an SP in June 1966 (available on a compilation box Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968, Rhino Records 1998).
- Tarbox Ramblers uses it to open their first album.
- John Jacob Niles
- Sonic Syndicate
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott (on multiple LPs)
- Waylon Jennings (with the .357s on the album Waylon Forever)
- Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans (on their album Five Dollar Bill)
- Birdmen Of Alkatraz (on their album From The Bird Cage)
- Dave Matthews
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