Ramblin' Jack Elliott
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Ramblin' Jack Elliott – Please Remember Me
Biography
Originally from New York, Elliott grew up in a Jewish family and had always wanted to be a cowboy. Pressured by his parents to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a doctor, Elliott resisted and inspired by the rodeos he attended at Madison Square Garden, he ran away from home at the age of 15 and joined the J.E. Ranch Rodeo. Although he was only with the rodeo for three months (before his parents tracked him down and he was sent home), Elliott was exposed to his first singing cowboy, a rodeo clown who played guitar and banjo and sang songs.
Returning home, Elliott taught himself to play guitar and started busking for a living. Eventually he hooked up with Woody Guthrie and lived with him as a kind of student.
With banjo player Derroll Adams, he later toured Great Britain and Europe and had a lasting effect on the music scene there. By 1960, he had made three folk albums for the British label, Topic. Playing in the small clubs and pubs of London by day, he would then take his act to the smart, west end night clubs. Upon arriving back in the U.S., Elliott discovered he had become well-known within the folk scene.
Elliott’s greatest influence was Woody Guthrie. Guthrie’s son, Arlo, has said that because of his dad’s illness and early death, he never really got to know him. Arlo acknowledged that he learned his dad’s songs and musical style through Elliott.
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Talking Dust Bowl Blues (Music for Every Mood)
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Best Of The Vanguard Years
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Druid66
This guy was Bob Dylan before Bob Dylan was, and he remains interesting.
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SamanthaWi
Ramblin' Jack Elliott is amazing, I'll never forget the chance I got to hang out with him and George Ellias.~~!!~
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xSIZEMATTER
great music.
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johntardsbaby66
hero to rebellious jewish youth everywhere [2]
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mikeschnitzer
hero to rebellious jewish youth everywhere
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TBandini
excellent
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suerteasteca
I just know two albums of him and he's already one of my favorites musicians. His versions of "Salty Dog" and "Cocaine" are the best I've ever heard.
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the_desecrator
San Francisco Bay Blues! HELL YEAH!
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eyegorVSighost
check out Eyegor, low-fi acoustic folk visions (inspired by mountain borderlands and Cormack Mccarthy). all songs available on free download, http://www.last.fm/music/eyegor hugs to you fellows.
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helterskelterr_
the king of flatpicking
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xSIZEMATTER
great folk
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emergingsynergy
To answer strajnic, the "Wabash Cannonball" is a train named after the city of Wabash.
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backroomghost
hell yes, he's coming to LA.
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tiredtourist
he really needs more scrobbles for chrissake
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Amanda_Rose_89
"Don't think twice, It's All Right" helps through a break up.
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strajnic
What the hell is Wabash Cannonball?
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chittagongman
yeah, he is so nice
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Mikeyesmike
i love his music
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First Top Mover I've ever contributed to.
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3rd Top artist mover for the week of 4 Nov 2007: Up 469% :)
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