Amoeba Music

By J Poet

Ramblin’ Jack Elliot was been a folk singer long before the 60s folk revival he helped inspire. He was one of Woody Guthrie’s last traveling companions, mentored the young Bob Dylan, and hobnobbed with folkies, hippies and beatniks including Oakland’s Jesse Fuller, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. He hung out with Cisco Houston, Pete Seeger and The Almanac Singers, the group that slowly mutated into The Weavers, and has recorded countless albums on dozens of labels. Along with Guthrie, he was an early influence on Bob Dylan, and his renditions of Dylan tunes helped popularize Dylan’s music. While he doesn’t write many songs of his own, he’s a masterful interpreter of material with an encyclopedic knowledge... Read More

City Of Origin:

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Genre:

Folk, Traditional Folk, Classic Folk

Birthdate:

08/01/1931