Ramblin’ Jack Elliott

Recording Artist · Active 1957–present · Brooklyn · Also a musician
Folk Revival

Jack Elliott, known as “Ramblin' Jack Elliott,” is an American folk singer and guitarist, a key link in the line of American folk music running from Woody Guthrie to Bob Dylan.

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  • Born Elliott Charles Adnopoz in Brooklyn, New York, in 1931.
  • Ran away as a teenager to join a rodeo, where he learned cowboy songs and guitar.
  • Became a protege of Woody Guthrie, learning Guthrie's songs and style directly from him.
  • Was an important early influence on Bob Dylan and many later songwriters.
  • Won a Grammy Award for his album “South Coast” in 1995.
  • Received the National Medal of Arts in 1998.
  • Jack Elliott
    Played on recording with Ramblin’ Jack Elliott

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