*** Q: What do Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, Mick Jagger, Jack Kerouac, James Dean and Bill Clinton have in common?
*** A: Ramblin' Jack Elliott - "a wandering, mythical, true American minstrel" (President Bill Clinton, quoting Sam Shepard)
Folk music pioneer, the bridge between Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, international hard traveller and raconteur. Johnny Cash said "I've done a lot of travelling in my time... but no-one has covered more miles than Jack; and for every mile he's left a song and a friend."
In case anyone missed the import of David Evpak's earlier post and hasn't got got the news, it appears that Jack needs to go in for some work done. Do go to
Funny how many of us go back to '63 for our 1st contact. Mine was in '62 when my brother bought home one of his records. I went out and got an old stella