- Born
- Birth nameElliot Charles Adnopoz
- Nickname
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott
- Ramblin' Jack Elliott was born on August 1, 1931 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for Everything Must Go (2010).
- SpouseJune Shelley (divorced)
- He tells lots of stories during his performances; this is the source of his "Ramblin'" nickname.
- Studio Records
1955: Woody Guthrie's Blues 1957: Jack Elliot Sings 1958: Jack Takes the Floor 1958: Ramblin' Jack Elliott in London EMI Records 33 SX 1166 recorded 5/7 November 1958 1960: Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings Songs by Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers 1960: Jack Elliott Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie 1961: Songs to Grow On by Woody Guthrie, Sung by Jack Elliott (Folkways Records) 1961: Ramblin' Jack Elliott (Prestige/Folklore) 1962: Country Style (Prestige/Folklore) 1964: Jack Elliott (Vanguard) 1968: Young Brigham (Reprise) 1970: Bull Durham Sacks & Railroad Tracks (Reprise) 1981: Kerouac's Last Dream (Folk Freak/re-release by Conträr Musik, Germany) 1995: South Coast (Red House) 1998: Friends of Mine (HighTone) 1999: The Long Ride (HighTone) 2006: I Stand Alone (ANTI-) 2009: A Stranger Here (ANTI-). - Father of Aiyana Elliott
- Graduated from Midwood High School in Brooklyn, New York in 1949.
- He was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1998 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.
- He was awarded the National Medal of Arts in 1998.
- [from his website] While a lot of people don't think I'm imitating Woody [[Woody Guthrie'], I still feel I am in a way, you know, like he's looking over my shoulder.
- [from his website] I was going to be a truck driver. In fact, I could've had a good, steady job driving a garbage truck, but guitar has always been my ruin.
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