- 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), Honky Tonk Nights (1978) and Adventures of Power (2008).
- 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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