Ramblin’ Jack Elliot
Image No. 63-7-44: Ramblin' Jack Elliot Club 47, Cambridge, Mass., July 1963 Ramblin' Jack was the bridge between the generation of Woody Guthrie, and Pete Seeger and the Weavers, and our own. He went to England and got famous there and came back to the U.S., his legend preceding him. Jack had idolized Woody, and a very young Bob Dylan had idolized Jack -- hell, we all idolized Jack. He had a great repertoire and from the first time I saw him at the 47, I was learning songs from him. I still do them, and so does he.
Image No. 63-7-34: Here's lookin' at you Club 47, Cambridge, Mass., July 1963 Ramblin' Jack raises his glass in the basement of the old 47 between sets. (This is a coffeehouse, folks. No beer, no wine. It must be a glass of -- Coke? Coffee? Maybe one of them Italian sodas where you pour the syrup out of a funny-looking bottle.)
Image No. 64-9-10 Jack Elliot, with Mel Lyman on harp Club 47, Cambridge, Mass., July 1964
Image No. 64-9-3: Living Room Music Cambridge, Massachussetts, July 1964 Jack has always been just as happy playing for a few friends in somebody's living room as he is on the concert stage. Especially if there's a barefoot girl to listen.
Image No. 63-7N-38: Ramblin' Jack at Newport 1963 Newport Folk Festival