Ramblin' Jack Elliott
USA, 1954–now
American folk singer (b. 1931) and a close associate of Woody Guthrie, whose repertoire and delivery he carried to Britain and to the New York folk scene of the early 1960s, where he was an important model for Bob Dylan.
MusicRoots documents 1 artist who influenced Ramblin' Jack Elliott and 2 artists Ramblin' Jack Elliott influenced in turn. Every connection cites a published source.
Who influenced Ramblin' Jack Elliott?
- Woody Guthrie — Guthrie was the overwhelming influence on Elliott, who travelled and lived with him and absorbed his repertoire so completely that Guthrie said Elliott sounded more like him than he did.
Which artists did Ramblin' Jack Elliott influence?
- Rod Stewart — Elliott was one of the folk troubadours whose songs the young Stewart busked in London — the route by which Guthrie's American folk reached him first-hand.
- Bob Dylan — Elliott's guitar and his command of Guthrie's songs made a deep impression on Dylan in Minneapolis and then in New York, where Elliott mentored him; Dylan called him the king of the folk singers.