Ramblin' Jack Elliott

Ramblin' Jack Elliot (born Elliott Charles Adnopoz, August 1, 1931) is an American folk performer.

Originally from New York, Elliott grew up in a Jewish family and had always wanted to be a cowboy. He ran away

Ramblin' Jack Elliot (born Elliott Charles Adnopoz, August 1, 1931) is an American folk performer.

Originally from New York, Elliott grew up in a Jewish family and had always wanted to be a cowboy. He ran away from home as a teenager and joined a rodeo in an attempt to fufill his childhood dream. He started learning to play the guitar at this point and eventually hooked up with Woody Guthrie and lived with him as a kind of student.