Jack Elliott was born into a well-to-do Jewish family in New York in 1931 and ran away to join a rodeo at the age of 15. He taught himself guitar and took up busking as a singing cowboy, embellishing his performances with rambling, folksy introductions and earning his nickname. He was a contemporary of Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan, with an extensive career and much to my surprise is still recording and performing at the age of 94.
This is engaging and enjoyable folk music, but to be honest I’d swap this record’s place in the 1001 albums list for anything by Connie Converse who was trying to break into the New York folk scene at around this time in 1958, but was shamefully overlooked by the male dominated music industry.
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