Jack Elliott - Jack Takes the Floor
Topic, 1958
Ramblin' Jack Elliott is the bridge between Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan that I never knew existed. His story is a good one too. The son of a Jewish doctor, Elliott ran away from his New York home to join the rodeo as a teen and though he was eventually dragged back home, it wasn't too long before he hit the road under Guthrie's wing. While the throughline between Eliott's stripped down folk music and Bob Dylan is crystal clear, they honestly seem a little bit like the same person. Both were city slicking Jewish dudes obsessed with Woody Guthrie, yet where Elliott stayed a cowboy Bob Dylan became, well, he became Bob Dylan. This is the music of the dirt, and I've always had a soft spot for the music of the dirt.
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