Ramblin Jack left his home in Brooklyn at 15 to join the only rodeo his side of the Mississippi. His parents were surgeons. He met a singing cowboy in the rodeo and started learning to play guitar. He rambled all the way to England playing everywhere he could. By the time he got back to the states he didn’t even realize how renowned he had become in folk music circles.
I used to sing this live, usually full of pills, which is another story, but this is my first time seeing Jack sing this. I met Jack a few years back; full of good talk & claims & ideas for a fellow singer, much love.
That strumming is wonderful. Great right hand technique. It almost sounds like a banjo or a complex picking pattern but it's just strumming. I'll have try to emulate that and add Ramblin' Jack Elliot to my list of influences.
Still haven't figured it out. It's a little irritating because it's kinda simple but it sounds just so damn good. Lol. I practice my butt off and try to make sure my songs have that little extra complexity but I don't flow like he does. He has that wonderful free flowing sound. Lol. Some guys just have the fingers I guess. I don't know.
Ramblin' Jack Elliott. A direct connection to Woody Guthrie. And just as authentic. A wonderful storyteller with a great guitar and folk voice. Luckily I saw Jack in the late 60s in Seattle.
@@DannyRoseOfficial I wish I could play like him. I wind up playing very little on my recordings. Thankfully, my producer is a fabulous guitarist. Check out my tune "Whisk Me Away" on CZcams. Thanks and take care.
@@eileenconnors4240 The first concert I went to was in a basement theater and Colin Wilkie & Shirley Hart were playing. They were musicians from England. I bought a record there that I still own 40 years later. The first record I bought was from the Irish folk band Clannad.
@@MichaelJones-hn3fn Michael, I didn't respond to you when you posted this, but, I listened to the song again just now, and decided to respond. I am from New York State, north of New York City. My three children are 59, 57, 55, and I have six grandchildren, five of whom are adults in their 20's and 30's. I have one great-grandchild. Music is precious. Traditional music should be shared, preserved, passed down to the next generation, and the next. Today I've been listening to the traditional Irish sean nós singer Joe Heaney. Are you familiar with him? His singing can be found on CZcams. It is delightful to share music with others who appreciate the music I love....
My brother John had an LP of Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, I wish I could remember the name of it. I know there was a ‘talking’ song on it that was hilarious 😂 Hopefully I will come across it on YT.
@@michaeldonaghey Thank you for your suggestion! Actually after listening to his 3 hour album on CZcams I think I have found the one, actually I found 5 songs that I remember. This first one is the one I really wanted. My brother took me back stage to meet Jack and he gave me a kiss on the cheek 😂 I’ve never forgotten that. I was 18 years old at the time. My brother was in the Ian Campbell Folk Group at the time, they were performing with Jack that night at the Birmingham town hall in 1965. Fifteen Cents and a dollar. *** Chisholm Trail Talking Blues Night Herding song Lovesick blues
He's singing about working as a cowboy to a shitty rancher who abuses his workers, and lies through his teeth. Listen to Colter Wall's version. Easier to understand him. Better version too, heh.
Ramblin Jack left his home in Brooklyn at 15 to join the only rodeo his side of the Mississippi. His parents were surgeons. He met a singing cowboy in the rodeo and started learning to play guitar. He rambled all the way to England playing everywhere he could. By the time he got back to the states he didn’t even realize how renowned he had become in folk music circles.
Was lucky to see Jack in1965 at Birmingham (UK) Town hall
I too, saw Jack at the town hall in Birmingham. My brother, John, took me. John was with the Ian Campbell folk group.
Look at Pete. Totally enthralled.
Mesmerised isn't he! What a special moment
our band marvin gardens had the honor to open several times for ramblin' jack at the lion's share in sausalito, ca in the late 60's.
OMG - i went to The Lion's Share in San Anselmo all the time, mostly to see Ramblin' Jack.
I used to sing this live, usually full of pills, which is another story, but this is my first time seeing Jack sing this. I met Jack a few years back; full of good talk & claims & ideas for a fellow singer, much love.
I love this tune! I am so going to learn this on guitar very soon in the future!
Man i just keep playing this song
It's good to see young people like yourself carrying the flag for Woody,Jack and Bob.
The bottom E sounds years old!….magic sound and playing….my hero.
He lived TWO YEARS with Woody Guthrie and Guthrie shaped him musically and yet he kept his own unique voice.
And still plays and promotes woodys music today!
That strumming is wonderful. Great right hand technique. It almost sounds like a banjo or a complex picking pattern but it's just strumming. I'll have try to emulate that and add Ramblin' Jack Elliot to my list of influences.
Still haven't figured it out. It's a little irritating because it's kinda simple but it sounds just so damn good. Lol. I practice my butt off and try to make sure my songs have that little extra complexity but I don't flow like he does. He has that wonderful free flowing sound. Lol. Some guys just have the fingers I guess. I don't know.
Omg what a GEM. thank you for uploading ❤️🔥
Very grateful to have such a quality video of a younger Jack.
How I wish I could've seen Ramblin' Jack back in those days.
I saw him in 70 or 71 at the Mariposa Folk Festival. Small stage, small audience. He was awesome
@@billmckinlay4219 No doubt.
Ramblin' Jack Elliott. A direct connection to Woody Guthrie. And just as authentic. A wonderful storyteller with a great guitar and folk voice. Luckily I saw Jack in the late 60s in Seattle.
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Dylan nicked so much from the both of them but put his masterful writing in front of it all
I could watch guitarists like Jack indefinitely. Everything musical comes so easily, or so it seems.
The best
@@DannyRoseOfficial I wish I could play like him. I wind up playing very little on my recordings. Thankfully, my producer is a fabulous guitarist. Check out my tune "Whisk Me Away" on CZcams. Thanks and take care.
Damn it, Jack. You nailed it.
This might be my favorite rendition of Diamond Joe.
Kinky Friedman does a good version too.
Like seriously
Heard this live in Cleveland in the 70’s. I agree. This is how this song should be done!
It's something special for sure
Happy birthday king
the last remaining man to travel with woody
" And he never was much bothered by the process of the law " .
Great version....Dylan did a great version of this...
Wonderful
This song remembers me to my childhood. The first and the lasst music, I´ll ever love, will be Folkmusic.
Me too. First concert I ever went to was Peter, Paul and Mary when I was 11 and the first album I bought was Bob Dylan ❤
@@eileenconnors4240 The first concert I went to was in a basement theater and Colin Wilkie & Shirley Hart were playing. They were musicians from England. I bought a record there that I still own 40 years later. The first record I bought was from the Irish folk band Clannad.
That’s awesome my friend ❤
he's great ..new York cowboy ..they called him rambling Jack Elliot cos he couldn't stop talking and rambled on
That's a new story. He's been called Ramblin' since the 50's because he and Derroll Adams were the Ramblin' boys.
Nothing feels like this anymore.
It's a shame
@@DannyRoseOfficial Right on!
Folk singer extraordinaire
The man from speedy creek brought me here...
"Drove me near distracted" -- that melismatic quaver captures distraction totally!
It's always very touching and lovely anytime you listen to it, what do you think..?
@@MichaelJones-hn3fn Absolutely. Fist bump!
@@MerleHeidi I'm Michael from Frankfurt Germany but i live with my daughters in Pennsylvania what about you
@@MichaelJones-hn3fn Michael, I didn't respond to you when you posted this, but, I listened to the song again just now, and decided to respond. I am from New York State, north of New York City. My three children are 59, 57, 55, and I have six grandchildren, five of whom are adults in their 20's and 30's. I have one great-grandchild. Music is precious. Traditional music should be shared, preserved, passed down to the next generation, and the next. Today I've been listening to the traditional Irish sean nós singer Joe Heaney. Are you familiar with him? His singing can be found on CZcams. It is delightful to share music with others who appreciate the music I love....
Awesome!
Came here after hearing Colter Wall's version on his new album !
Colter is a hipster
Charley Crockett did better than colter IMO
Colter version great.. flok yourselves.. :D
Check out cabinets cover
@@mikebastiat definitely not a hipster
get you a girl that looks at you like...
Hahahaha
This is a great song! Definitely have to start playing it
Best version hands down.
Definitely
demn right he did !
HBD R’JE
🙏✨🙏
My brother John had an LP of Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, I wish I could remember the name of it. I know there was a ‘talking’ song on it that was hilarious 😂 Hopefully I will come across it on YT.
Could it be East Texas Talking Blues?
@@michaeldonaghey Thank you for your suggestion! Actually after listening to his 3 hour album on CZcams I think I have found the one, actually I found 5 songs that I remember. This first one is the one I really wanted. My brother took me back stage to meet Jack and he gave me a kiss on the cheek 😂 I’ve never forgotten that. I was 18 years old at the time. My brother was in the Ian Campbell Folk Group at the time, they were performing with Jack that night at the Birmingham town hall in 1965.
Fifteen Cents and a dollar. ***
Chisholm Trail
Talking Blues
Night Herding song
Lovesick blues
Diamond Joe is still ramblin in 2020, it's just that no one can figure out what the hell he's talking about 😀
He's singing about working as a cowboy to a shitty rancher who abuses his workers, and lies through his teeth. Listen to Colter Wall's version. Easier to understand him. Better version too, heh.
@@Swidhelm I think BC was referring to another Joe
i wish host could edit subtitles
Sign him up to Colombia.
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Don Edwards does a great version!!!
Me muero..!! Qué gran canción interpretada por un grande!
I’m thinking, “Why aren’t you chuckling, Seeger? The song is funny to folks who worked for such reprobates.” ...but then he chuckles at the end.
Must watch again ,I didn't notice the end chuckle from Serious Pete Seeger
Lyric similarities with Hills of Mexico ?
I named my monster diamond joe, and I searched on CZcams to see if it was original, ig not....
. Bob Dylan never seems to end up with the folk- music fleas . His version is on CZcams premium
What?
John johanna
Jack Elliott is from Brooklyn and pretending to be something he is not...No thanks...