Ramblin' Jack Elliott, born Elliott Charles Adnopoz in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, on August 1, 1931, is an American folk singer, songwriter, and storyteller. Raised in Midwood, Brooklyn, as the son of a doctor, he ran away at age 15 to join a rodeo before teaching himself guitar and busking. He studied under Woody Guthrie, who became a key mentor. He launched his recording career in the mid-1950s, releasing studio albums including Jack Elliot Sings in 1957, Ramblin' Jack Elliott in London in 1959, and Jack Elliott Sings the Songs of Woody Guthrie in 1960. His subsequent studio albums include Young Brigham in 1968, Bull Durham Sacks & Railroad Tracks in 1970, and South Coast in 1995, the latter winning a Grammy Award. He collaborated with artists including Derroll Adams, Phil Ochs, and Bob Dylan, performing on Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue concert tour and appearing in Dylan's 1978 feature film, Renaldo and Clara. He received the National Medal of Arts in 1998, later releasing studio albums I Stand Alone in 2006 and A Stranger Here in 2009.
