Ramblin' Jack Elliot Sings Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers and Cowboy Songs

Ramblin' Jack Elliott (born 1931) was interested in cowboys from a young age; he ran away from his home in Brooklyn, New York, to join a rodeo at age 14.

But he was also inspired by Woody Guthrie--he lived with the Guthrie family for a time, mastering Woody's vocal and guitar style so completely that Woody supposedly exclaimed, "Jack sounds more like me than I do!"

Jimmie Rodgers (1897–1933), of Meridian Mississippi, was one of the first country music icons, but only after his worsening tuberculosis made it too difficult for him to continue as a railroad worker.

This recording, issued as a CD in 1994, combines two LPs released more than 30 years earlier—one of Woody Guthrie and Jimmie Rodgers songs and the other of cowboy songs.

Track Listing

101	Do-Re-Mi	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:34
102	Dead or Alive	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	03:26
103	Grand Coulee Dam	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:42
104	Dust Storm Disaster	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	03:27
105	I Ain't Got No Home	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:19
106	So Long, It's Been Good to Know You	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	03:55
107	T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	03:41
108	Waiting for a Train	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:31
109	Jimmie the Kid	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:30
110	Mother, the Queen of My Heart	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	03:07
111	In the Jailhouse Now	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:36
112	Whippin' That Old T.B.	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	03:44
113	Rusty Jiggs and Sandy Sam	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:58
114	Git Along Little Dogies	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:04
115	Sadie Brown	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:12
116	Night Herding Song	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:48
117	Chisholm Trail	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:20
118	Fifteen Cents and a Dollar	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:56
119	Rocky Mountain Belle	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:06
120	Talking Blues	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:18
121	Diamond Joe	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	03:22
122	In the Willow Garden	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	03:23
123	I Ride an Old Paint	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:22
124	Jack O'Diamonds	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:27