Ramblin' Jack Elliott Sings Woody Guthrie, 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 (Poor Lazurus)	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 in This World Anymore	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:19
106	So Long, It's Been Good to Know You	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	03:55
107	Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas)	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	Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo, Get 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	Down in the Willow Garden	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	03:23
123	I Ride an Old Paint	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:22
124	Jack of Diamonds	Ramblin' Jack Elliott	02:27