Ramblin' Jack Elliott is an American folk singer born in Brooklyn, New York, who began performing as a travelling balladeer in the early 1950s and is associated with folk, country and blues traditions. Rooted in traditional American folk and country blues, his repertoire and performance style—centred on acoustic guitar and narrative songcraft—evolved through the mid-20th-century folk revival as he preserved and transmitted ballads, cowboy songs and topical folk material within the broader cultural movement.
