Today is Ramblin’ Jack Elliot’s birthday and he’s celebrating it at the Newport Folk Festival so I thought I’d give a shoutout to the one and only Brooklyn Cowboy. You know, me and Jack go back a long way. When I was a little folkie back in The Bronx I used to go down to this place in the Village, the Gaslight Cafe every Tuesday night to check out Dave Van Ronk’s Hotennany. Jack was there, and so were Bobby D. (aka Tedham Porterhouse on harmonica on this seminal album:) … … and Richie Havens, Johnny Hammond Jr., Bonnie Raitt, Ian & Sylvia, Pat Sky, Son House, evrybody that was anybody. And me, the kid from The Bronx. I will never forget that. Thanks, Jack!!
