Jack Elliott
Also Known As: Ramblin' Jack Elliott
Biography: One of the last authentic links to the great folk traditions of this country, with over 40 albums under his belt, two-time GRAMMY-winner Ramblin' Jack Elliott is considered one of the country's legendary foundations of folk music. Long before every kid in America wanted to play guitar — before Elvis, Dylan, the Beatles, or Led Zeppelin — Ramblin' Jack had picked it up and was passing it along.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, USA
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Ramblin' Jack Elliott: A Texas Ramble
Overview: Ramblin' Jack Elliott: A Texas Ramble offers a rare chance to step inside music history and culture with a character who's been at the heart of it, making the most of every glorious moment and saving up stories to tell.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-01-01
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The History of Rock 'n' Roll
Overview: The history of rock n' roll and pop music are explored are explored via interviews and footage of well-known music stars.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-03-06
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Honky Tonk Nights
Overview: Former stripper turned aspiring country singer Bette Barnette gets a gig performing at a seedy tavern run by the no-nonsense Georgia. However, poor Bette can't get the rowdy male patrons to take her seriously as a singer. Meanwhile, evil local businessman Sam Diamond plots to get his greedy hands on Georgia's place, feisty and ambitious younger singer Dolly Pop doesn't take it lightly that Bette has taken her job, and Bette's sister Doris Ann has problems of her own with her wannabe daredevil boyfriend Danny.
Genres: Music Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-03-01
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The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack
Overview: With the help of her mother, family, friends, and fellow musicians, Aiyana Elliott reaches for her father, legendary cowboy troubadour, Ramblin' Jack Elliott. She explores who he is and how he got there, working back and forth between archival and contemporary footage. Born in 1932 in Brooklyn, busking through the South and West in the early 50s, a year with Woody Guthrie, six years flatpicking in Europe, a triumphant return to Greenwich Village in the early 60s, mentoring Bob Dylan, then life on the road, from gig to gig, singing and telling stories. A Grammy and the National Medal of Arts await Jack near the end of a long trail. What will Aiyana find for herself?
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-08-16
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Renaldo and Clara
Overview: Filmed in the autumn of 1975 prior to and during Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue tour – featuring appearances and performances by Ronee Blakley, T-Bone Burnett, Jack Elliott, Allen Ginsberg, Arlo Guthrie, Ronnie Hawkins, Roger McGuinn, Joni Mitchell, Mick Ronson, Arlen Roth, Phil Ochs, Sam Shepard, and Harry Dean Stanton – the film incorporates three distinct film genres: concert footage, documentary interviews, and dramatic fictional vignettes reflective of Dylan's song lyrics and life.
Genres: Drama Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1978-01-25
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The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography
Overview: Portrait photographer Elsa Dorfman found her medium in 1980: the larger-than-life Polaroid Land 20x24 camera. For the next thirty-five years, she captured the “surfaces” of those who visited her studio: families, Beat poets, rock stars, and Harvard notables. As pictures begin to fade and her retirement looms, Dorfman gives Errol Morris an inside tour of her backyard archive.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-30
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Ballads, Blues & Bluegrass
Overview: In the early 1960s, when Greenwich Village was bursting with a folk music revival, the Friends of Old Time Music made it their mission to introduce urban audience to some of the legends of pre-war American traditional music. After a 1961 series of concerts featuring Roscoe Holcomb, Clarence Ashley and Doc Watson, Alan Lomax invited the artists and a who’s who of the folk revival back to his West 3rd Avenue apartment for an impromptu song swap. Filming was arranged on the fly and a raw, many-layered evocation of the art and attitude of the period emerges from the footage, with some of the biggest names of the era, old timers and revivalists alike: Memphis Slim, Willie Dixon, Jean Ritchie, Ernie Marrs, Peter LeFarge, Ramblin Jack Elliott, Guy Carawan,the Greenbriar Boys, and the New Lost City Ramblers.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-19
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Bob Dylan: Hard Rain
Overview: From the fall of 1975 to the summer of 1976, Bob Dylan took a happy gaggle of musicians out on a two-leg tour dubbed the Rolling Thunder Review. Live at Fort Collins, Colorado
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-09-14
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For the Sake of the Song: The Story of Anderson Fair
Overview: A devoted community of artists, volunteers and patrons transform a politically subversive little neighborhood coffee house and restaurant into a unique American music institution.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-17
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Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
Overview: Part documentary, part concert film, part fever dream, this film captures the troubled spirit of America in 1975 and the joyous music that Dylan performed during the fall of that year.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-11
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Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970
Overview: In 1970, three years following his death from Huntington’s disease, an all-star cast of musicians gathered at Los Angeles, CA’s Hollywood Bowl to pay homage to iconic folk songwriter Woody Guthrie. Although the concert was a one-night-only event , four-time Emmy Award-winner Jim Brown filmed the historic Woody Guthrie All-Star Tribute Concert 1970, which included performances by Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Country Joe McDonald, Odetta, Richie Havens, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Earl Robinson, and The Band, along with narration by actors Will Geer and Peter Fonda.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-03-01
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Woody Guthrie: Hard Travelin'
Overview: A warmhearted memorial to the folk singer whose songs galvanized organizers and guitar-pickers across the United States. Part biography, part travelogue and part hootenanny, it follows the singer's son, Arlo Guthrie, as he retraces his father's steps and collects reminiscences from his father's family, friends and musical partners.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Phil Ochs Memorial Celebration
Overview: A tribute concert honoring the life of legendary folksinger Phil Ochs recorded at the Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum in 1976.
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1977-07-09
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Long John Baldry: In the Shadow of the Blues
Overview: This music documentary celebrates the long and influential career of Long John Baldry, a pioneering British musician whose blues revivalism inspired The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and a young Eric Clapton. Featuring footage of early performances and commentaries from a number of musicians for whom he was a great influence.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-03-24
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Rolling Thunder Revue - 1975-1976 Video Anthology
Overview: Essential excellent quality pro-shot compilation with five live recordings. 1) Hard Rain US TV Broadcast version, Fort Collins, May 23, 1976 2) Rejected TV Special, Belleview Biltmore Hotel, Clearwater, April 22, 1976 3) Renaldo And Clara unreleased concert footage, November/December 1975 4) Hard Rain Japanese TV version, Fort Collins, May 23, 1976 5) World Of John Hammond, WTTW-TV, Chicago, September 10, 1975
Genres: Music Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-01-01
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BBC Arena: Woody Guthrie
Overview: Documentary on the life of Woody Guthrie, the travelling songwriter and singer who paved the way for the likes of Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen.
Genres: Documentary Music TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-01-08
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