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Ramblin' Jack Elliott has had a much more profound influence on the music in your life than you might realize.
The folk singer was a contemporary of Woody Guthrie and a major influence on Bob Dylan and Arlo Guthrie.
He's been telling stories and singing songs for decades and, now, Elliott is the subject of a new documentary. Not bad for a kid from Brooklyn who ran away from home to be a cowboy.
Filmmakers Dee Brown and Bruce Bryant started gathering footage of Elliott in the 1980s. In the audio above, they talk about the resulting documentary, Ramblin' Jack Elliott: A Texas Ramble, which will be screened tonight at 7 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
