Ramblin' Jack video

Subject: Ramblin Jack Video
From: Steve in Idaho
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 12:18 PM

Received my video - WOW!!! If any of you have not seen this video - beg, borrow, or buy one. All of us had tears in our eyes at the end - Thanks to the folks that put it up for auction. The best money I have spent for a while - - Steve

Subject: RE: BS: Ramblin Jack
From: annamill
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 01:06 PM

Yes it was great wasn't it! I'm so glad you were happy with it. I loved it.

Love, annamill

Subject: RE: BS: Ramblin Jack
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 01:10 PM

The name of it? And is it still "in print", so to speak? Where is it available, if at all? Tell, tell!!!

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: Ramblin Jack
From: GUEST,djh
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 03:01 PM

DaveO ,
I think they are talkin about "the Ballad of Ramblin' Jack". A documentary about Jack Elliott by his daughter, released last year. Great movie.

Subject: RE: BS: Ramblin Jack
From: Steve in Idaho
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 03:54 PM

Yes - That is the movie. Unsure where to find it. Try the local video stores - an online search? Well worth whatever it takes. Regards - Steve

Subject: RE: BS: Ramblin Jack
From: MAG
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 04:14 PM

Annamil kindly put several copies of this in the auction. It is available TO video stories, tho' they may not have ordered it. I have alas not seen my copy yet, as my TV is on the blink. (after paying $70 to get it fixed.)

Subject: RE: BS: Ramblin Jack
From: BH
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 06:39 PM

The film is a truly moving documentary. If you are not an Elliot fan it matters not since his daughter has created a film that can stand on its own as a great piece of work. If you are a fan you can see him "warts" and all.

His daughter's object in this was, as she said, to come to terms with her relationship with her father.

One of the most moving scenes ( I feel) is when she asks her mother how Jack was as a father. The silence is deafening.

I think it can still be seen in a few art theaters, and I hope that someday a PBS Great Master's Show would carry it.

Bill Hahn

Subject: RE: BS: Ramblin Jack
From: Finn McCool
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 12:43 AM

Dear Catters,

The motion picture Ballad of Ramblin' Jack was a *great* documentary. It furnished wonderful insights into the 1950's and 60's New York folk scene and Jack Elliott's role. Hey, he coulda been a surgeon, but he chose to make folk music for all of us.

My only quibble with the film is that none of the music in this documentary can touch any of the tracks recorded by Ramblin' Jack in 1960 and 1961, recently released on a CD called Hard Travelin' on the Fantasy label. Jack's guitar technique, as reflected in the numbers recorded for the film, is well below the performance abilities that he had demonstrated years earlier. If you have only seen the documentary and have never heard any of these early tracks, then you don't know Ramblin' Jack's art. I first heard these tunes on vinyl in 1962 and they still blow me away. This, IMHO, is the ultimate in folk music.

--Finn McC

Subject: RE: BS: Ramblin Jack
From: GUEST,harvey andrews
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 11:55 AM

This documentary (brilliant!) was recently shown in the UK on "The arts Channel" one of the better subscription only Sky choices.

Subject: RE: BS: Ramblin Jack
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 10:58 PM

Now that I know what you're talking about, I can tell you that The Ballad of Ramblin' Jack is available at Elderly Music (Elderly.com).

Dave Oesterreich

Subject: RE: BS: Ramblin Jack
From: Uncle_DaveO
Date: 07 Aug 01 - 10:59 PM

Actually the name of the store is Elderly Instruments, not Elderly Music. They're in Lansing, Michigan.

DAve Oesterreich