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Ramblin' Jack Elliott - plus Jeffrey Martin

Presented by HopMonk Tavern Novato at HopMonk Tavern Novato, Novato CA

Oct 22 2017
Ramblin' Jack Elliott - plus Jeffrey Martin

The legendary folk singer

One of the last true links to the great folk traditions of this country, with over 40 albums under his belt, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott is considered one of the country’s legendary foundations of folk music.

There are no degrees of separation between Jack and the real thing. He is the guy who ran away from his Brooklyn home at fourteen to join the rodeo and learned his guitar from a cowboy. In 1950, he met Woody Guthrie, moved in with the Guthrie family and traveled with Woody to California and Florida, from the redwood forests to the Gulf Stream waters. Jack became so enthralled that he completely absorbed the inflections and mannerisms, leading Guthrie to remark, “Jack sounds more like me than I do.”

Through it all, Jack resisted being molded into a commercial commodity. He played his shows without a written set list or including any songs that did not ring with his gut feeling of what mattered to him.

At seventy-seven, Ramblin’ Jack is still on the road, still seeking those people, places, songs and stories that are hand-crafted, wreaking of wood and canvas, cowhide and forged metal. You’ll find him in the sleek lines of a long haul semi-truck, in the rigging of an old sailing ship, in the smell of a fine leather saddle.

 

As a babe Jeffrey Martin sought out solitude as often as he could find it. He’s always been that way, and he has never understood the whole phenomenon of smiling in pictures, although he is a very happy guy. One night in middle school he stayed up under the covers with a flashlight and a DiscMan, listening to Reba McEntire’s ‘That’s the Night that the Lights Went Out in Georgia’ on repeat until the DiscMan ran out of batteries. That night he became a songwriter, although he didn’t actually write a song until years later.

Jeffrey Martin tours full time now. He is always making music, and he is always coming through your town. Jeffrey has put out bunches of music since 2009, but he’s most proud of the more recent stuff. He’s fortunate to be a part of the great and loving family that is Fluff and Gravy Records in Portland, OR.

ADMISSION INFO

General Admission - $25 ADV / $30 (DOOR)

Admission + Cookout Meal + Beverage - $43 ADV / $48 (DOOR)

Children 3 and under are free

This event is all ages

Enjoy a Sunday evening cookout concert in our beer garden with the legendary Ramblin' Jack Elliott!

Additional time info:

Doors: 4:00 pm / Show: 5:00 pm

PHOTOS

  • Gallery 1 - jeffrey-martin
  • Gallery 2 - ramblin-poster
  • Jeffrey Martin

LOCATION

HopMonk Tavern Novato

224 Vintage Way, Novato, CA 94945

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