The American singer and guitarist Ramblin Jack Elliott 1931 is a seminal figure in the folk music revivals of the United States and Great Britain. Declared an American treasure by former President Bill Clinton Elliott has traveled and performed for more than 50 years and his life and career neatly parallel the ascension of folk musics renaissance from the 1940s through the present day. Ramblin Jack Elliott The NeverEnding Highway is the first complete biography of this important figure in the history of folk music. Elliotts music and Beatera sensibility influenced countless artists in the fields of folk rock and country and western music and Hank Reineke provides the full story of Elliotts relationships and influences. Most notably his associations with Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan are welldocumented Elliott is considered Guthries most famous protege and Elliott mentored Dylan in his early career. Reineke also recounts how Elliotts life intersected with Derroll Adams Jack Kerouac and the Beats Princess Margaret James Dean and scores of others. The book examines the full breadth of Elliotts career discussing how the roughedged cowboy singer survived in the music industry and eventually won a Grammy Award for Best Traditional Folk Recording and the prestigious National Medal of the Arts. In addition to the biography Reineke has amassed the first exhaustive and comprehensive discography of albums from the singers notable backcatalog 19552009 including nearly 60 LP and CD issues many rare and soughtafter 78rpm discs EPs and 45rpm recordings as well as a number of contributions to compilations soundtracks festival recordings and guest appearances. This impressive volume is rounded out with a bibliography an index and more than 30 photographs making this a musthave for scholars and fans of American folk music. show more