Elliott was with them for only three months before his parents tracked him down and had him sent home, but he had been exposed to his first singing cowboy, Brahmer Rogers, a rodeo clown who played guitar and five-string banjo, sang songs, and recited poetry.

Dylan rose to prominence as a songwriter; Elliott continued as an interpretative troubadour, bringing old songs to new audiences in his idiosyncratic manner.

In the movie, he sings the song "South Coast" by Lillian Bos Ross and Sam Eskin, whose lyric the character's name is derived from.

[6] My name is Longheno de Castro My father was a Spanish grandee But I won my wife in a card game To Hell with those lords o'er the sea Elliott also appears briefly in the 1983 film Breathless, starring Richard Gere and directed by Jim McBride.

Elliott plays guitar in both traditional flatpicking and fingerpicking styles, depending on the song, which he matches with his laconic, humorous storytelling, sometimes accompanying himself on harmonica.

The film's central band of folksingers, the Folksmen (Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, and Harry Shearer), are said to have scored a hit album called Ramblin'.

[8] Jack said his intention was to title the album Not for the Tourists, because it was recorded partially in response to his daughter's request for songs he loved but never played in concert.

Elliott appeared with the Ramblin' Jackernacle Choir, adding vocals, yodels, hollers, to Bob Weir's 2016 solo album Blue Mountain, on the track "Ki-Yi Bossie".