"Kerouac&#146;s Last Dream" is regarded as a definitive Ramblin&#146; Jack Elliott CD+ even by Ramblin&#146; Jack+ who says+ "I think this album is better than any of my previous albums." It has also been also cited as his best-sounding recording prior to his 1995 Grammy-winning "Sun Coast." On this reissue of a rare 1980 German LP+ with eight previously unreleased tracks added+ Ramblin&#146; Jack performs classic songs by his primary inspiration and early-&#146;50s traveling companion+ the late Woody Guthrie ("Pretty Boy Floyd+" "Talkin&#146; Fishin&#146;+" "1913 Massacre")+ by a younger Guthrie acolyte+ Bob Dylan ("Don&#146;t Think Twice+" "I Threw It All Away")+ by seminal country music artists Ernest Tubb ("Soldier&#146;s Last Letter") and Roy Acuff ("Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain")+ and some traditional folk standards ("Freight Train+" "Roving Gambler+" "Cuckoo+" "Buffalo Skinners+" and "Nightherding Song"). For good measure+ there are even a couple of Elliott originals ("Cup of Coffee" and "912 Greens! ")+ always a rare commodity. <P>Performing solo on acoustic guitar and vocals+ Elliott has assembled a showcase of timeless songs and unaffected delivery. As "the last of the Brooklyn cowboys+" as Arlo Guthrie has called him+ Elliott could be singing these songs at a lonely campfire after a hard day on the trail. Listeners are lucky to be within earshot.