Inside Dave Van Ronk

Inside Dave Van Ronk

Track Listings

1. Samson and Delilah

2. Cocaine Blues

3. You've Been a Good Old Wagon

4. Fixin' to Die

5. Hang Me, Oh Hang Me

6. Long John

7. Chicken Is Nice

8. He Was a Friend of Mine

9. Motherless Child

10. Stackerlee

11. Mr. Noah

12. Come Back Baby

13. Poor Lazarus

14. House Carpenter

15. Cruel Ship's Captain

16. Sprig of Thyme

17. Talking Cancer Blues

18. I Buyed Me a Little Dog

19. Lady Gay

20. Fair and Tender Ladies

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Samson & Delilah
Cocaine Blues
You've Been A Good Old Wagon
Fixin' To Die
Hang Me, Oh Hang Me
Long John
Chicken Is Nice
He Was A Friend Of Mine
Motherless Child
Stackerlee
Mr. Noah
Come Back Baby
Poor Lazarus
House Carpenter
The Cruel Ship's Captain
Sprig Of Thyme
Talking Cancer Blues
I Buyed Me A Little Dog
Lady Gay
Fair And Tender Ladies
Brian O'Lynne
Shanty Man's Life
Silver Dagger
Kentucky Moonshiner
He Never Came Back

Customer Reviews:

The Man Is A Genius.......2007-06-25

R.I.P. Dave Van Ronk....I wish I could put the finest flowers on your grave.
I don't think he ever received the credit that he deserved. His folk guitar is clean and brilliant. I love his cotton-picking style...in fact, I used to listen to many of these songs on this CD back in the 60's when this came out on an album-especially "Come Back Baby" and "You've Been A Good Old Wagon" and got to learn how to play them note for note on my guitar like he did. This CD brought tears to my eyes and fond memories of the 60's hippie days when folk music was in its hey-day. I also must give praise to his unique, husky, gritty voice....he just rocks.

Dave early one: what a blast!.......2007-01-07

Less polished than the tunes presented on Folkways Years CD, this CD contains many of the pieces that Dave became known for performing during his early years in the 'Village' in New York. A combination of old sea shanties, mountain music and a few newer 20's-styled blues songs with Dave showcasing some of his early skills on the 6 and 12 string guitars, the autoharp, banjo and even the dulcimer. A critical piece of Dave's musical history and legacy. It is no wonder that his most well read biography is titled, "The Mayor of MacDougal Stree"... for, indeed, he must have been!

Great Barrel Busting Blues from the Soul of a Heavy Dude.......2006-11-15

Here is a real down to earth original from the heart blues acoustic guitar singer with the most authentic approach. Highly recommended. Will remind you of all the folkways that came and went in the days when a man expressed himself with an acoustic guitar, a bottle of beer, and a gut wrenched by life. Highly original great acoustic blues listening cd.

Title? Title? I don't need no stinkin' title........2006-11-05

In 1970 I found an LP of Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters in the 69 cents bin in a precursor to K-Mart. This was a great LP and had the version of Cocaine Blues that was being played on the local university radio station. I bought this CD thinking that it had the same version but it did not. This CD is OK Van Ronk but I'm still looking for the Hudson Dusters.

The Master at Work.......2006-04-01

When I first heard folk music in my youth I felt unsure about whether I liked it or not. As least against my strong feelings about the Rolling Stones and my favorite blues artist such as Howling Wolf and Elmore James. Then on some late night radio folk show here in Boston I heard Dave Van Ronk doing `Come All You Fair and Tender Ladies' and that was it. That old-time gravelly voice (even though I found out later that he was relatively young at that time) still commands my attention in the same way.

The last time I saw Dave Van Ronk perform, after not seeing him for a fairly long period of time, was not a particularly good night as he was pretty sick by that time. Moreover, his politics seemed to have crumbled over time from that of the hardened Trotskyist of his youth going out slay the benighted Stalinists for the soul of the working class. His dedication to leftist politics, as testified to by those who knew him well like Tom Paxton, was well know and passionate. A man who can write an intersting ditty about the notorious Moscow Lubyanka political prison is definitely a political man. Although no one asks a musical performer to wear politics on his or her sleeves as a litmus test, given his status as a prime historian/activist of the folk revival of the 1960's, this was disconcerting.

That folk scene, of which Dave was a central and guiding figure not fully recognized outside a small circle to this day, was not only defined by the search for root music and relevancy but by large political concerns such as civil rights, the struggle against war, and the need for social justice. Some of it obviously was motivated as well as simply a flat out need to make our own mark on the world. Dave was hardly the first person from this period to lose his political compass in the struggle against injustice. I say this with sadness in his case but I will always carry that memory of that late night radio experience in my head. That said, please listen to this man reach under a song. You will not forget it either.

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