Dave Van Ronk - Dave Van Ronk: The Folkways Years, 1959-1961
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Artist: Dave Van RonkBrand: Smithsonian Folkways Recordings
Edition: Music CD
Format: CD
CD Release Date: 1992-07-13
Model: SFW40041
Music Label: Smithsonian Folkways
Soundtracks:
- Duncan And Brady
- Hesitation Blues
- In The Pines
- Willie The Weeper
- Twelve Gates To The City
- River Come Down
- Careless Love
- Betty And Dupree
- Bed Bug Blues
- Leave Her Johnny
- Yas, Yas, Yas,
- Please See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
- Winin' Boy
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- Gambler's Blues
- Spike Driver's Moan
- Georgie On The IRT
- Come Back Baby
- Black Mountain Blues
- My Baby's So Sweet
Music reviews of Dave Van Ronk: The Folkways Years, 1959-1961
Music Review: When Folk Was King (or Queen)
Rating: 4 Stars
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 interesting ditty about the notorious Moscow Lubyanka political prisonm 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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Description of Dave Van Ronk: The Folkways Years, 1959-1961
Rough, gritty folk guitarist and singer, Van Ronk is one of the genre's most expressive musicians. These 20 tracks represent Van Ronk's best loved material and reveal his original synthesis of jazz and folk. Titles include Willie the Weeper, Come Back Baby, and Yas, Yas, Yas. Van Ronk's handpicked favorites from his Folkways LP's. Compiled and annotated by Kip Lornell and Dave Van Ronk. "...his carefully crafted guitar accompaniments are varied, inventive, and often surprisingly delicate. The reasons for Van Ronk's impact remain loud and clear." -- Sing OutBlues CDs
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