| Just Dave Van Ronk | ||||
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| Released | 1964 | |||
| Recorded | 1964 | |||
| Studio | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ | |||
| Genre | Folk | |||
| Length | 34:31 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Producer | Frank Fried | |||
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Just Dave Van Ronk is a 1964 album by folk/blues singer Dave Van Ronk. It has not been released on CD.
It is probably this arrangement of "House Of The Risin' Sun" that was developed by Dave Van Ronk that Bob Dylan — who was a close friend of Van Ronk's at the time — used on his 1962 debut album Bob Dylan . Van Ronk discusses this in Martin Scorsese's documentary No Direction Home . In the interview, Van Ronk said that he was intending to record it at that time, and that Dylan copied his version of the song.
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Richard Meyer wrote "... Van Ronk's understated guitar style is perfect for these intimate performances. His naturally rough voice allows him to sing these songs believably without any ethnic affectation or false energy." [1]
David Kenneth Ritz Van Ronk was an American folk singer. An important figure in the American folk music revival and New York City's Greenwich Village scene in the 1960s, he was nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street".
"Baby, Let Me Follow You Down" is a traditional folk song popularised in the late 1950s by blues guitarist Eric Von Schmidt. The song is best known from its appearance on Bob Dylan's debut album Bob Dylan.
No Dirty Names is a 1966 album by artist Dave Van Ronk. It features the first recorded version of Bob Dylan's song "The Old Man".
Dave van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters is a 1967 album featuring Dave Van Ronk.
Dave Van Ronk and the Ragtime Jug Stompers is an album featuring Dave Van Ronk playing with a jug band.
To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places is a 1994 album by Dave Van Ronk, the theme of which was to perform versions of songs written by people he knew.
Inside Dave Van Ronk is a 1964 album by American folksinger Dave Van Ronk.
Songs for Ageing Children is an album by American folk and blues performer Dave Van Ronk, released in 1973. The album has not been released on CD, but a needle drop of the album has appeared on digital download platforms such as YouTube and iTunes.
In the Tradition is a 1963 album by American folksinger Dave Van Ronk and The Red Onion Jazz Band. It is unusual in that the tracks are evenly split between Van Ronk and the Red Onions.
Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk is a compilation album by American folksinger Dave Van Ronk, released in 2002. It includes the complete 1963 LP, In the Tradition and all of 1982’s Your Basic Dave Van Ronk except for "In the Midnight Hour" and "Stagolee".
...and the tin pan bended and the story ended... is a live album by American folksinger Dave Van Ronk, released in 2004. It was his last concert before his death in 2002 of colon cancer.
Van Ronk Sings is an album by American folksinger Dave Van Ronk, released in July 1961.
Live at Sir George Williams University is a live album by Dave Van Ronk, re-released in 1997. This recording was done live as a joint concert of the folk music societies of McGill and Sir George Williams Universities in 1967, at Sir George Williams University, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and also featured Rev. Gary Davis on the same bill.
Somebody Else, Not Me is a 1980 album by American folk and blues singer Dave Van Ronk.
St. James Infirmary is a partially live album by American folk and blues singer Dave Van Ronk, released in 1983. It was re-released on CD in 1996 as Statesboro Blues by EPM Musique.
Hesitation Blues is a compilation album by American folk and blues singer Dave Van Ronk, released in 1988.
Inside Dave Van Ronk is a compilation album by American folk and blues singer Dave Van Ronk, originally released in 1972 on a double LP called Van Ronk. It has subsequently been reissued on CD, the first reissue in 1989.
From... Another Time & Place is an album by folk singer and guitarist Dave Van Ronk, released in 1995.
Dave Van Ronk in Rome is a live album by Dave Van Ronk, released in 1983. It was released on the Italian label Folkstudio.
"The House of the Rising Sun" is a traditional folk song, sometimes called "Rising Sun Blues". It tells of a person's life gone wrong in the city of New Orleans; many versions also urge a sibling or parents and children to avoid the same fate. The most successful commercial version, recorded in 1964 by the British rock band the Animals, was a number one hit on the UK Singles Chart and also in the US and Canada. As a traditional folk song recorded by an electric rock band, it has been described as the "first folk rock hit".
