Sunday Street (album)

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Sunday Street
SundayStreetLP.jpg
The original LP album cover.
Studio album by
Dave Van Ronk
Released1976
Genre Folk
Length43:16
Label Philo
Producer Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk chronology
Songs for Ageing Children
(1973)		Sunday Street
(1976)		 Somebody Else, Not Me
(1980)
Alternative Cover
SundayStreetVanRonk.jpg
Cover of the 1999 CD reissue of Sunday Street.

Sunday Street is an album by American folk and blues singer Dave Van Ronk, released in 1976.

Contents

History

Sunday Street is Van Ronk and his guitar only. He takes on some ragtime with favorites such as The Pearls and Maple Leaf Rag as well as a return to more traditional folk and blues.

Sunday Street was re-released on CD in 1999.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic stated in their review "Van Ronk never hid his influences, but he never sounded exactly like them, either, and on this album he was very much himself. Maybe it is his greatest single album; it is certainly one of his most representative." [1]

Track listing

  1. "Sunday Street" (Van Ronk) – 3:27
  2. "Jesus Met the Woman at the Well" (Traditional) – 5:34
  3. "Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning" (Traditional) – 3:51
  4. "Maple Leaf Rag" (Scott Joplin) – 3:59
  5. "Down South Blues" (Traditional) – 4:35
  6. "Jivin' Man Blues" (Traditional) – 3:03
  7. "That Song About the Midway" (Joni Mitchell) – 3:33
  8. "The Pearls" (Jelly Roll Morton) – 4:29
  9. "That'll Never Happen No More" (Blind Blake) – 3:48
  10. "Mamie's Blues" (Traditional) – 4:19
  11. "Swinging on a Star" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:38

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Ruhlman, William. "Sunday Street > Review". Allmusic . Retrieved June 15, 2011.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. ↑ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings . Penguin. p. 665. ISBN   978-0-140-51384-4.
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