Dave Van Ronk - Inside Dave Van Ronk '1972; 2020

Tracks list

Ten years after they were recorded together in April 1962 for the Folkore
imprint of the independent jazz label Prestige Records, Dave Van Ronks albums,
Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger and Inside Dave Van Ronk, packaged together here as a
two-fer LP by Fantasy Records (which has acquired Prestige), sound remarkably
fresh. At the time, Van Ronk was something of an anomaly, since he was neither a
smooth-singing commercial folksinger nor a singer/songwriter, but rather a
performer steeped in folk-blues tradition, addressing the songs of progenitors
like the Rev. Gary Davis in his own distinctive style. That may have meant that,
as a sleeve note here puts it, the full public acceptance he so convincingly
deserves has somehow eluded him, but it also means he has turned out to be very
influential, particularly on the wave of blues-rock artists who emerged in the
late 60s. On these tracks, he revives songs from Harry Smiths Anthology of
American Folk Music like House Carpenter, along with folk-blues standards such
as Samson & Delilah, Cocaine Blues, and Stackalee, accompanying himself
primarily on his fingerpicked acoustic guitar, but also on dulcimer and autoharp
on some of the Inside Dave Van Ronk selections. His gruff voice, which seemed so
out of place in the early-‘60s folk revival now seems more familiar in the
wake of Joe Cocker and Rod Stewart, not to mention Bob Dylan, on whom he was
also a major influence. (Dylans own versions of some of these songs have
appeared on bootlegs.) Thus, the Dave Van Ronk of the Prestige sessions (who is
not all that different from the Dave Van Ronk who made his first two albums for
Folkways or the Dave Van Ronk of 1972) sounds even more impressive after a
decade than he did the first time around.

Tracklist:
01. Dave Van Ronk - Brian OLynne (Remastered) (1:19)
02. Dave Van Ronk - Chicken Is Nice (Remastered) (2:32)
03. Dave Van Ronk - Cocaine Blues (Remastered) (4:19)
04. Dave Van Ronk - Come Back Baby (Remastered) (3:52)
05. Dave Van Ronk - Fair And Tender Ladies (Remastered) (5:43)
06. Dave Van Ronk - Fixin To Die (Remastered) (2:55)
07. Dave Van Ronk - Hang Me, Oh Hang Me (Remastered) (3:10)
08. Dave Van Ronk - He Never Came Back (Remastered) (2:10)
09. Dave Van Ronk - He Was A Friend Of Mine (Remastered) (3:34)
10. Dave Van Ronk - House Carpenter (Remastered) (3:34)
11. Dave Van Ronk - I Buyed Me A Little Dog (Remastered) (4:02)
12. Dave Van Ronk - Kentucky Moonshiner (Remastered) (2:42)
13. Dave Van Ronk - Lady Gay (Remastered) (3:46)
14. Dave Van Ronk - Long John (Remastered) (2:14)
15. Dave Van Ronk - Motherless Children (Remastered) (3:51)
16. Dave Van Ronk - Mr. Noah (Remastered) (1:32)
17. Dave Van Ronk - Poor Lazarus (Remastered) (5:11)
18. Dave Van Ronk - Samson And Delilah (Remastered) (2:39)
19. Dave Van Ronk - Shanty Mans Life (Remastered) (3:25)
20. Dave Van Ronk - Silver Dagger (Remastered) (2:26)
21. Dave Van Ronk - Sprig Of Thyme (Remastered) (2:38)
22. Dave Van Ronk - Stackerlee (Remastered) (3:39)
23. Dave Van Ronk - Talking Cancer Blues (Remastered) (1:51)
24. Dave Van Ronk - The Cruel Ships Captain (Remastered) (2:00)
25. Dave Van Ronk - Youve Been A Good Old Wagon (Remastered) (2:22)

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