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Dave Van Ronk - Down in Washington Square (3 disk set)

Styles: British Folk, Folk Revival, Folk-Blues
Label: Folkways
Released: 2013
Art: full

Notes: Called “The Mayor of MacDougal Street,” Dave Van Ronk (1936-2002) was a leading figure in the Greenwich Village music scene for more than four decades. He epitomized the urban “folksinger”— apprenticing through immersion in the music revival’s New York City epicenter of Washington Square Park. Drawing from and developing a wide repertoire of songs, guitar techniques, and performing skills, he mentored younger musicians and songwriters such as Bob Dylan, Jack Hardy, Suzanne Vega, Christine Lavin, and many others. Down in Washington Square includes 16 never-before-released recordings coupled with tracks from the Smithsonian Folkways archive, spanning early live recordings made in 1958 (one year before his first Folkways album) to his final studio recordings in 2001, just months before his death. It paints a musical mosaic of Van Ronk’s artistry and expands his legacy, keeping alive the genius of a legendary performer who inspired audiences, musicians, and a major motion picture — Inside Llewyn Davis, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. Three CD box set, 54 tracks, nearly three hours of music, 40-page booklet with extensive notes.~Folkways
The very template of the urban folk singer in the late '50s and early '60s, Dave Van Ronk was born and grew up in Brooklyn, learning to play ukulele, banjo, and guitar at an early age. Initially drawn to jazz, he was influenced, like so many others, by Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music, and began spending time at the famous impromptu Washington Square Park folk jam sessions. He developed a gruff, bluesy, intelligent, and authentic-sounding urban folk style that made him the Dean of New York's folk singers. This three-disc set spans Van Ronk's career, beginning with early live recordings he made in 1958 in advance of his first Folkways album, through his final studio recordings in 2001 just months before his death.~AMG
Read liner notes at Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Disc 1

1. Duncan and Brady - 3:06
2. River Come Down (Bamboo) - 3:48
3. Spike Driver Blues - 3:15
4. John Henry - 2:29
5. Backwater Blues - 3:04
6. K.C. Moan - 3:03
7. Haul on the Bowline - 1:21
8. Just a Closer Walk With Thee - 3:03
9. Gambler's Blues - 2:46
10. Sweeet Substitute - 2:34
11. Bed Bug Blues - 2:48
12. Winin' Boy - 2:40
13. Georgie and the IRT - 3:33
14. Betty and Dupree - 3:38
15. Come Back, Baby - 3:55
16. My Baby's So Sweet - 2:36
17. Black Mountain Blues - 4:04
18. Ya-Yas-Yas - 2:06

File: mp3 @320K/s
Size: 125,2 MB
Time: 53:57

Down in Washington Square [Disc 1]

Oznake: British Folk, Folk Revival, Folk-Blues, Dave Van Ronk