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Vinyl Me Please |
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Folk |
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AVMPL 068
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UPC: | 888072438163 |
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180 Gram Vinyl Record |
Dave Van Ronk — Folksinger
180-gram vinyl
Mastered by Ryan K. Smith at Sterling Sound
Dave Van Ronk was bemused by the title of this album. He didn't think of himself as a folksinger and had mixed feelings about what he wryly called "the Great Folk Scare" of the 1960s. And yet, he was a central figure on that scene and this album was instrumental in shaping a new sense of what it meant to be a folk musician.
A generation of guitarists took him as a model and honed their skills on his arrangements of "Come Back Baby" and "Cocaine Blues," and his masterful reimagining of older traditions made him a defining voice of the folk-blues revival, showing that a young, urban performer could reshape songs from rural sources into modern, personal statements that were as rough and honest as anything from the hills or prairies.
Side A | 1. He Was A Friend Of Mine | 2. Motherless Children | 3. Stackalee | 4. Mr. Noah | 5. Come Back Baby | 6. Poor Lazarus | |
Side B | 1. Samson & Delilah | 2. Cocaine Blues | 3. You've Been A Good Old Wagon | 4. Fixin' To Die | 5. Hang Me‚ Oh Hang Me | 6. Long John | 7. Chicken Is Nice |
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