Dave Van Ronk Sings
(Folkways Records, 1961), 51 mins
Details
- Field of Interest
- World Music
- Description
- Born in Brooklyn in 1936, Dave Van Ronk was Bob Dylan's "first New York guru," writes Dylan's biographer Robert Shelton. "Dave Van Ronk was the musical mayor of MacDougal Street," Shelton continues, "and...a walking museum of the blues." This album features fifteen songs, including a parody of "Nearer My God to Thee": "Georgie and the IRT."
- Content Type
- Music recording
- Duration
- 51 mins
- Format
- Audio
- Sub Genre
- Blues, American Folk
- Label
- Folkways Records
- Release Date
- 1961
- Subject
- World Music, American Music, Music & Performing Arts, American Studies, United States and Canada, Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá, United States
- Keywords and Translated Subjects
- Estados Unidos y Canadá, Estados Unidos e Canadá