I'm going to do some research and some searches, and i'm gonna do a longer article on *Dave van Ronk*, but i have to share this Right Now - a 1985 off-the-air forty-five (lo-fi) minute "*recording of an interview and performances*":http://www.culcom.net/~shadow1/DaveVanR.html from Connecticut Public radio. (RealPlayer required.)This is "gotta have" stuff for people interested in the early Gree...
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And so we've had another nightof poetry and poses,and each man knows he'll be alonewhen the sacred ginmill closes.And so we'll drink the final glasseach to his joy and sorrowand hope the numbing drink will lasttil opening tomorrow.And when we stumble back againlike paralytic dancerseach knows the question he must askand each man knows the answer.And so we'll drink the final drinkthat cuts the b...
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I mentioned attending a memorial service for my old friend Hank Reinhardt; "*some of the photos*":http://electronictiger.com/hank/speakers i took there - these are of various of Hank's friends speaking - are up online.Probably only of minor interest to those who didn't know Hank (or the speakers), but i thought i'd mention it, after having talked about it before...
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I'm going to do some research and some searches, and i'm gonna do a longer article on *Dave van Ronk*, but i have to share this Right Now - a 1985 off-the-air forty-five (lo-fi) minute "*recording of an interview and performances*":http://www.culcom.net/~shadow1/DaveVanR.html from Connecticut Public radio. (RealPlayer required.)This is "gotta have" stuff for people interested in the early Gree...
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This is a bit rushed cause I gotta get to work, but I became familiar with Dave Van Ronk by reading about him in Bob Dylans book; seems he was a major influence and helped many artists; Joni Mitchell has said she likes his version of "Both Sides Now" better than her own.Dave Van Ronk was a monumental figure in the Greewich Village folk Revival of the fifties and sixties,and the only artist whos...
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Two about being a working part of the music business today.First off, we have the Mayor of Macdougal Street, Dave van Ronk, with "*Gaslight Rag, a song about Greenwich Village in its heyday.*":http://electronictiger.net/avail/gaslight.mp3I had the good fortune to see van Ronk four or five times at Blind Willy's here in Atlanta, the last time only a year or so before his death. He gave agreeat s...
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| 2 Good Old Wagon |
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| 5 Spike Driver's Moan |
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