Dave Van Ronk

Artist:  Dave Van Ronk
Born:  June 30, 1936.  Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Died:  February 10, 2002.  (Aged 65)
Genre:  Folk, Blues, Country
Occupations:  Singer, Songwriter
Instruments:  Guitar

Dave Van Ronk is an American Folk Singer, and Songwriter, from Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York and his nicknamed the "Mayor Of MacDougal Street".  His style ranged from Old English Ballads to Blues, Folk, Gospel, Ragtime.  He befriended include Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, Ramblin' Jack Elliott and Joni Mitchell.  He received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society Of Composers, Authors And Publishers (ASCAP) in December 1997.  He died with Colon Cancer in New York Hospital.

Title:  Fare Thee Well  (2014)
Genre:  Folk, Blues, Country
Label:  Motif
Rating:   *****

Tracks:

 1.  Dink's Song (Fare Thee Well)  (3:47)
 2.  Gambler's Blues  (2:43)
 3.  Duncan And Brady  (3:03)
 4.  Black Mountain Blues  (4:01)
 5.  In The Pines  (3:08)
 6.  John Henry  (2:27)
 7.  Backwater Blues  (3:03)
 8.  K.C. Moan  (3:04)
 9.  Winin' Boy  (2:38)
10. Sweet Substitute  (2:34)
11. Betty And Dupree  (3:37)
12. Tell Old Bill  (4:23)
13. My Baby's So Sweet  (2:33)
14. Mean Old Bed Bug Blues  (2:45)
15. Yas-Yas-Yas  (2:06)
16. How Long  (3:53)
17. Please See That My Grave Is Kept Clean  (2:56)
18. Just A Closer Walk With Thee  (3:03)
19. Georgie And The IRT  (3:30)
20. Hesitation Blues  (2:34)
21. If You Leave Me Pretty Momma  (3:10)
22. Hootchy Kootchy Man  (3:16)
23. River Come Down  (3:47)

Fare Thee Well is the album contained 23 classics of the new folk movement by Dave Van Ronk, was released on March 3, 2014 by Motif.