Tuesday, September 29, 2015

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:  Hear Me Howl:  Live 1964  (2015)
Genre:  Folk, Blues, Country
Label:  Rockbeat Records
Rating:  *****

Tracks:

Disc 1:

 1.  Stagger Lee  (2:56)
 2.  You've Been A Good Old Wagon  (3:12)
 3.  Rocks & Gravel  (3:56)
 4.  St. Louis Tickle  (3:39)
 5.  Buddy Bolden's Blues  (3:37)
 6.  He Was A Friend Of Mine  (4:45)
 7.  Yas Yas Yas  (2:22)
 8.  Candy Man  (5:05)
 9.  Motherless Children  (3:09)
10. Nobody Knows You When You Are Down And Out  (3:29)
11. You Ain't Such A Much  (2:35)
12. Green Rocky Road  (4:51)
13. Alabama Song  (4:25)

Disc 2:

 1.  That'll Never Happen No More  (3:45)
 2.  God Bless The Child  (2:44)
 3.  Baby Let Me Follow You Down  (2:04)
 4.  Song Of The Wandering Aengus  (5:35)
 5.  Frankie & Johnny  (4:53)
 6.  Two Trains Running  (4:17)
 7.  Tell Old Bill  (4:57)
 8.  Mr. Noah  (2:33)
 9.  One Meatball  (3:19)
10. Cocaine Blues  (5:10)
11. St. James Infirmary  (5:40)
12. He Was A Friend Of Mine  (4:32)

Hear Me Howl:  Live 1964 is the live album by Dave Van Ronk, was released on January 20, 2015 by Rockbeat Records, recorded live at Indiana University, Bloominton on October 20, 1964.

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