David Kenneth Ritz "Dave" Van Ronk (June 30, 1936 - February 10, 2002) was an American folk singer, born in Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York, and was eventually nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street". He was an important figure in the acoustic folk revival of the 1960s. His work ranged from old English ballads to blues, gospel, rock, New Orleans jazz, and swing. He was also known for performing instrumental ragtime guitar music, especially his transcription of "St. Louis Tickle" and Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag". Van Ronk was a widely admired avuncular figure in "the Village", presiding over the coffeehouse folk culture and acting as a friend to many up-and-coming artists by inspiring, assisting, and promoting them. Folk performers whom he befriended include Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, Patrick Sky, Phil Ochs, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Guthrie Thomas, and Joni Mitchell. Bob Dylan recorded Van Ronk's arrangement of the traditional song "House of the Rising Sun" on Dylan's first album. A few years later the Animals had a No. 1 hit single with a rock version of the Van-Ronk arrangement of the song, [1] a hit which helped to inaugurate the folk-rock movement. Van Ronk received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in December 1997.

Tracklist:

Stagger Lee
You've Been A Good Old Wagon
Rocks & Gravel
St. Louis Tickle
Buddy Bolden's Blues
He Was A Friend Of Mine
Yas Yas Yas
Candy Man
Motherless Children
Nobody Knows You When You Are Down And Out
You Ain't Such A Much
Green Rocky Road
Alabama Song
That'll Never Happen No More
God Bless The Child
Baby Let Me Follow You Down
Song Of The Wandering Aengus
Frankie & Johnny
Two Trains Running
Tell Old Bill
Mr. Noah
One Meatball
Cocaine Blues
St. James Infirmary
He Was A Friend Of Mine

UPC: 089353328429
Label: Rockbeat Records
Release Date: 1.20.15
Format: CD

Dave Van Ronk - Hear Me Howl: Live 1964 (2 CD)