Title: Dave Van Ronk Sings Artist: Dave Van Ronk Label: Folkways Records Product Type: COMPACT DISCS UPC: 093070238329 Genre: Country, Folk Release Date: 2012-05-30 Number of Discs: 1
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."
Tracks: 1.1 Bed Bug Blues 1.2 Yas-Yas-Yas 1.3 Please See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 1.4 Tell Old Bill 1.5 Georgie and the Irt 1.6 Hesitation Blues 1.7 Hootchy Kootchy Man 1.8 Sweet Substitute 1.9 Dink's Song 1.10 River Come Down 1.11 Just a Closer Walk with Thee 1.12 Come Back Baby 1.13 Spike Driver's Moan 1.14 Standing By My Window 1.15 Willie the Weeper
