Ronk,Dave Van Dave Van Ronk Collection 1958-62 CD

Dave Van Ronk was one of the key figures in the coffee-house culture of New York's Greenwich Village during the late '50s and early '60s, both as a folk-blues artist in his own right and as a friend, mentor, and general mover and shaker, helping particularly in the early career of Bob Dylan. As a guitarist and singer, Van Ronk's repertoire covered the gamut of traditional American folk and blues music, encompassing ragtime, skiffle, jug band music, New Orleans jazz, and swing as he helped popularise folk music in the changing musical environment of the post rock 'n' roll era. This great value 47-track 2-CD collection comprises recordings from the first five years of his recording career as he established himself at the core of New York's vibrant folk scene. It includes titles from one of his first recording projects, a 1958 album on the obscure Lyrichord label with the The Orange Blossom Jug Five called "Skiffle In Stereo", plus the complete content of his first three solo albums as a folk-blues artist for the Folkways and Prestige labels - "Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues, and a Spiritual", "Dave Van Ronk Sings" and "Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger". It provides a thorough introduction to his early years, giving a fine insight into the repertoire which he and his peers saw as the core of the Americana tradition, and amply demonstrates why he became a much loved and respected personality within the folk community over the years

1. Just Because - the Orange Blossom Jug Five 2. You Gotta Like It - the Orange Blossom Jug Five 3. Trouble in Mind - the Orange Blossom Jug Five 4. Take Your Fingers Off It - the Orange Blossom Jug Five 5. Voice of a Porkchop - the Orange Blossom Jug Five 6. Duncan and Brady 7. Black Mountain Blues 8. In the Pines 9. My Baby's So Sweet 10. Twelve Gates to the City 11. Winin' Boy Blues 12. If You Leave Me Pretty Mama 13. Backwater Blues 14. Careless Love 15. Betty and Dupree 16. K.C. Moan 17. Gambler's Blues 18. John Henry 19. How Long 20. Bed Bug Blues 21. Yas-Yas-Yas 22. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 23. Tell Old Bill 24. Hesitation Blues 25. Sweet Substitute 26. Georgie and the Irt 27. Hootchy Kootchy Man 28. Dink's Song 29. River Come Down 30. Just a Closer Walk with Thee 31. Come Back Baby 32. Spike Driver's Moan 33. Standing By My Window 34. Willie the Weeper 35. Samson and Delilah 36. Cocaine Blues 37. You've Been a Good Old Wagon 38. Fixin' to Die 39. Hang Me, Oh Hang Me 40. Long John 41. Chicken Is Nice 42. He Was a Friend of Mine 43. Motherless Children 44. Stackalee 45. Mr. Noah 46. Come Back, Baby 47. Poor Lazarus