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Dave Van Ronk

Folk music
The croaky, gravel-throated voice of New York's 1960s folk scene, Dave Van Ronk barked out charismatic renditions of long lost American classics and became a father figure to Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs, Joni Mitchell and the hordes of young folk troubadours who poured into Greenwich Village's coffee houses. Starting out playing guitar in ragtime jazz bands, Van Ronk discovered the blues of Blind Lemon Jefferson, Furry Lewis and Mississippi John Hurt and transformed into a story telling, finger picking, bard of old time ballads, sea shanties and country blues singalongs. Though mainly r...
Songs
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Duncan and BradyDave Van Ronk
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He Was A Friend Of MineDave Van Ronk
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Cocaine BluesDave Van Ronk
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Candy ManDave Van Ronk
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Last CallDave Van Ronk
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St. James Infirmary 

Live

Dave Van Ronk
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Duncan and BradyDave Van Ronk

Ballads, Blues, And A Spiritual

2:50

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He Was A Friend Of MineDave Van Ronk

On Air

3:31

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Cocaine BluesDave Van Ronk

Folksinger Dave Van Ronk: He Was A Friend Of Mine

4:16

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Candy ManDave Van Ronk

Giant Step / De Ole Folks At Home

2:29

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Last CallDave Van Ronk

Songs For Ageing Children

3:05

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St. James Infirmary 

Live

Dave Van Ronk

And The Tin Pan Bended And The Story Ended...

4:36

Albums