The Folkways Years, 1959–1961
The Folkways Years, 1959–1961 | ||||
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Compilation album by Dave Van Ronk | ||||
Released | 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1959–1961 | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 60:15 | |||
Label | Smithsonian Folkways | |||
Producer | Dave Van Ronk | |||
Dave Van Ronk chronology | ||||
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The Folkways Years, 1959–1961 is a compilation album of songs by Dave Van Ronk released in 1991.
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [2] |
Writing for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlman wrote of Van Ronk's musical background and that he continued to "... play and sing hard, as if still trying to be heard over Dixieland arrangements. That sounded unusual to the more polite folk audiences of the time, in contrast to singers who played tame versions of traditional folk and blues tunes. But more than three decades later, it keeps Van Ronk's performances from sounding as dated as those of many of his peers do. Nobody worries much anymore about an articulate, urban white man trying to sound like an unlettered, rural black man, and these recordings have proven very influential... If he was imitating the originators at the time, now he sounds like a master whose work has been emulated by the rock musicians who followed him (and who made a lot more money doing so than he ever did)."[1]
Track listing
- "Duncan and Brady" – 3:00
- "Hesitation Blues" (Davis) – 2:32
- "In the Pines" – 3:04
- "Willie the Weeper" (Bloom, Melrose, Rymal) – 2:47
- "Twelve Gates to the City" – 3:12
- "River Come Down" – 3:43
- "Careless Love" (Handy, Koenig, Williams) – 3:56
- "Betty and Dupree" (McGhee) – 3:34
- "Bed Bug Blues" – 2:43
- "Leave Her Johnny" – 1:26
- "Yas-Yas-Yas" (Traditional) – 2:05
- "Please See That My Grave Is Kept Clean" – 2:54
- "Winin' Boy" – 2:35
- "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" (Traditional) – 3:00
- "Gambler's Blues" (Traditional) – 2:42
- "Spike Driver's Moan" – 3:11
- "Georgie on the IRT" – 3:28
- "Come Back Baby" (Davis) – 3:51
- "Black Mountain Blues" – 4:00
- "My Baby's So Sweet" – 2:32
References
- ^ a b Ruhlman, William. "The Folkways Years, 1959–1961 > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 665. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
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- Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues, and a Spiritual (1959)
- Van Ronk Sings (1961)
- Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger (1962)
- In the Tradition (1963)
- Dave Van Ronk and the Ragtime Jug Stompers (1964)
- Inside Dave Van Ronk (1964)
- Just Dave Van Ronk (1964)
- No Dirty Names (1966)
- Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters (1967)
- Van Ronk (1971)
- Songs for Ageing Children (1973)
- Sunday Street (1976)
- Somebody Else, Not Me (1980)
- Your Basic Dave Van Ronk (1982)
- St. James Infirmary (1983)
- Going Back to Brooklyn (1985)
- Let No One Deceive You (1990)
- Hummin’ to Myself (1990)
- Peter and the Wolf (1990)
- To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places (1994)
- From... Another Time & Place (1995)
- Sweet & Lowdown (2001)
- Dave Van Ronk in Rome (1983)
- Live at Sir George Williams University (1997)
- ...and the tin pan bended and the story ended... (2004)
- On Air (2008)
- Van Ronk (1972)
- Hesitation Blues (1988)
- Inside Dave Van Ronk (1989)
- The Folkways Years, 1959–1961 (1991)
- A Chrestomathy (1992)
- Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk (2002)
- The Mayor of MacDougal Street (2005)
- Bluesmaster (2012)
- Down in Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (2013)
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