Dave Van Ronk Sings (1961) CD

"This item is part of the Folkways (Cook, or Paredon, or Monitor) archives.The original liner notes from the LP are included."

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."

101 Bed Bug Blues
102 Yas-Yas-Yas
103 Please See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
104 Tell Old Bill
105 Georgie and the IRT
106 Hesitation Blues
107 Hootchy Kootchy Man
108 Sweet Substitute
201 Dink's Song
202 River Come Down
203 Just a Closer Walk With Thee
204 Come Back Baby
205 Spike Driver's Moan
206 Standing By My Window
207 Willie the Weeper