Dave van Ronk RIP

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Dave van Ronk died yesterday from colon cancer aged 65. A moving memoir of a live performance at the Vancouver Folk Music Festival in the early 80s.

― alex in mainhattan, Monday, 11 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Too bad. He was way cool! RIP

― Joe, Monday, 11 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

A real loss. RIP.

― Sterling Clover, Tuesday, 12 February 2002 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

three years pass...

Only 3 posts on this thread! Shameful. I was just listening to the first side of "Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger" over the weekend. Wow- it's really good.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 17:20 (twenty years ago)

It's not at all what you'd expect from that milquetoast title either. It's more edgy and bluesy - like Johnny Cash perhaps, but with fingerpicking guitar.

― o. nate (onate), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 17:39 (twenty years ago)

I recently picked up a copy of his "Hudson Dusters" album, an experiment in rowdy Butterfield-style blues rock. Pretty good, but the solo acoustic stuff is the place to begin.

― brianiac (briania), Tuesday, 26 April 2005 17:59 (twenty years ago)

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