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Dave Van Ronk

Dave Van Ronk
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About the artist

Dave Van Ronk (June 30, 1936 – February 10, 2002) was a folk singer born in Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York City, and was nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street." He was best known as a pioneer of the acoustic blues revival, but his work ranged from old English ballads to Bertolt Brecht, rock, New Orleans jazz, and swing. He was a pioneer of instrumental ragtime guitar, as well as an early supporter of Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell, among many others.

Top songs

  1. Hang Me, Oh Hang Me
  2. He Was A Friend Of Mine
  3. Tell Old Bill
  4. Green, Green Rocky Road
  5. Mack The Knife
  6. Cocaine Blues
  7. Luang Prabang
  8. Come Back Baby
  9. Dink's Song
  10. Stackerlee
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  1. Gambler's Blues
  2. Long John
  3. Fixin' To Die
  4. Duncan and Brady
  5. Willie the Weeper
  6. Chicken Is Nice
  7. Samson And Delilah
  8. Mr. Noah
  9. Mack the Knife - Live
  10. You've Been A Good Old Wagon
  11. Poor Lazarus
  12. In the Pines
  13. Another Time and Place
  14. Losers
  15. Hesitation Blues
  16. The Cruel Ship's Captain
  17. Motherless Child
  18. Green Rocky Road
  19. Shanty Man's Life
  20. House Carpenter
  21. Talking Cancer Blues
  22. Bed Bug Blues
  23. Black Mountain Blues
  24. Please See That My Grave Is Kept Clean
  25. House Of The Rising Sun
  26. Careless Love
  27. Sprig Of Thyme
  28. Just a Closer Walk with Thee
  29. Kentucky Moonshiner
  30. Sunday Street
  31. I Buyed Me A Little Dog
  32. Fair And Tender Ladies
  33. Lady Gay
  34. Betty and Dupree
  35. My Baby's So Sweet
  36. Silver Dagger
  37. Motherless Children
  38. Both Sides Now
  39. Cocaine
  40. Brian O'Lynne
  41. Winin' Boy
  42. River Come Down
  43. He Never Came Back
  44. Spike Driver's Moan
  45. Down South Blues
  46. Dink's Song (Covered in the Motion Picture)
  47. Pastures Of Plenty
  48. Yas-Yas-Yas
  49. John Henry
  50. Twelve Gates to the City
  51. Wanderin
  52. Sweet Substitute
  53. Georgie and the IRT
  54. Spike Driver Blues
  55. Backwater Blues
  56. Antelope Rag
  57. Did You Hear John Hurt?
  58. God Bless The Child
  59. K.C. Moan
  60. Maple Leaf Rag
  61. Leave Her Johnny, Leave Her
  62. Leave Her Johnny
  63. Oh, What a Beautiful City (Twelve Gates to the City)
  64. Georgie on the IRT
  65. Would You Like to Swing on a Star?
  66. Gaslight Rag
  67. St. James Infirmary
  68. Candy Man
  69. Blood Red Moon
  70. Yas, Yas, Yas
  71. Hootchy Kootchy Man
  72. Head Inspector
  73. Last Call
  74. How Long
  75. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well
  76. Buckets Of Rain
  77. Bad Dream Blues
  78. Standing By My Window
  79. Garden State Stomp
  80. Willie The Weaper
  81. Left Bank Blues
  82. The Whores Of San Pedro
  83. The Old Man
  84. River Come Down (Bamboo)
  85. Bird On The Wire
  86. Honey Hair
  87. Frankie's Blues
  88. Everybody Loves My Baby
  89. You've Been A Good Ole Wagon
  90. That Song About the Midway

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