The late Dave Van Ronk was one of the central figures in the folk movement which flourished during the late 50s and early 60s and nurtured such performers as Bob Dylan, Phil Ochs and Peter, Paul and Mary. He was the founding father of the blues and ragtime guitar revival and played an important role in presenting the music to a wider audience. He emerged from this era as one of the most distinctive folk blues performers with a tough gravelly voice and an intricate and delicate guitar style combined with a colourful, bawdy and powerful personality. His impact on the way in which people play guitar, and how the notion of "interppretation" - particularly within the folk and blues idiom - is viewed, has arguably had a deep and lasting impact, and one which will continue to resound.The folk pioneer is caught here, live in concert in 1980.

Contents

Green Green Rocky Road
Sunday Street
He Was a Friend of Mine
Urge for Going
Stackerlee
God Bless the Child
Candyman
Would You Like to Swing on a Star
Cocaine Blues
Song to Woody
Losers
Song to a Seagull