Thank you for following through on the thought you likely had one day when you ran across this VHS tape. "I should transfer this to the computer and maybe put it on RUclips" is a phrase that undoubtedly has been uttered by so many folks only to be postponed until "one of these days" "when I have some time". Family, health, finances all competing for the time needed to fulfill that initial notion of sharing something like this. And yet...you knew, and cared, and made the time. Thank you.I'm most grateful for your gift.
I was sitting reading the weekly in SF in the 90's and I saw buried in the listings Dave Van Ronk, I told my wife he was coming. Then I saw the date and time, it was now. We hustled out the door and a half hour later watching him in a dive bar with pool tables and not much interest in his incredible performance. He was so wonderful.
Saw Dave around ‘86 in Black Mountain NC. Small room maybe an audience of 15. Dave asked for requests and received none. I being totally in awe, tongue tied could only blurt out “red light green light”. Dave never batted an eye and played Candy Man. I will always regret that I never let him know how much his music meant to me.
Green Green Rocky Road 1:06 Sporting Life Blues 4:45 Did You Hear John Hurt? 11:00 Sunday Street 14:26 Blood Red Moon 17:30 God Bless the Child 21:34 Somebody Else, Not Me 28:01 Mamie's Blues 32:26 Candy Man 36:41 Urge for Going 41:55
Tell me about it I had the opportunity to meet him more than once he was a very gracious man and when I was a kid he was one of the main reasons I picked up an acoustic guitar and I'm almost 46 years old now. I was definitely born in the wrong generation
I had the opportunity to see Dave live at the old Quiet Knight on Belmont Street in Chicago, winter of 70-71. He loved telling stories and airing his complaints in a humorous way. He told the story of having spent a great deal of time and effort learning a particular ragtime number, only to find everyone else was playing it. So he decided to write a rag so difficult and complicated to play no one could copy it, and so he did. "Trouble was," he said, "It was so difficult even I couldn't play it...so I wrote some verses so I could sing over my playing mistakes. The song was Maxwells' Cafe. He was sitting alone at the bar and I stood him a drink - he talked my ear off for twenty minutes. In an era of "individualists" he truly went his own way. Thank you for this posting.
I saw Dave at the Yellow Door in Montreal in 1973 or 1974. We were at the front table, practically in his lap, drinking quarts of 50. I had grown up on Dave's songs, knew the words to every song on every one of his albums. The drunker we got, the more obnoxious we got, shouting requests, singing along. You could tell Dave was half pissed at us for taking over his show, and half pleased that he had fans as ardent as us up in the frozen north. I don't know how the Yellow Door folk didn't throw us out. Eventually Dave just looked at us and said "shut up", and we did. That was the closest I ever got to true heroic superstardom in my life.
I last saw Dave in NYC in 2000 at the Bottom Line in NYC. A year later I went back there to see if he was on the bill in the near future. All I saw was a poster on the wall soliciting donations for his medical expenses. Two months later he was gone. There was a wonderful tribute concert in 2003. Every folkie of note showed up (except for Mr. Bob), sang a single song and left.
I remember going to a concert of his in a club in Cambridge MA and he was playing so close to me that it was as if he was sitting at my table. What a treat! I had been listening to him since I was a kid listening to a record player in my basement. He was the best and I listened to that record a zillion times. The sound of his songs is in the sound track of my life.
Every time he came around the Philadelphia area I met him several times when he was getting older. I never missed a show cuz he came to all the blues and folk festivals. He's the reason I picked up an acoustic guitar when I was a kid and I'm almost 46 years old now I absolutely love him" Sunday Street" remains one of my favorite albums of all time
Wow, great gig. I have a lot more appreciation for Dave after listening to this. Thanks for posting. Also interesting right hand technique, where he keeps his pinky and ring finger braced on the soundboard and only uses p i m to pick.
Had the experience as an employee for the Edmonton folk festival..1980 to 84..of having attending the after concert restaurant experience with Dave van Ronk...I learned to fingerpick the ENTERTAINER....to the distane of my guitarmaking teacher..and Mr Ronk was amazing...able to play..the Entertainer..3 sheets to the wind..he was under the cups..drunk as a popcorn fart...sufferin genius...so sad..and I became an award winning master luthier in a communist kanada...weep for me... Need a handmade violin or viola...cheap ucd..useless Canadian dollarz...Dave was a pregenatur of Mr. Tom Waits..yup
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Thank you for following through on the thought you likely had one day when you ran across this VHS tape. "I should transfer this to the computer and maybe put it on RUclips" is a phrase that undoubtedly has been uttered by so many folks only to be postponed until "one of these days" "when I have some time". Family, health, finances all competing for the time needed to fulfill that initial notion of sharing something like this. And yet...you knew, and cared, and made the time. Thank you.I'm most grateful for your gift.
Youre an angel. The uploader is too. All of us are who echo the same sentiments.
I was sitting reading the weekly in SF in the 90's and I saw buried in the listings Dave Van Ronk, I told my wife he was coming. Then I saw the date and time, it was now. We hustled out the door and a half hour later watching him in a dive bar with pool tables and not much interest in his incredible performance. He was so wonderful.
ebaylistentomusic Man that’s awesome. It was meant to be!
@@ternak001 I'm like a 50+ year fan at this point. Nobody like him.
what an awesome story. glad you were able to get there in time!!
Saw Dave around ‘86 in Black Mountain NC. Small room maybe an audience of 15. Dave asked for requests and received none. I being totally in awe, tongue tied could only blurt out “red light green light”. Dave never batted an eye and played Candy Man. I will always regret that I never let him know how much his music meant to me.
You blew it!!
A SHANTY MANS LIFE
Green Green Rocky Road 1:06
Sporting Life Blues 4:45
Did You Hear John Hurt? 11:00
Sunday Street 14:26
Blood Red Moon 17:30
God Bless the Child 21:34
Somebody Else, Not Me 28:01
Mamie's Blues 32:26
Candy Man 36:41
Urge for Going 41:55
Thank you
@@ColorfulBoxOfCrayons Candy Man a really old one he performed at Newport. xx
Cocaine Blues woulda make this an epic set.
I miss Dave a lot.
Tell me about it I had the opportunity to meet him more than once he was a very gracious man and when I was a kid he was one of the main reasons I picked up an acoustic guitar and I'm almost 46 years old now. I was definitely born in the wrong generation
I had the opportunity to see Dave live at the old Quiet Knight on Belmont Street in Chicago, winter of 70-71. He loved telling stories and airing his complaints in a humorous way. He told the story of having spent a great deal of time and effort learning a particular ragtime number, only to find everyone else was playing it. So he decided to write a rag so difficult and complicated to play no one could copy it, and so he did. "Trouble was," he said, "It was so difficult even I couldn't play it...so I wrote some verses so I could sing over my playing mistakes. The song was Maxwells' Cafe. He was sitting alone at the bar and I stood him a drink - he talked my ear off for twenty minutes. In an era of "individualists" he truly went his own way. Thank you for this posting.
Great tale. Thanks 👍🏼
I saw Dave at the Yellow Door in Montreal in 1973 or 1974. We were at the front table, practically in his lap, drinking quarts of 50. I had grown up on Dave's songs, knew the words to every song on every one of his albums. The drunker we got, the more obnoxious we got, shouting requests, singing along. You could tell Dave was half pissed at us for taking over his show, and half pleased that he had fans as ardent as us up in the frozen north. I don't know how the Yellow Door folk didn't throw us out. Eventually Dave just looked at us and said "shut up", and we did. That was the closest I ever got to true heroic superstardom in my life.
A great little story worth sharing...
Now list all these song titles and I'll time stamp it for future viewers
I last saw Dave in NYC in 2000 at the Bottom Line in NYC. A year later I went back there to see if he was on the bill in the near future. All I saw was a poster on the wall soliciting donations for his medical expenses. Two months later he was gone. There was a wonderful tribute concert in 2003. Every folkie of note showed up (except for Mr. Bob), sang a single song and left.
Absolutely fucking crazy that this footage exists. It's so achingly intimate.
To real to become a superstar, but real enough to be a hero. Thank you.
This is gold, gold, gold. Thanks a million and then some.
hey Dave, may god bless you today
NO such thing possible for him...
He's dead...
This is SO WONDERFUL!
Oh so great,missed Dave by a couple of years ,remember the bells then back t the Phoenix, nice people ,good times.
I remember going to a concert of his in a club in Cambridge MA and he was playing so close to me that it was as if he was sitting at my table. What a treat! I had been listening to him since I was a kid listening to a record player in my basement. He was the best and I listened to that record a zillion times. The sound of his songs is in the sound track of my life.
Which album was it that you played over and over in that basement?
FOLKSINGER ?
INSIDE DVR ?
And were you also down there
"mixing up the medicine"?
It just makes me happy to see him sitting in there. :)
A part of me died when Dave Van Ronk died. He was a bright shining star.
Wow what an great find! I was just watching Nic Jones, and this popped up as the next recommended track
Wow! What a gem this recording is.............
Great! Thank you SO much for sharing this! :-)
Can never get enough of DVR
Fantastic video. Right around this time, I was away and hadn't seen DVR for maybe 10 years--great to catch him this way, thank you.
Brilliant!!!💙
Gold!
Missing him so much.
Man this is a gem, thanks for sharing!
Thanks for posting this. This guy is a legend
Thanks for making this available.
Great video thanks for sharing!
Terrific! I got to see Dave in concert around this time, and this video really brings me back. Thanks for posting!
Every time he came around the Philadelphia area I met him several times when he was getting older. I never missed a show cuz he came to all the blues and folk festivals. He's the reason I picked up an acoustic guitar when I was a kid and I'm almost 46 years old now I absolutely love him" Sunday Street" remains one of my favorite albums of all time
This is awesome
Thanks for posting. What a time and place to be in.
Solomon said "Do not say, 'Why were the old days better than these?' For it is not wise to ask such questions."
The best.
Wow, great gig. I have a lot more appreciation for Dave after listening to this.
Thanks for posting.
Also interesting right hand technique, where he keeps his pinky and ring finger braced on the soundboard and only uses p i m to pick.
You should listen to his hero and teacher...
The Great
Mississippi John Hurt
Imagine if this man was your grandpa.
This is gold8
The Mayor of MacDougal Street. Legend.
What a lucky little group. I hope there were some children in the audience.
me and Speedy were sailing his hobie cat in a hurricane, and down the beach comes Dave Van Ronk
Maravilha!
You lucky people
Clever, "feel more like a rumor", lol
A young aspiring folk musician who later styled himself Bob Dylan was a friend and fan of DVR. Easy to see why.
Dylan used to crash at his apartment in the Village.
I love the Spoonful's Sporting life version-this seems close-did they lift his arrangement here?
Great stuff. Is this the club in Church Street, Staines? Barry Dix was one of the organisers?
Yes, Barry & Ross Herbert, who introduces this video. I was support act...
Cut my teeth on DVR tracks
Had the experience as an employee for the Edmonton folk festival..1980 to 84..of having attending the after concert restaurant experience with Dave van Ronk...I learned to fingerpick the ENTERTAINER....to the distane of my guitarmaking teacher..and Mr Ronk was amazing...able to play..the Entertainer..3 sheets to the wind..he was under the cups..drunk as a popcorn fart...sufferin genius...so sad..and I became an award winning master luthier in a communist kanada...weep for me...
Need a handmade violin or viola...cheap ucd..useless Canadian dollarz...Dave was a pregenatur of Mr. Tom Waits..yup
I love DVR, but that abrupt ending really punctuated the thought of getting an urge for going! Anti-climactic as hell.