Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues, and a Spiritual
1959 studio album by Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues and a Spiritual | ||||
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Studio album by Dave Van Ronk | ||||
Released | May 1959 (1959-05)[1][2] | |||
Genre | Folk, blues | |||
Label | Folkways | |||
Producer | Kenneth S. Goldstein | |||
Dave Van Ronk chronology | ||||
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Alternative Cover | ||||
Cover of 1965 Verve reissue as Gambler's Blues | ||||
Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues and a Spiritual is an album by American folksinger Dave Van Ronk, released in May 1959 on Folkways Records.[1][2]
It was also released on LP as Gambler's Blues and as Black Mountain Blues. Some of the songs can be found on the 1991 Smithsonian Folkways CD release The Folkways Years, 1959–1961.[2]
Track listing
Side one
- "Duncan and Brady" – 3:00
- "Black Mountain Blues" – 4:00
- "In the Pines" – 3:04
- "My Baby's So Sweet" – 2:32
- "Twelve Gates to the City" – 3:12
- "Winin' Boy Blues" – 2:35
- "If You Leave Me Pretty Mama"
Side two
- "Backwater Blues"
- "Careless Love" (W.C. Handy, Martha E. Koenig, Spencer Williams) – 3:56
- "Betty And Dupree"
- "K. C. Moan"
- "Gambler's Blues"
- "John Henry"
- "How Long"
Personnel
- Dave Van Ronk - guitar, vocals
- David Gahr - photography
- Ronald Clyne - cover design
References
- ^ a b Editorial Staff, Billboard (11 May 1959). "Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues & a Spiritual". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- ^ a b c Wirz, Stefan. "Dave Van Ronk discography". American Music. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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- Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues, and a Spiritual (1959)
- Van Ronk Sings (1961)
- Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger (1962)
- In the Tradition (1963)
- Dave Van Ronk and the Ragtime Jug Stompers (1964)
- Inside Dave Van Ronk (1964)
- Just Dave Van Ronk (1964)
- No Dirty Names (1966)
- Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters (1967)
- Van Ronk (1971)
- Songs for Ageing Children (1973)
- Sunday Street (1976)
- Somebody Else, Not Me (1980)
- Your Basic Dave Van Ronk (1982)
- St. James Infirmary (1983)
- Going Back to Brooklyn (1985)
- Let No One Deceive You (1990)
- Hummin’ to Myself (1990)
- Peter and the Wolf (1990)
- To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places (1994)
- From... Another Time & Place (1995)
- Sweet & Lowdown (2001)
- Dave Van Ronk in Rome (1983)
- Live at Sir George Williams University (1997)
- ...and the tin pan bended and the story ended... (2004)
- On Air (2008)
- Van Ronk (1972)
- Hesitation Blues (1988)
- Inside Dave Van Ronk (1989)
- The Folkways Years, 1959–1961 (1991)
- A Chrestomathy (1992)
- Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk (2002)
- The Mayor of MacDougal Street (2005)
- Bluesmaster (2012)
- Down in Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection (2013)