Live at Sir George Williams University
Live at Sir George Williams University | ||||
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Live album by Dave Van Ronk | ||||
Released | November 18, 1997 | |||
Recorded | January 27, 1967 | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Length | 41:48 | |||
Label | Just a Memory | |||
Producer | Michael Nerenberg | |||
Dave Van Ronk chronology | ||||
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Live at Sir George Williams University is a live album by Dave Van Ronk, re-released in 1997. This recording was done live as a joint concert of the folk music societies of McGill and Sir George Williams Universities in 1967, at Sir George Williams University, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and also featured Rev. Gary Davis on the same bill.
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings | [2] |
Writing for Allmusic, critic Lindsay Planer wrote of the album "Van Ronk's amenable nature is also evident in his interaction with the audience as he tells short jokes between numbers — especially notable is his "W.C. Fields Routine," proving yet again that this is no standard folky. Dave Van Ronk comes from a dying breed of entertainers who were adept at weaving a continuity into whatever they doing... Much of this set mirrors both the music he chose for inclusion on his long-players as well as tunes he would continue to perform throughout the remainder of his career. Van Ronk steers the show through a seemingly infinite maze of musical genres and influences."[1]
Track listing
- "Gambler's Blues" (Traditional) – 4:41
- "That Will Never Happen No More" (Blind Blake) – 4:17
- "The Old Man" (Bob Dylan) – 2:05
- "St. Louis Tickle" (Barney, Seymour) – 3:06
- "Frankie and Albert" (Traditional) – 4:07
- "Down and Out" (Traditional) – 2:39
- "W.C. Fields Routine" (Traditional) – :48
- "Mack the Knife" (Marc Blitzstein, Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 3:26
- "Song of the Wandering Angus" (Judy Collins, William Butler Yeats) – 4:48
- "Mean World Blues" (Miller) – 2:57
- "Keep It Clean" (Charley Jordan) – 2:38
- "Statesboro Blues" (McTell) – 2:06
- "Cocaine" (Davis) – 4:10
Personnel
- Dave Van Ronk – vocals, guitar
Production notes
- Michael Nerenberg – engineer, liner notes, reissue producer, photography
- Jim West – executive producer
References
- ^ a b Planer, Lindsay. "Live at Sir George Williams University > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ^ Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 665. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
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- 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)