Your Basic Dave Van Ronk

Studio album by Dave Van Ronk

Released

1982

Karl Dallas

Dave Van Ronk chronology

Somebody Else, Not Me
(1980)

Your Basic Dave Van Ronk
(1982)

St. James Infirmary
(1983)

Alternative Cover

Cover of the UK Sonet issue of the LP

Your Basic Dave Van Ronk is an album by American folk and blues singer Dave Van Ronk, released in 1982.

Your Basic Dave Van Ronk was recorded in one single night session in London in 1981. It is out-of-print but was re-released along with In the Tradition in 2002 by Fantasy Records as Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk. The reissue does not include "In the Midnight Hour" and "Stagolee".^[1]

Track listing

"God Bless the Child" (Herzog, Holiday) – 4:25
"Sunday Street" (Van Ronk) – 3:20
"In the Midnight Hour"
"Stagolee" (Traditional)
"Sportin' Life" (Brownie McGhee) – 4:56
"Cocaine" (Reverend Gary Davis) – 4:30
"St. James Infirmary" (Joe Primrose, Traditional) – 5:00
"You've Been a Good Ole Wagon" (Henry) – 2:52
"Spike Driver Blues" (Mississippi John Hurt) – 4:15
"Gaslight Rag" (Van Ronk) – 2:13
"Candy Man" (Davis) – 3:04

Personnel

Dave Van Ronk – vocals, guitar

References

↑ Allmusic review of Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk.

Dave Van Ronk

Studio albums	Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues, and a Spiritual (1959) Dave Van Ronk and the Ragtime Jug Stompers (1960) Van Ronk Sings (1961) Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger (1962) In the Tradition (1963) 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)

Live albums	"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)

Compilations	‘’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)

External links

Dave Van Ronk discography.