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Apr 20 2008

Dave Van Ronk: You’ve Been A Good Old Wagon

Published by clarkspicks at 5:12 am under blues, folk, jazz

I had the good fortune to do sound for Dave Van Ronk one time. His was the shortest, easiest sound check I ever had. Couple of strums on his Guild jumbo and a line or two of a song. “That sounds OK to me, whaddya think?” and we were finished.

I’ve posted on this blog before that I was looking for a good Van Ronk video, and here it is. First Dave talks about Clarence Williams for a bit. Sit still and listen, this is living history. Dave learned this song from the guy who wrote it, gave it to Bessie Smith and recorded her singing it.

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# clarkspicks.com » Rev. Gary Davis: If I Had My Wayon 06 May 2008 at 5:59 am

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