Apr 21 2008
Dave Van Ronk II: Stagolee
The first time I saw Dave Van Ronk was at the Philadelphia Folk Festival. I think it was 1969 or 70. I recall hearing his songs about the night life, violence, sex alcohol drugs, and his rough voice and appearance and being surprised that he had lived so long. Dave was in his mid 30s at the time, I was 16 or 17. Sadly we did lose Dave at a relatively young age, to cancer, in 2002. He was 63.
I want to share another video put up on YouTube by Stephan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop. Again there is a bit of reminiscence first, then the video cuts to a much younger Dave, singing Stagolee, in the manner of blues singer Furry Lewis.
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Thank you for this treasure trove of Dave Van Ronk’s performances, Lovely stuff - John
John, thank you for stopping by my humble blog. I’ve been lurking on FOLKDJ-L for a while since I started it, but haven’t posted anything other than one short howdy.