Dave Van Ronk was a folk singer born in Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York City, and was nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street. " He was best known as an important figure in New York City during the acoustic folk revival of the 1960s, but his work ranged from old English ballads to Bertolt Brecht, rock, New Orleans jazz, and swing. He is often associated with blues but he pointed out at concerts that he actually had only a limited number in his repertoire.

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  • Dave Van Ronk was a folk singer born in Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York City, and was nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street. " He was best known as an important figure in New York City during the acoustic folk revival of the 1960s, but his work ranged from old English ballads to Bertolt Brecht, rock, New Orleans jazz, and swing. He is often associated with blues but he pointed out at concerts that he actually had only a limited number in his repertoire. He became known for performing instrumental ragtime guitar music, and he was an early friend and supporter of Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, Patrick Sky, Phil Ochs, and Joni Mitchell, among many others. Van Ronk died of cardio-pulmonary failure while undergoing post-operative treatment for colon cancer in a New York hospital.
  • Dave Van Ronk war ein US-amerikanischer Gitarrist, Sänger, Songschreiber und eine der treibenden Kräfte des Folk- und Blues-Revivals der 1960er. Zu den Musikern, die Van Ronk förderte, gehörten Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell und etliche andere. Geboren in Brooklyn, besuchte Van Ronk eine High School in Queens, die er mit 15 Jahren vorzeitig verließ. Seit 1949 hatte er in einem Barbershop Quartett gespielt. Anfang der 1950er ging er zur Handelsmarine. Ab 1956 trat Van Ronk als professioneller Musiker auf. Die meiste Zeit seines Lebens verbrachte er im New Yorker Künstlerviertel Greenwich Village. Van Ronk hatte ein intensives Interesse an Jazz und Blues, wobei schließlich der Blues die Oberhand gewann. Seine Songs orientierten sich am Werk von Blues-Legenden wie Furry Lewis und Mississippi John Hurt. Dave Van Ronk gab sein letztes Konzert wenige Monate vor seinem Tod im Februar 2002. In Greenwich Village wurde 2004 eine Straße nach ihm benannt. 2005 erschien seine Biografie unter dem Titel The Mayor Of MacDougal Street.
  • Dave Van Ronk est un guitariste, arrangeur et chanteur de blues et de folk américain. Durant la majeure partie de sa vie, il a écumé (il a d'ailleurs été marin!) Greenwich Village. Il était surnommé Le maire de MacDougal Street.
  • Chitarrista, arrangiatore (suo il moderno arrangiamento del traditional The House of the Rising Sun), intimo amico di Bob Dylan, è stato figura di rilievo nel panorama della musica folk che negli anni sessanta gravitava attorno al Greenwich Village di New York City (era soprannominato il Sindaco di MacDougal Street). Nel suo repertorio figuravano anche brani strumentali di ragtime. È stato artista di spicco del Newport Folk Festival e nel 1985 gli è stato conferito il Premio Tenco alla carriera.
  • Dave Van Ronk was een Amerikaans volkszanger Hij werd geboren in Brooklyn, maar verhuisde later naar Greenwich Village, New York. Zijn bijnaam was "Burgemeester van MacDougal Street". Hij is het meest bekend als pionier van de akoestische blues, maar zijn werk heeft ook veel weg van Engelse ballads, rock, New Orleans Jazz en swing. Tevens was hij een pionier op het gebied van de instrumentale ragtime gitaar. Hij was al vroeg fan van Bob Dylan en Joni Mitchell. Dave Van Ronk heeft een grote invloed gehad op de muziekscene van New York in de jaren '60. Zijn muzikale carrière begon toen hij van Brooklyn naar Queens verhuisde in 1951. Van Ronk overleed in 2002 aan kanker.
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  • Dave Van Ronk at 1963 Newport Folk Festival; Photo © John Byrne Cooke
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  • Dave Van Ronk was a folk singer born in Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York City, and was nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street. " He was best known as an important figure in New York City during the acoustic folk revival of the 1960s, but his work ranged from old English ballads to Bertolt Brecht, rock, New Orleans jazz, and swing. He is often associated with blues but he pointed out at concerts that he actually had only a limited number in his repertoire.
  • Dave Van Ronk war ein US-amerikanischer Gitarrist, Sänger, Songschreiber und eine der treibenden Kräfte des Folk- und Blues-Revivals der 1960er. Zu den Musikern, die Van Ronk förderte, gehörten Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell und etliche andere. Geboren in Brooklyn, besuchte Van Ronk eine High School in Queens, die er mit 15 Jahren vorzeitig verließ. Seit 1949 hatte er in einem Barbershop Quartett gespielt. Anfang der 1950er ging er zur Handelsmarine.
  • Dave Van Ronk est un guitariste, arrangeur et chanteur de blues et de folk américain. Durant la majeure partie de sa vie, il a écumé (il a d'ailleurs été marin!) Greenwich Village. Il était surnommé Le maire de MacDougal Street.
  • Chitarrista, arrangiatore (suo il moderno arrangiamento del traditional The House of the Rising Sun), intimo amico di Bob Dylan, è stato figura di rilievo nel panorama della musica folk che negli anni sessanta gravitava attorno al Greenwich Village di New York City (era soprannominato il Sindaco di MacDougal Street). Nel suo repertorio figuravano anche brani strumentali di ragtime.
  • Dave Van Ronk was een Amerikaans volkszanger Hij werd geboren in Brooklyn, maar verhuisde later naar Greenwich Village, New York. Zijn bijnaam was "Burgemeester van MacDougal Street". Hij is het meest bekend als pionier van de akoestische blues, maar zijn werk heeft ook veel weg van Engelse ballads, rock, New Orleans Jazz en swing. Tevens was hij een pionier op het gebied van de instrumentale ragtime gitaar. Hij was al vroeg fan van Bob Dylan en Joni Mitchell.
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