Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
David Kenneth Ritz "Dave" Van Ronkwas an American folk singer. An important figure in the American folk music revival and New York City's Greenwich Village scene in the 1960s, he was nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth30 June 1936
CountryUnited States of America
uncles grandfather navy
My uncle and my grandfather both worked in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
labels crackers boxes
If there was ever any truth to the trickle-down theory, the only evidence of it I've ever seen was in that period of 1960 to 1965. All of sudden they were handing out major label recording contracts like they were coming in Cracker Jack boxes.
practice pieces rooms
If I do a piece in my living room, if I practice it - and I have the tapes to prove this - it's not going to be as good as doing the same piece in front of an audience.
kids exhibitionist
I'm an exhibitionist, I was an exhibitionist as a kid.
music couple cutting
Most blues don't have a beginning, middle, or end. You just cut a couple slices of blues.
tired wanted
By the mid-70s, I wanted to get out of the business. I was tired anyway.