| Product Summary | | Label: Fantasy | | UPC: 00025218241021 | | Release Date: 11/3/1989 | | Buy.com Sku: 60073249 | | Item#: MC7XL3 | Format:  CD |
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(P) 1989 Fantasy, Inc.
(C) 1989 Fantasy, Inc.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | 2 LPs on 1 CD: FOLKSINGER (1962)/INSIDE DAVE VAN RONK (1962). | | Solo performer: Dave Von Ronk (vocals, 6 & 12-string guitars, dulcimer, autoharp). | | Recorded in April 1962. Includes liner notes by Ira Mayer. | | Digitally remastered by Joe Tarantino (Fantasy Studios, Berkeley, California). | | Personnel: Dave Van Ronk (vocals, guitar, 12-string guitar, banjo, dulcimer, harp, autoharp). | | Liner Note Author: Ira Mayer. | | Recording information: 1964. | | Photographer: Don Schlitten. | | Unknown Contributor Role: Dave Van Ronk. | | Van Ronk is one of the most important figures in '60s folk. INSIDE combines two albums he recorded for Prestige (FOLKSINGER and INSIDE DAVE VAN RONK) in 1962, immediately following his stint with Folkways. Van Ronk's trademark gifts, his raspy, Howlin' Wolf-with-a-diploma voice and masterful fingerpicking, are developed a bit further than on his Folkways recordings. His sense of humor is also more in evidence on lighthearted tunes like "Chicken Is Nice" and "Mr. Noah." That's not to say he doesn't dip deep into the emotional well of folk and blues, though. His versions of mortality-obsessed songs like "Fixin' To Die," "He Was A Friend Of Mine," and "Silver Dagger" cut deep and sharp, befitting Van Ronk's incisive, uncompromising style and raw delivery. |
| | Artist Overview | | Dave Van Ronk grew up in Brooklyn, but as a young man he absorbed the folk, jazz, and blues traditions of the south, and integrated them into his raw, organic style as a singer/guitarist. His approach to fingerpicking incorporated both country blues patterns and a strong ragtime influence, and his gravelly singing was as gritty and authentic-sounding as that of any Delta bluesman. He began recording in the late '50s, at the vanguard of the folk revival, and became an inspiration to the entire Greenwich Village folk scene. In addition to being a musical role model, he actively mentored the likes of Bob Dylan and Paul Simon. Van Ronk never attained the star status of some of his disciples, but he never stopped making records and playing concerts, and remained true to his musical instincts until his death in 2002. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 01/22/1990 | | Original Release Date : 1969 | | Catalog ID : 24710 | | Label : Fantasy (distributor) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 75m : 46s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00025218241021 |
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