The Mayor of MacDougal Street [2013 edition]: A Memoir [Kindle Edition] Author: Dave Van Ronk | Language: English | ISBN:
B00DAJ4XRO | Format: PDF, EPUB
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Dave van ronk (1936-2002) was not only one of the founding figures of the 1960s folk music revival; he was a pioneer of modern acoustic blues, a fine songwriter and arranger, a powerful singer, and one of the most influential guitarists of his era. He was also a marvelous storyteller, a peerless musical historian, and one of the most quotable figures in The Village.
The Mayor of MacDougal Street is a unique firsthand account of the sixties folk scene that includes encounters with young stars-to-be like Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell and older luminaries like Woody Guthrie and Odetta. Colorful, hilarious, and engaging, The Mayor of MacDougal Street will appeal not only to folk and blues fans but also to anyone interested in the music, politics, and spirit of a revolutionary period in American culture.
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- File Size: 1358 KB
- Print Length: 274 pages
- Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0306822164
- Publisher: Da Capo Press; Second Edition, 2013 edition edition (October 15, 2013)
- Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00DAJ4XRO
- Text-to-Speech: Enabled
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For my money, you can forget Dylan's 'Chronicles' and simply dive into this wonderful portrait of a musician and the scene that grew up in the Village in the late 50s and through the 60s. Van Ronk's laconic and intelligent voice ring through Elijah Wald's wonderful telling of the stories of that time.
Anyone who is the slightest bit interested in what they missed by not being in the Village in the midst of the Great Folk Scare of the 1960s will enjoy this work, as will those of us blessed enough to hear and remember Van Ronk's remarkable career singing and playing for us. It is a great book.
Scott in Vermont
By Scott Ainslie
Van Ronk's "autobiography" is everything that "Inside Llewyn Davis" isn't. It's an affectionate look back at the music scene, primarily folk, in Greenwich Village in the '50s and '60s. Not much score-settling here. Instead, his love for the music is what comes through most strongly, as it did not in the Coen brothers' film. Much as I enjoyed the film, I'm enjoying the book more for different reasons.
By mike mayo
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