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David Kenneth Ritz Van Ronk (June 30, 1936 – February 10, 2002) was 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 ". [1]
Dec 20, 2013 · From the 1963 album Folksinger
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Dec 9, 2013 · While the latest Coen brothers movie, Inside Llewyn Davis, isn't a biopic, it is inspired by the life of a real person: the late Dave Van Ronk. He was a folk and blues singer and a central...
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Called the “Mayor of MacDougal Street,” Dave Van Ronk was a fixture in the Greenwich Village music scene for decades. He was a raconteur who was extremely well read and always ready to provide a quick quip on a subject at hand.
Learn about Dave Van Ronk, a leading figure of the Greenwich village folk scene in the 60s and a mentor to Bob Dylan. Explore his songs, albums, reviews and more on AllMusic.
Dec 2, 2013 · Learn about Dave Van Ronk, a legendary Greenwich Village folk-blues-jazz singer who influenced the Coen Brothers' film about a fictional folkie in 1961. Discover his memoir, his recordings, his fans and his legacy.
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Jun 30, 2016 · Dave Van Ronk, who was known as the Mayor of MacDougal Street, would have been eighty today. I met the monumental figure of the nineteen-sixties Greenwich Village folk scene in 2000, at Caffe...
