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Related: About this forumDave Van Ronk - Hear Me Howl - 1964
Maine boy.....
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Geez, the more I listen, the more I hear Hot Tuna......"St. Louis Tickle"......I bet Jorma Kaukonen was paying attention in the late 60s.
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Dave Van Ronk - Hear Me Howl - 1964 (Original Post)
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Silent Type
(8,796 posts)1. Saw him in a small club in Atlanta in 1980s I think. Good show, loved his big ole Guild acoustic.
amerikat
(5,065 posts)2. NJ born and raised.
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(29,763 posts)3. Stand corrected.....but I think he spent some quality time in Maine.
"He's playing "Buddy Bolden's Blues" and it is quite awesome, in the Jelly Roll Morten sense.
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(29,763 posts)4. "He was a Friend of Mine" - good god, this was heartfelt.
A year after Kennedy's assassination?
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(29,763 posts)5. Now's he's playing Candyman......Jorma was hearing this.
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(29,763 posts)6. "Down and Out" Okay, credit due to Dave for keeping this one going.....
nwliberalkiwi
(388 posts)7. Joan Baez
Joan Baez gave him a really good guitar one time in the early sixties. He was called the Mayor of McDougal Street.
3Hotdogs
(14,033 posts)8. ---and Pope of Greenwich Village.
Joyce and I saw him at an evening of stories and song.. That was a couple of months before he died.
It was mostly stories and I enjoyed those more than the singing.