DAVE VAN RONK Going Back To Brooklyn RARE OOP CD!

Description: RARE & OUT-OF-PRINT! DAVE VAN RONK With HARRY ALLEN/JOHN PIZZARELLI/KEITH INGRAM/EARL MAY/CHRISTINE INGRAM - Hummin' To Myself (Gazell 2006; USA) CD manufactured in 1991 "The role of singer/songwriter has never much appealed to me," writes Dave Van Ronk in the liner notes to this album, and it may seem like an odd remark for a performer who had a lot to do with promoting the careers of such singer/songwriters as Bob Dylan and Joni Mitchell. But what Van Ronk means is that he has never been much interested in taking on the role of singer/songwriter for himself. Although he is usually mentioned in sentences that include the names of Dylan, Mitchell, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, and other Greenwich Village folksingers of the 1960s, Van Ronk is primarily an interpretive singer with a repertoire of traditional folk-blues songs along with covers of the songs of his peers. Still, he has penned the odd song on occasion, and Going Back to Brooklyn is the first album he's made that is devoted entirely to his own compositions. (As it turned out, he would never make another one.) As might be expected, he did not sit down and pen a whole new batch of material; many of these songs are ones he wrote years and even decades previously, and some of them he has recorded before. (For example, "Zen Koans Gonna Rise Again" first appeared on No Dirty Names in 1966, and "Last Call" was on Songs for Aging Children in 1973.) And in several cases, these are not so much full-fledged songs as little novelty ditties (the a cappella "Tantric Mantra" and "The Whores of San Pedro" clock in at little over half a minute each, and the similarly unaccompanied antiwar harangue "Luang Prabang" runs 1:36) or guitar instrumentals ("Antelope Rag," "Left Bank Blues"). These are the kinds of pieces an itinerant musician might come up with while waiting for a gig to start, and Van Ronk indicates that that's just what happened in some cases. Even when he writes a well-developed original, he basically adapts one of his favorite folk-blues fingerpicking patterns to accompany a lyric idea, the most outlandish of which must be "Garden State Stomp," which is nothing more or less than a recitation of unusual town names in New Jersey. To the extent that his original lyrics are personally revealing, they speak of drinking and folksinging, sometimes in a touching way, notably "Gaslight Rag," a tribute to a Greenwich Village bar and its folksinging patrons, and "Last Call." Van Ronk uses his raspy, expressive voice, which contrasts with the sweetness of his guitar playing, to get across harsh, bitter feelings in such songs as the self-lacerating "Losers" and "Luang Prabang," but only at the end, in the heartbreaking "Another Time and Place," to expose love and regret. Going Back to Brooklyn is unique among Dave Van Ronk albums for the portrait it provides of the artist, even if on the surface it sounds like many of this other records. - William Ruhlmann Condition is ABSOLUTELY BRAND NEW in original sealed shrinkwrap! New 'Old Stock' (NOS) We have bought the remaining stocks of the defunct Gazell label CDs and LPs from the label founder, the legendary producer Sam Charters Check our listings for other rare recordings by Avant-Garde jazz and rock luminaries! CLICK HERE for OUR current RARE CD & LP Listings!!! Winning bidder pays a shipping/handling charge that includes First Class Mailing [to the U.S.]... or Air Mail [outside the U.S.] NY State shipping addresses will be charged NYS Sale Tax on total. U.S. customers can pay by PAYPAL [we prefer], payment to be made within 48 hours of winning item. Items to eBay buyers outside the U.S. CAN ONLY BE PAID BY PAYPAL. All such items will be shipped by AIR MAIL ONLY. Please wait for our requested total before making payment! YES, we will combine multiple wins into one shipment to reduce overall shipping charge! The above conditions for shipping and payment are absolute. If you cannot abide by these terms, please DO NOT place a BID on this item! Bid with complete confidence! We - Downtown Music Gallery - have been in business nearly 16 years, with over 20,000 different repeat domestic and international mail-order customers, and hundreds of thousands of satisfied walk-in customers at our store in NYC! dtmgallery Store

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