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  Friday  February 15  2002    01: 01 AM

Dave Van Ronk

Dave got a second obituary in the New York Times. This one written by Jon Pareles, New York Times music critic.

Dave Van Ronk, Folk Singer and Iconoclast, Dies at 65

Mr. Van Ronk had three essential qualities for his role in the folk revival of the 1950's and 60's: a sense of history, a sense of humor and a gift for making fellow musicians feel at home. He was nicknamed the Mayor of Macdougal Street, and his apartment became a gathering place for folk musicians of his own generation and the ones that followed, among them Tom Paxton, Janis Ian, Christine Lavin and Suzanne Vega. For more than 40 years he worked the folk circuit of clubs, coffeehouses and festivals, and he made two dozen albums.
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From Christine Lavin's web site:

Dave Van Ronk radio tribute Sunday February 17th

On Sunday February 17th from 8-11 AM Eastern Time on WFUV, 90.7 FM (wfuv.org streamed live on the net) DJ John Platt and former guitar student of Dave's, Christine Lavin, will host a 2-hour tribute to Dave Van Ronk on the "City Folk Sunday Breakfast Show," playing lots of music from his long and illustrious career:

"You's The Viper" with Danny Kalb & Barry Kornfeld (the jug band years), a hilarious live performance of "Jersey State Stomp," a very early recording of Dave doing Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now," his inimitable version of Brecht & Weill's masterpiece "Mack The Knife," the whimsical "I'll See You In My Dreams" from his most recent stellar album "Sweet And Lowdown," plus lots more.

You'll also hear some of Dave's best friends in music reminisce about him: Odetta, Nanci Griffith, Tom Paxton, Peter Yarrow, David Massengill, Frank Christian, and Janis Ian.

To find out more about the late great Dave Van Ronk, visit folkloreproductions.com. Dave was unique.

Tune in on Sunday morning and you'll hear why.

Also from Christine Lavin's site...

Saturday, the 16th, Pete Fornatale will be playing lots of Ronk tracks, and probably Vin Scelsa after that at WFUV 90.7 with live streaming audio.

And...

Dave Van Ronk

[Disclosure: Zoe, my LOML, does Christine's site.]