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Van Ronk Sings
''Van Ronk Sings'' is an album by American folksinger Dave Van Ronk, released in July 1961. It was also released on LP as ''Dave Van Ronk Sings the Blues'' and ''Dave Van Ronk Sings Earthy Ballads and Blues''. All these versions are out of print, but most of the songs can be found on the 1991 Smithsonian Folkways CD release '' The Folkways Years, 1959–1961'' and '' A Chrestomathy'', released on CD in 1992. Reception Writing for Allmusic, critic William Ruhlman wrote of the album "Dave Van Ronk's approach to performing traditional folk songs and blues tunes is sufficiently unusual to require a sleeve note from the singer to justify it. Unlike other white, Northern, urban folksingers, who perform such material but do so in their own natural voices, Van Ronk takes much of his style from the black, Southern, rural singers who have performed it before him... he can sing in a way that serves the material and, despite the attempt at imitation, comes off as his own individual sound." ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Van Ronk
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". Van Ronk's work ranged from old English ballads to blues, gospel, rock, New Orleans jazz, and swing. He was also known for performing instrumental ragtime guitar music, especially his transcription of "St. Louis Tickle" and Scott Joplin's " Maple Leaf Rag". Van Ronk was a widely admired avuncular figure in "the Village", presiding over the coffeehouse folk culture and acting as a friend to many up-and-coming artists by inspiring, assisting, and promoting them. Folk performers he befriended include Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, Patrick Sky, Phil Ochs, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, and Joni Mitchell. Dylan recorded Van Ronk's arrangement of the traditional song "House of the Rising Sun" on his first album, which the Animals turned into a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hesitation Blues
"Hesitation Blues" is a popular song adapted from a traditional tune. One version was published by Billy Smythe, Scott Middleton, and Art Gillham. Another was published by W.C. Handy as "Hesitating Blues". Because the tune is traditional, many artists have taken credit as writer, frequently adapting the lyrics of one of the two published versions. Adaptations of the lyrics vary widely, though typically the refrain is recognizably consistent. The song is a jug band standard and is also played as blues and sometimes as Western swing. It is cataloged as Roud Folk Song Index No. 11765. Composer William Grant Still arranged a version of the song in 1916 while working with Handy. Smythe, Middleton and Gillham version The three men were involved in the music publishing business in St. Louis, Missouri. About 1914 they joined a band and went to Los Angeles. They passed their traveling time making up verses to a traditional tune. When they returned to St. Louis the trio went their sepa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1961 Albums
Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba (Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the captain and first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti marches into the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 military coup, General Cemal Gürsel forms the new government of Turkey (25th government). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grant Rymal
Grant or Grants may refer to: Places *Grant County (other) Australia * Grant, Queensland, a locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia United Kingdom *Castle Grant United States * Grant, Alabama *Grant, Inyo County, California *Grant, Colorado *Grant-Valkaria, Florida *Grant, Iowa *Grant, Michigan *Grant, Minnesota *Grant, Nebraska *Grant, Ohio, an unincorporated community *Grant, Washington *Grant, Wisconsin (other) (six towns) *Grant City, Indiana *Grant City, Missouri *Grant City, Staten Island *Grant Lake (other), several lakes *Grant Park, Illinois *Grant Park (Chicago) *Grant Town, West Virginia *Grant Township (other) (100 townships in 12 states) *Grant Village in Yellowstone National Park *Grants, New Mexico *Grants Pass, Oregon * U.S. Grant Bridge over Ohio River and Scioto River *General Grant National Memorial aka Grant's Tomb India *Jolly Grant Airport Dehradun, Uttarakhand Canada *Rural Municipality of Grant N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Melrose
Walter Melrose (October 26, 1889– May 30, 1973) was a music publisher and lyricist in the 1920s and 1930s. Background He was born in Sumner, Illinois, and was the brother of Lester Melrose, with whom he established a music store in Chicago. This became successful after the Tivoli Theatre opened in the same street, greatly increasing the amount of passing trade. Melrose branched into music publishing when Jelly Roll Morton turned up in his store, and hits such as Wolverine Blues and King Porter Stomp became highly successful for the company. In 1926 he arranged a series of recordings for Victor Records by Morton's Red Hot Peppers, which have come to be regarded as landmarks of early jazz. He later parted company with Morton acrimoniously, and stopped paying him royalties for his compositions. Major publications He and his brother published the jazz standard "Tin Roof Blues" composed by the New Orleans Rhythm Kings" in 1923. He also wrote the lyrics to that song. Melrose added ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marty Bloom
Marty may refer to: Names * Marty (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters, also includes stage names * Marty (surname), a list of people Places in the United States * Marty, California, a former settlement * Marty, Minnesota, an unincorporated community * Marty, South Dakota, a census-designated place Arts and entertainment * "Marty" (teleplay), a 1953 teleplay by Paddy Chayefsky * ''Marty'' (film), a 1955 American film based on the teleplay * ''Marty'' (musical), a 2003 musical version of the film * ''Marty'' (TV series), a 1968–1969 British television comedy series starring Marty Feldman * "Marty", a song by the band Five Iron Frenzy Other uses * Tropical Storm Marty (other), various storms and hurricanes * , a patrol vessel in United States Navy service from 1917 to 1918 * FM Towns Marty, a Japanese videogame console * "Marty", a robotic supermarket assistant used by The Giant Company The Giant Company (formerly known as Gia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Willie The Weeper
"Willie the Weeper" is a song about drug addiction. It is based on a standard vaudeville song, likely written in 1904. It is credited to Walter Melrose, Grant Rymal, Marty Bloom, who published it with Morris Edwin H & Co Inc in 1908. The first recording was likely by Freddie Keppard between 1923 and 1926. Many artists recorded it in 1927, including Frankie "Half-Pint" Jaxon, Louis Armstrong and His Hot Seven, and King Oliver. Ernest Rodgers recorded a version, also in 1927, which shares several lines with Cab Calloway's "Minnie the Moocher". The song has many different versions, but all share a common theme: Willie, a chimney sweeper with a dope habit, is introduced. The rest of the song is a description of his drug-induced dream. As Carl Sandburg wrote in his book ''The American Songbag:'' R. W. Gordon in his editorship of the Adventure magazine department "Old Songs That Men Have Sung" received thirty versions of Willy the Weeper, about one hundred verses different. Willy sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Davis (blues)
Walter Davis (March 1, 1911 or 1912"Walter Davis" FindaGrave.com. Retrieved October 17, 2016. – October 22, 1963) was an American singer, pianist, and songwriter who was one of the most prolific blues recording artists from the early 1930s to the early 1950s. He was unrelated to the pianist Davis had a rich singing voice that was as expressive as the best of the |
Come Back Baby
"Come Back Baby" is a slow blues song written and recorded by the blues singer and pianist Walter Davis in 1940. Ray Charles's version, with the title "Come Back" and with songwriting credited to Charles, was released as the B-side to Charles's 1954 single, " I Got a Woman". The song received airplay and peaked at number four on the R&B singles chart. It later appeared as "Come Back Baby" on his 1956 album ''Ray Charles'', with songwriting still credited to Charles. Other renditions *Lowell Fulson recorded in early 1950. *Lightnin' Hopkins and John Lee Hooker recorded multiple versions. *Stevie Wonder included a version on his Tribute to Uncle Ray album in 1962. *Carolyn Hester recorded a version in 1962 with Bob Dylan accompanying on harmonica. *Dave Van Ronk, accompanying himself on guitar, included it on his 1963 Folkways recording '' Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger''. *Bert Jansch covered the song on his 1967 album ''Nicola''. *Aretha Franklin later covered the song in a faster- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dink's Song
"Dink's Song" (sometimes known as "Fare Thee Well") is an American folk song played by many folk revival musicians such as Pete Seeger, Fred Neil, Bob Dylan and Dave Van Ronk, Kate & Anna McGarrigle, and Cisco Houston as well as more recent musicians like Jeff Buckley. The song tells the story of a woman deserted by her lover when she needs him the most. History The first historical record of the song was by ethnomusicologist John Lomax in 1909, who recorded it as sung by an African American woman called Dink, as she washed her husband's clothes in a tent camp of migratory levee-builders on the bank of the Brazos River, a few miles from Houston, Texas. Lomax and his son, Alan Lomax were the first to publish itincluding it in ''American Ballads and Folk Songs'', published by Macmillan in 1934. Lyrics As with many traditional songs, there are numerous versions of the lyrics. The version published in ''American Ballads and Folk Songs'' is rendered in an approximation of African Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hoochie Coochie Man
"Hoochie Coochie Man" (originally titled "I'm Your Hoochie Cooche Man") is a blues standard written by Willie Dixon and first recorded by Muddy Waters in 1954. The song makes reference to hoodoo folk magic elements and makes novel use of a stop-time musical arrangement. It became one of Waters' most popular and identifiable songs and helped secure Dixon's role as Chess Records' chief songwriter. The song is a classic of Chicago blues and one of Waters' first recordings with a full backing band. Dixon's lyrics build on Waters' earlier use of ''braggadocio'' and themes of fortune and sex appeal. The stop-time riff was "soon absorbed into the ''lingua franca'' of blues, R&B, jazz, and rock and roll", according to musicologist Robert Palmer, and is used in several popular songs. When Bo Diddley adapted it for " I'm a Man", it became one of the most recognizable musical phrases in blues. After the song's initial success in 1954, Waters recorded several live and new studio ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blind Lemon Jefferson
Lemon Henry "Blind Lemon" Jefferson (September 24, 1893 – December 19, 1929)Some sources indicate Jefferson was born on October 26, 1894. was an American blues and gospel singer-songwriter and musician. He was one of the most popular blues singers of the 1920s and has been called the "Father of the Texas Blues".Dicaire, David (1999). ''Blues Singers: Biographies of 50 Legendary Artists of the Early 20th Century''. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland and Company. pp. 140–144. . Due mainly to his high-pitched voice and the originality of his guitar playing, Jefferson's performances were distinctive. His recordings sold well, but he was not a strong influence on younger blues singers of his generation, who could not imitate him as easily as they could other commercially successful artists. Charters, Samuel (1977). ''The Blues Makers''. New York: Da Capo Press. . Later blues and rock and roll musicians, however, did attempt to imitate both his songs and his musical style. Biogra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
