#Dave Van Ronk

[oldshowbiz]

The Gaslight Cafe

[pam3pr]

Bob Dylan with Suze Rotolo, Karen Dalton, Dave Van Ronk, and friend walking in NY in 1963

[shadowland]

Phil Ochs and Bob Dylan with Dave Van Ronk during the Friends Of Chile benefit concert 'An Evening with Salvador Allende', May 9, 1974.

[satansluckycigarette]

The reason Dylan became popular was simply that his sound was very similar to the Beatles. He was absolutely not a copycat, but it's pretty undeniable. The Beatles and Dylan debuted around the same time. Dylan's first offering- a collection of Woody Guthrie and Dave Van Ronk covers, with only one original composition- flopped hard; the Beatles met with immediate success. Dylan altered his sound in a more Rockabilly direction modeled after Johnny Cash, but sticking with English Folk influenced lyrics- his next album took off. Why? Because American teenagers couldn't see John Lennon until 1964 so they saw Dylan.

The Folk scene was not jealous of Dylan nor did they hold him back. Electric instrumentation had featured at Newport from its inception. Bo Diddly and John Lee Hooker- founding fathers of Electric Blues- headlined the original 1959 show. Johnny Cash- an entirely electric act for most of his career- debuted at Newport the same year as Dylan as did Phil Ochs. Cash and Ochs both played electric: Dylan played acoustic.

The reason for the riot at Newport '65 is very straightforward: 1) Dylan did not perform the five song structure acts signed onto at that time, he played two songs and stepped away- ripping off fans and causing the initial round of heckling, 2) Pete Seeger and Allen Ginsberg approached Dylan's manager- Albert Grossman- to get Dylan to go back on and fulfill his obligation: Grossman initially refused and referred to Seeger and Ginsberg by the f-slur and used the k-slur on Ginsberg angering Seeger and bystanders, and 3) Grossman eventually relented- at Dylan's request- but only if they cranked the distortion on their amp's beyond its capacity in order to damage Newport's sound system and crash the festival: he also gave Dylan's drummer an SS helmet to wear. This offense sparked the riot.

Dylan was booed because Dylan was an asshole.

[theprofessorofdesire]

Bob Dylan, Suze Rotolo, and Dave Van Ronk | Greenwich Village NYC 1963 | Photographed by Jim Marshall.

[02nique02]

[zamboopha]

Hang Me Oh Hang Me - folk song 1870

Heard this song as a kid and it really knocked me out so I did my own

[platonicpolycule]

no yeah i'm fine*

*listening to dave van ronk's cover of he was a friend of mine from the 1976 phil ochs memorial concert (with introduction)

[1976desire]

bob dylan (with arlo guthrie and dave van ronk) backstage at the friends of chile benefit concert, felt forum, nyc, 1974. photo by bob gruen

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

From l to r - Mimi Fariña, Dave Van Ronk, Joan Baez, Leonard Cohen, Judy Collins, Chad Mitchell - NYC, 1966. :: Beat Poems On The Road

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“Feel so wild you could break somebody's heart”

(Joni at the film premiere of ‘Powwow Highway,’ 35 years ago.)

[bobbydylandaily]

[duelinthesun]

name-dropping dave van ronk in my thesis🧚‍♀️ (which has nothing to do with the 60s folk scene)

[shadowland]

Phil Ochs backstage (1965/66) photographed by Alice Ochs

[raps-hellion]

since inside llewyn davis was partly inspired by the folk singer dave van ronk's story, i think they should've included a bit based off the time van ronk got arrested during the stonewall riots.

llewyn hearing noise outside a restaurant, going "well i suppose i should go see what the fuss is about", stepping outside and immediately throwing bricks at the cops would've a) made for a hell of a scene and b) been an incredibly llewyn thing for him to do.

[folk-enjoyer]

song for tonight