In 1992-93 I spotted an ad in the Village Voice.Guitar Lessons - Dave Van Ronk. I thought, could this be the real Dave Van Ronk? I called and when he answered the phone it was obviously him! I turned up at his apartment a week later for our first lesson. The place was tiny. He was a very articulate and gentle man. Often we would would overun our alloted time just talking about music, things in the news. God Bless You Dave.

@robmoore9231

3 жыл бұрын

That is the coolest bit of luck there, mate

@lamper2

3 жыл бұрын

describe what the lessons were like-what did he teach you?

@liammiyar-mullan939

11 ай бұрын

damn thats so cool I wanna play like him bet he knows a lot of cool songs

@MrJames-tw3so

10 ай бұрын

How much did he charge? did he expect you to know who he was or did he not care either way.

I miss Dave Van Ronk so very much. I enjoyed so many of his folk performances in the Village and at festivals and he always gave everything he had into each performance. There can never be another Dave Van Ronk.

Wish I had the chance to hear/meet this man in person. This world need more of these types of people. R.I.P. Dave.

First heard DVR in '65 .. heard him before I heard all the great country bluesmen. He iis still my favourite entertainer. Love the break ..

I lucked out and got to see him before he died, at Bumbershoot in Seattle, I think 1998. I'd heard that he had done a version of Hesitation Blues, so I wanted to check him out. I was floored. Raw, funny, poignant. The Real Deal. Never will forget the feeling of that performance. Goes beyond the music, the sound, touched something kicking and screaming inside of me. Yes, yes yes! Thank you Dave. R.I.P.

Saw Dave perform back in the early '70s at a small folk concert in Norfolk, Va. I believe he was the biggest name on the bill.

so much going on in his voice not to mention the virtuoso fingerpicking, RIP van Ronk

Discovered this music around a year ago (currently 21). Took me long time to learn this style but after many painful nights i learned my first fingerpicking song stackerlee. My fingers were bleeding and my thumb had a blister on it which popped and was very painful. Still breaking in my thumb to this day. If it wasn't for stagger lee i wouldn't of discovered so many insane guitarists from 1920s-1980s.

@MrJames-tw3so

10 ай бұрын

through that pain will come great music. Nothing worth having comes easily. You're paying your dues,like countless greats did before you. play on And let it bleed.

I'm having that song played at my funeral!

I watched Dave Van Ronk perform on stage at Nassau Community College, Long Island where I attended after returning as a Marine in Vietnam. I felt like paying homage to this big, growling bear.

The 1st of my influences back when I was a youngster. Spent endless hours, days, weeks with a beginner guitar hoping to emulate my first "King of Cool". Pretty funny in retrospect to consider I knew nothing about open tunings, sure would have made for better results on my part. But Old Dave set the bar, and like everybody else who thinks he's a guitar player, I finally got this track fairly correct, lol. Thanks for pointing the way, Dave.

I keep getting stuck between this and Candyman.Back and forth, back and forth. Cant stop.

Thanks for posting this! I used to have the whole video of that performance and somehow ignominiously lost it during a move. I remember he was so funny in between songs - wonderful schtick!

wow!! i am reading the memoir. i love the book

@HeraldKVideos

5 жыл бұрын

I take it you mean 'The Mayor of MacDougal Street'? Great book...

@billtilghman2232

3 жыл бұрын

A good read!

Dave gave me so much joy !! I miss him

I DID get to say thank you to HIM somewhere in Minneapolis at a concert '78?, where I gave him one of my 3 copies of my (Pebbles) LP, I had with me from Germany, never knew if he ever listened to it. It had "guitar shuffle" on it from B.B.Broonzy which I had learned from an old album of Daves. But I got to say thanks- awesome!!! does anyone have the tracks "Guitar Shuffle" ? or any of the other songs?

Dave was a huge influence on me when I was discovering music. I heard him up close and live around 1979-80 as the opening act for John Fahey (!) at the Birchmere in Alexandria, VA! I've always liked Dave's Stagolee among the many other great versions.

@wa8d4g8i7

7 жыл бұрын

wow, you'd be lucky to see either of those men live, let alone at the same concert!

@jtseem Great story! I wish I could have met him, taken lessons from him. He had passed on before I knew about him.

great bluesman. my favorite version of Stackalee. love his "He Was A Friend of Mine" too.

thanks for posting this, it's a great song!

makes me laugh and cry at the same time

TTTHAnks for posting this!!!!!!

The Coen brothers are writing a script based on his memoir. Hope it follows through.

@49dwalin55

6 жыл бұрын

UncleErnie71 It did and it was masterful

@agustinfunesemma

3 жыл бұрын

@@49dwalin55 Inside Llewyn Davis??

Gotta love this performance...

@saHadn many of his music Good man mmello411

I nwas a grerat fan of dave. in 1972 saw him in Philladepha AT THE CELLAR DOOR IN South st. First time Isaw Dave Where is he now? Have many recorides of him?

There has to be more footage of Dave. Please post it..I had the opportunity to see him and speak to him on a number of occassions. He was a gentle giant and as of yet, grossly under-recognized and appreciated.

Great stuff

Great !

Thanks to a Stefan Grossman column in an old UK magazine called 'Guitarist' something like 23-24 years ago I sat down and learned to play this exact arrangement including the stretch on the guitar break. Then I went on the Cocaine Blues. But I was beat by St James Infirmary.

That is really cool story...

holy shit.

@BakerJnr this song's been recorded in different incarnations hundreds of times, or songs based on the same story with similar names.

"When you lose your money, learn to lose!"

@steelpikker The best cover ever of He Was a Friend of Mine is definitely Van Ronk's! I have it on an old LP, but I have no idea how to digitalize and upload, sorry! Over the years, it has also been my favorite Van Ronk. I loved that man.

I've been looking for ages, but can't find any tabs of this. This song has been done 306 different ways, and I can't find this version anywhere. Anybody found tabs for it?

Anton met Furry Lewis.

@jtseem How long did you study with Dave? When did he pass?

@shensan88 Staklee Yes

@HippieGuitarBoy If you are still interested, I can put up a lesson for how to play this song. Let me know

might be a dumb question but does this song relate at all to stagger lee by the grateful dead?

@SkipWay

9 жыл бұрын

There are many variations to this song. Some times it's called Stack-O-Lee or Stagger Lee. Lloyd Price had an R&B hit with it in 1960. It's the same tune the Dead did.

@diegopatricio143

8 жыл бұрын

+skipwaytube This is an awesome take ...

@SkipWay

8 жыл бұрын

+Diego Patricio Dave was great and a very influential figure in the folk revival in the early '60s.

@jdavis417

7 жыл бұрын

I was unaware of this song but I've heard "Stagger Lee" by Dr. John more-than-once. ;)

@SkipWay

7 жыл бұрын

I know. I bought his first album on Prestige in 1965. He mentored many of his younger compatriots in the Village in the early '60s, including Bobby D. 'o)

@blindbonder Interested? I'm fascinated. Please do. Thank you very much! :)

@UncleErnie71 So I do.

Did he say psylisibin?

He's playing Cannon Ball Blues.

Looks like he had a shoulder injury or something.

13 people need to learn how to lose.

every Folk Singer has a cartoon persona ,,, Van ronk's is an angry hobo sitting on a trash can ,, like Oscar the grouch sorta

It's gonna be a screwball comedy. Even though the book is humorous, it obviously won't be all to faithful to Wald & Van Ronk's mayor of MacDougal

A man who is obfuscated by low lung efficiency..cough..cough..a progenitor of Tom Waits?

@BakerJnr this song's been recorded in different incarnations hundreds of times, or songs based on the same story with similar names.