Dave Van Ronk (June 30 1936 - February 10 2002) was a folk singer born in Brooklyn, New York, who settled in Greenwich Village, New York City, and was nicknamed the "Mayor of MacDougal Street." He was best known as an important figure in New York City during the acoustic blues revival of the 1960s, but his work ranged from old English ballads to Bertolt Brecht, rock, New Orleans jazz, and swing. He became known for performing instrumental ragtime guitar music, … Wikipedia
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Then Dick Ellington introduced us to a young musician named Dave van Ronk . Dave had just gotten back from a hitch as a merchant seaman and didn't have a place of his own yet. www.cvil.wustl.edu/~gary/Lee/bio-folknik.html