The Mayor Of Macdougal Street: A Memoir
by Dave Van Ronk, Elijah Wald
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Author: Dave Van Ronk, Elijah WaldForeword: Lawrence Block
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2005-04-12
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 246
Publisher: Da Capo Press
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Book Review: A Thoroughly Interesting Memoir
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is very interesting due to its subject- the witty yet unschooled, tremendously talented, left-leaning, Mayor of MacDougal Street, Dave Van Ronk. Elijah Wald did an excellent job with this, though this read is not as compelling as Elijah's biography of Josh White, which is one of the best Blues-related books I've ever read, along with "Escaping The Delta", another of Elijah's works, which centers on the birth of the Blues, the "Race Records" industry, and the legend of Robert Johnson. There are many interesting and colorful stories in this book, some of them dealing with cross-country trips and free hamburgers and smuggling illegal substances into the United States. This book also allows us to see that there were players on the Greenwich Village scene before Bob Dylan, and in many cases, these men and women were a lot more talented than young Bob, at least in terms of proficiency on the guitar. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in Dave Van Ronk, the Country Blues revival, the popular "Folk" music of the 1960s, and the aforementioned decade in general.
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