Folksinger

by Dave Van Ronk

Folksinger cover art

'The Mayor of MacDougal Street' captured his signature gravelly voice and ragtime-influenced acoustic fingerpicking on this seminal Prestige release. 'Folksinger' deeply influenced the Greenwich Village scene, teaching essential traditional blues structures to young disciples like Bob Dylan.

Genres

  • Contemporary Folk
  • Acoustic Blues

Tracklist

  1. Samson and Delilah
  2. Cocaine Blues
  3. You've Been a Good Old Wagon
  4. Fixin' to Die
  5. Hang Me, Oh Hang Me
  6. Long John
  7. Chicken Is Nice
  8. He Was a Friend of Mine
  9. Motherless Children
  10. Stackalee
  11. Mr. Noah
  12. Come Back Baby
  13. Poor Lazarus