No Dirty Names

by Dave Van Ronk

No Dirty Names cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1966
  • Label: Verve Folkways
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:28
  • Community rating: 3.73/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Anchoring the Greenwich Village scene, Dave Van Ronk delivers a gruff, fiercely authentic set of acoustic blues and contemporary folk. His distinct fingerpicking style and weathered vocals bring an immense gravitas to traditional and modern compositions alike.

Genres

Descriptors: folk, bluesy, male-vocals, storytelling, piano

Tracklist

  1. One Meatball (3:13)
  2. One Of These Days (3:02)
  3. Song Of The Wandering Aengus (5:05)
  4. Keep It Clean (2:23)
  5. Zen Korans Gonna Rise Again (3:45)
  6. Freddie (2:12)
  7. Statesboro Blues (2:07)
  8. Midnight Hour Blues (7:38)
  9. 'Bout A Spoonful (2:24)
  10. Mean World Blues (2:52)
  11. Blues Chante (2:43)
  12. The Old Man (1:37)
  13. Alabama Song (5:21)

Credits

  • Dave Van Ronk - primary artist, guitar, vocals, arranged by, written-by
  • John Court - backing vocals [scream]
  • Terri Van Ronk - backing vocals [scream]
  • Chuck Israels - bass
  • Dave Woods - guitar
  • Barry Kornfeld - organ
  • Jerry Schoenbaum - supervised by
  • Josh White - written-by

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