No Dirty Names

Studio album by Dave Van Ronk

Released

1966

Dave Van Ronk chronology

Just Dave Van Ronk
(1964)

No Dirty Names
(1966)

Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters
(1967)

No Dirty Names is a 1966 album by artist Dave Van Ronk. It features the first recorded version of Bob Dylan's song "The Old Man".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Richie Unterberger wrote of the album "While this is certainly among the more obscure of Dave Van Ronk's early LPs (none of which were exactly big sellers), it's one of the better ones. It's not radically different from most of the folk-blues albums he made in his early career. But there's a little more variety to the arrangements and repertoire than usual, with just as much of Van Ronk's growling gruff voice as always"^[1]

Track listing

"One Meatball" (Josh White) – 3:04
"One Of These Days" (Mose Allison) – 2:55
"Song Of The Wandering Aengus" (words by William Butler Yeats, music by Judy Collins) – 5:25
"Keep It Clean" (Charley Jordan(mis-credited on the album)) – 2:27
"Zen Koans Gonna Rise Again" (Dave Van Ronk) – 3:39
"Freddie" (Mance Lipscomb) – 2:05
"Statesboro Blues" (Blind Willie McTell) – 2:12
"Midnight Hour" Blues (Leroy Carr) – 4:55
"Bout A Spoonful" (Gary Davis) – 2:18
"Mean World Blues" (Niela Horn) – 2:19
"Blues Chante" (Dizzy Gillespie) – 2:40
"The Old Man" (Bob Dylan) – 1:33
"Alabama Song" (Bertold Brecht, Kurt Weill, arr. Dave Van Ronk) – 5:19

All tracks arranged by Van Ronk

Personnel

Dave Van Ronk – vocals, guitar
Dave Woods – guitar
Chuck Israels – bass
Barry Kornfield – organ
Terry Van Ronk – scream
John Court – scream

Production notes

Val Valentin – engineer
Jack Anesh – cover design
Charles Stewart – cover photo
Jerry Schoenbaum – production supervisor

References

1 2 Unterberger, Richie. "No Dirty Names > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 15, 2011.

Dave Van Ronk

Studio albums	Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues, and a Spiritual (1959) Dave Van Ronk and the Ragtime Jug Stompers (1960) Van Ronk Sings (1961) Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger (1962) In the Tradition (1963) Inside Dave Van Ronk (1964) Just Dave Van Ronk (1964) ‘’No Dirty Names (1966) ‘’Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters’’ (1967) ‘’Van Ronk’’ (1971) ‘’Songs for Ageing Children (1973) ‘’Sunday Street’’ (1976) ‘’Somebody Else, Not Me’’ (1980) ‘’Your Basic Dave Van Ronk’’ (1982) ‘’St. James Infirmary’’ (1983) ‘’Going Back to Brooklyn’’ (1985) ‘’Let No One Deceive You’’ (1990) ‘’Hummin’ to Myself’’ (1990) ‘’Peter and the Wolf’’ (1990) ‘’To All My Friends in Far-Flung Places’’ (1994) ‘’From... Another Time & Place’’ (1995) ‘’Sweet & Lowdown’’ (2001)

Live albums	"Dave Van Ronk in Rome" (1983) "Live at Sir George Williams University" (1997) ...and the tin pan bended and the story ended... (2004) ‘’On Air’’ (2008)

Compilations	‘’Van Ronk’’ (1972) ‘’Hesitation Blues’’ (1988) ‘’Inside Dave Van Ronk’’ (1989) ‘’The Folkways Years, 1959–1961’’ (1991) ‘’A Chrestomathy’’ (1992) ‘’Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk’’ (2002) ‘’The Mayor of MacDougal Street’’ (2005) ‘’Bluesmaster’’ (2012) ‘’Down in Washington Square: The Smithsonian Folkways Collection’’ (2013)

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