The Mayor of MacDougal Street

Compilation album by Dave Van Ronk

Released

April 19, 2005

Recorded

1957-1969

Rootstock Recordings

Dave Van Ronk chronology

...and the tin pan bended and the story ended...
(2004)

The Mayor of MacDougal Street
(2005)

This article is about the album. "The Mayor of MacDougal Street" is also the title of Dave Van Ronk's memoir^[1]

The Mayor of MacDougal Street (subtitled Rarities 1957-1969) is a compilation album by American folksinger Dave Van Ronk, released in 2005.

History

The Mayor of MacDougal Street contains previously unreleased songs and is presented in chronological order. It contains both solo material and songs recorded with session musicians and bands that either backed Van Ronk or he was a member of. It was included with the memoir of the same title before being released as a separate CD. The title refers to MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[2]

Writing for Allmusic, critic Steve Leggett wrote of the album "Van Ronk was never a part of the tradition-at-all-costs wing of the folk movement, and he readily embraced the young songwriters of the day, frequently covering their songs, as evidenced by the hushed, nuanced version of Leonard Cohen's "Bird on the Wire" that is included here. A skilled raconteur, Van Ronk had the timing of a jazz hornman, and that timing and his wide-ranging musical interests are everywhere apparent on this lovingly assembled look behind the curtains."^[2]

Track listing

"New Orleans Hop Scop Blues" (Thomas) – 2:08
"On Top of Old Smoky" (Traditional) – 3:31
"All My Trials" (Traditional) – 3:48
"Buddy Bolden's Blues" (Morton) – 2:48
"The Butcher Boy" (Traditional) – 2:56
"Salty Dog" (Jackson) – 3:21
"Two Trains Running" (Muddy Waters) – 3:34
"Way Down in Lubyanka Prison" (Berkeley) – 4:00
"Willie the Weeper" (Traditional) – 3:07
"Shaving Cream" (Bell) – 3:11
"The Cruel Ship's Captain" (Traditional) – 2:39
"As You Make Your Bed" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 4:21
"Bird on the Wire" (Leonard Cohen) – 3:29
"Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell) – 5:14
"In Conditional Support of Beauty" (Van Ronk) – 4:00
"W.C. Fields Routine [Spoken]" (Traditional) – 1:36
"Romping Through the Swamp" (live) (Stampfel) – 2:03

Personnel

Dave Van Ronk - vocals, guitar

Production notes

Produced by Elijah Wald
Mastered by Geoff Brumbaugh
Editing and pre-mastering by Mark Greenberg
Compilation and annotation by Elijah Wald
Digital transfers by Dave Palmater
Executive producers - Nick Fritsch and Stephen McArthur
Graphic design by Nick Fritsch

References

↑ The Mayor of MacDougal Street, ISBN 030681479X; ISBN 978-0306814792
1 2 Leggett, Steve. "The Mayor of MacDougal Street > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 15, 2011.

External links

The Mayor of MacDougal Street, Dave Van Ronk's memoir of the folk revival.

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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