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Music Appreciation

Dyedinthewoolliberal

(16,128 posts) Mon Jun 30, 2025, 10:27 AM 16 hrs ago

Dave Van Ronk was born on this date.

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Dave Van Ronk was born on this date. (Original Post) Dyedinthewoolliberal 16 hrs ago OP

I went through a period where I'd play Van Ronk albums at least 10 times... NNadir 12 hrs ago #1

NNadir

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1. I went through a period where I'd play Van Ronk albums at least 10 times...

Reply to Dyedinthewoolliberal (Original post)

Mon Jun 30, 2025, 01:57 PM

12 hrs ago

...a week.

When I played in clubs, I covered a lot of songs of his.

There were people who told me they liked my slide version of Come Back Baby a great deal; one even said my version was his favorite, but I knew all along, then and now, that my version couldn't hold a candle to Van Ronk's.

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