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Results for Dave Van RonkWith his bawdy, gruff, yet tender singing style and considerable musical skills, Dave Van Ronk became one of the most respected members of New York's early sixties folk boom. He formed various blues bands and became a close friend of Bob Dylan, who frequently stayed at Van Ronk's Greenwich Village apartment. Though he's never been a commercial success, he remains influential in folk circles as a performer, historian and teacher....more
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by Bob Hill•June 25, 2008•
In A Freewheelin’ Time Rotolo uses her relationship with Dylan as the focal point for everything else happening around them. And in that sense Bob Dylan plays a central role. But—to her credit—Rotolo never exploits the relationship for her own purpose. And she doesn’t waste entire chapters obsessing over Dylan’s every whim. She describes him as someone who was immensely talented, and often difficult.
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by The Editors•May 14, 2008•
Read shared stories from Paul and other writers and editors who worked on the original Crawdaddy! (plus our own Denise Sullivan who writes quite eloquently on the Crawdaddy! spirit). As we take time this issue to pay homage to the original, as our own one-year anniversary wouldn’t even be remotely possible without it, we hope you enjoy them as they recount their insightful tales.
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by Paul Williams•August 8, 2007•
I enjoyed seeing Mojo Nixon last night, but I felt that his act, which is very entertaining, kind of got in the way of his genius. The excitement of his first number, “Twilight’s Last Gleaming”
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by Anthony Firestine•June 27, 2007•
Enter Gary Higgins’ Red Hash, which was independently recorded in an acute 40 hour period between his arrest and sentencing that stemmed from a trumped-up drug bust.
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