No Dirty Names
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| Producer | Jerry Schoenbaum | |||
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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
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Allmusic |   [1] |
Writing for
Allmusic, critic Richie Unterberger wrote about 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
- "William Butler Yeats, music by Travis Edmonson; mistakenly attributed to Judy Collins) – 5:25
- "Keep It Clean" (Charley Jordan; not 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
- "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
- Terri Van Ronk – scream
- John Court – scream
Production notes
- Val Valentin – engineer
- Jack Anesh – cover design
- Charles Stewart – cover photograph
- Jerry Schoenbaum – production supervisor
References
- ^ Allmusic. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
