Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues, and a Spiritual

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Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues and a Spiritual
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Studio album by
Dave Van Ronk
ReleasedMay 1959 (1959-05)[1][2]
GenreFolk, Blues
LabelVerve/Folkways
ProducerKenneth S. Goldstein
Dave Van Ronk chronology
Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues and a Spiritual
(1959) 		Dave Van Ronk and the Ragtime Jug Stompers
(1960)
Alternative Cover
Cover of the 1965 LP reissue as Gambler's Blues
Cover of the 1965 LP reissue as Gambler's Blues

Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues and a Spiritual is an album by American folksinger Dave Van Ronk, released in May 1959 on Folkways Records.[1][2]

It was also released on LP as Gambler's Blues and as Black Mountain Blues. Some of the songs can be found on the 1991 Smithsonian Folkways CD release The Folkways Years, 1959–1961.[2]

Track listing[]

Side one[]

  1. "Duncan and Brady" – 3:00
  2. "Black Mountain Blues" – 4:00
  3. "In the Pines" – 3:04
  4. "My Baby's So Sweet" – 2:32
  5. "Twelve Gates to the City" – 3:12
  6. "Winin' Boy Blues" – 2:35
  7. "If You Leave Me Pretty Mama"

Side two[]

  1. "Backwater Blues"
  2. "Careless Love" (W.C. Handy, Martha E. Koenig, Spencer Williams) – 3:56
  3. "Betty And Dupree"
  4. "K. C. Moan"
  5. "Gambler's Blues"
  6. "John Henry"
  7. "How Long"

Personnel[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Editorial Staff, Billboard (11 May 1959). "Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues & a Spiritual". The Billboard. The Billboard Publishing Co. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Wirz, Stefan. "Dave Van Ronk discography". American Music. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
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