Just Dave Van Ronk Just Dave Van Ronk Just Dave Van Ronk is a 1964 album by folk/blues singer Dave Van Ronk. It has not been released on CD. It is probably this arrangement of "House Of The Risin' Sun" that was developed by Dave Van Ronk that Bob Dylan — who was a close friend of Van Ronk's at the time — used on his 1962 debut album "Bob Dylan". Van Ronk discusses this in Martin Scorsese's documentary "No Direction Home". In the interview, Van Ronk said that he was intending to record it at that time, and that Dylan copied his version
The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia are many articles relating to blues music and blues musicians, especially those from the 1920s and 1930s. Gray summarises the life and work of key early rock and roll performers from the 1950s, as well as entries on influential artists from the fields of country music and the folk music revival. There are also articles on historical figures, ranging from Robert Browning to Marshall McLuhan. First editions of the "Encyclopedia" included a DVD duplicating its content, making it readable on the home computer. The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia The Bob Dylan Encyclopedia is a compendium of articles written by Michael Gray