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
Infidels (Bob Dylan album) A number of critics have called "Jokerman" a sly political protest, addressed to an antichrist-like figure, a ""manipulator of crowds … a dream twister."" The second track, "Sweetheart Like You", is sung to a fictitious woman. Oliver Trager's book, "Keys to the Rain: The Definitive Bob Dylan Encyclopedia", mentions that some have criticized this song as sexist. Indeed, music critic Tim Riley makes that accusation in his book, "Hard Rain: A Dylan Commentary", singling out lyrics like ""a woman like you should be at home/That's where you belong/Taking care of somebody nice/Who don't know how to do you wrong."" However,