RADIO ETHER PROGRAM 1,508 (DAVE VAN RONK ETHER)

RADIO ETHER
PROGRAM ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND EIGHT
(DAVE VAN RONK ETHER)

(For Gene and Bob and Klute)

“Sometimes you have to forget your principles and do what’s right.”
- Dave Van Ronk, The Mayor of MacDougal Street [2013 edition]: A Memoir

DISC 1
1. Intro
2. Duncan And Brady [Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues And A Spiritual - Folkways Records - 1959]
3. Twelve Gates To The City (Reverend Gary Davis) [Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues And A Spiritual - Folkways Records - 1959]
4. Gambler's Blues [Dave Van Ronk Sings Ballads, Blues And A Spiritual - Folkways Records - 1959]
5. talk
6. See That My Grave Is Kept Clean (Blind Lemon Jefferson) [Van Ronk Sings - Folkways (FA 2383) - 1961]
7. River Come Down [Van Ronk Sings - Folkways (FA 2383) - 1961]
8. Spike Driver's Moan [Van Ronk Sings - Folkways (FA 2383) - 1961]
9. talk
10. Samson and Delilah [Folksinger - Prestige - 1962]
11. Fixin' To Die [Folksinger - Prestige - 1962]
12. Hang Me, Oh Hang Me [Folksinger - Prestige - 1962]
13. talk
14. Death Letter Blues (Traditional) - Dave Van Ronk and The Red Onion Jazz Band [In the Tradition - Prestige - 1963]
15. Sister Kate (Piron) - Dave Van Ronk and The Red Onion Jazz Band [In the Tradition - Prestige - 1963]
16. Hesitation Blues (Traditional) - Dave Van Ronk and The Red Onion Jazz Band [In the Tradition - Prestige - 1963]
17. talk
18. House Carpenter (Traditional) [Inside Dave Van Ronk - Prestige/Folklore - 1964]
19. Silver Dagger (Traditional) [Inside Dave Van Ronk - Prestige/Folklore - 1964]
20. Kentucky Moonshiner (Traditional) [Inside Dan Van Ronk - Prestige/Folklore - 1964]
21. talk
22. Mack The Knife (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill, Beitzstein) - Dave Van Ronk With The Ragtime Jug Stompers [Ragtime Jug Stompers - Mercury - 1964]
23. Temptation Rag (Henry Lodge, Weslyn) - Dave Van Ronk With The Ragtime Jug Stompers [Ragtime Jug Stompers - Mercury - 1964]
24. You's A Viper (Thomas "Fats" Waller) - Dave Van Ronk With The Ragtime Jug Stompers [Ragtime Jug Stompers - Mercury - 1964]

DISC 2
25. talk
26. Pastures of Plenty (Woody Guthrie) [Just Dave Van Ronk - Mercury - 1964]
27. Blue Monday (Fats Domino, Dave Bartholomew) [Just Dave Van Ronk - Mercury - 1964]
28. The House of the Rising Sun (Arranged by Dave Van Ronk) [Just Dave Van Ronk - Mercury - 1964]
29. talk
30. One Meatball (Josh White) [No Dirty Names - Verve - 1966]
31. The Old Man (Bob Dylan) [No Dirty Names - Verve - 1966]
32. Alabama Song (Bertold Brecht, Kurt Weill, arr. Dave Van Ronk) [No Dirty Names - Verve - 1966]
33. talk
34. Swing on a Star (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) - Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters [Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters - Verve - 1967]
35. Dink's Song (Bess B. Lomax, John A. Lomax) - Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters [Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters - Verve - 1967]
36. Cocaine (Reverend Gary Davis) - Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters [Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters - Verve - 1967]
37. talk
38. Bird On The Wire (Leonard Cohen) [Van Ronk - Polydor - 1971]
39. Urge for Going (Joni Mitchell) [Van Ronk - Polydor - 1971]
40. Gaslight Rag (Dave Van Ronk) [Van Ronk - Polydor - 1971]
41. talk
42. Green Rocky Road (Len Chandler) [Songs for Ageing Children (sub-titled Let the Feeling Talk to You) - Cadet - 1973]
43. Song for Joni (Dave Van Ronk) [Songs for Ageing Children (sub-titled Let the Feeling Talk to You) - Cadet - 1973]
44. River (Joni Mitchell) [Songs for Ageing Children (sub-titled Let the Feeling Talk to You) - Cadet - 1973]

DISC 3
45. talk
46. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well (Traditional) [Sunday Street - Philo - 1976]
47. The Pearls (Jelly Roll Morton) [Sunday Street - Philo - 1976]
48. Mamie's Blues (Traditional) [Sunday Street - Philo - 1976]
49. talk
50. Michigan Water Blues (Clarence Williams) [Somebody Else, Not Me - Philo - 1980]
51. Sportin' Life (Brownie McGhee) [Somebody Else, Not Me - Philo - 1980]
52. Song to Woody (Bob Dylan) [Somebody Else, Not Me - Philo - 1980]
53. talk
54. Blood Red Moon (Dave Van Ronk) [Going Back To Brooklyn - Reckless - 1985]
55. Zen Koans Gonna Rise Again (Dave Van Ronk) [Going Back To Brooklyn - Reckless - 1985]
56. Another Time And Place (Dave Van Ronk) [Going Back To Brooklyn - Reckless - 1985]
57. talk
58. Subterranean Homesick Blues (Bob Dylan) [To All My Friends In Far-Flung Places - Gazell - 1994]
59. Jersey Girl (Tom Waits) [To All My Friends In Far-Flung Places - Gazell - 1994]
60. To All My Friends In Far Flung Places (Reprise) (Jane Voss) [To All My Friends In Far-Flung Places - Gazell - 1994]

DISC 4
61. talk
62. Comes Love (Brown, Stept, Tobias) [Sweet & Lowdown - Justin Time - 2001]
63. Thanks for the Memory (Ralph Rainger, Leo Robin) [Sweet & Lowdown - Justin Time - 2001]
64. I Can't Get Started (Duke, Gershwin) [Sweet & Lowdown - Justin Time - 2001]
65. Sweet and Low Down (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) [Sweet & Lowdown - Justin Time - 2001]
66. Outro
67. God Bless the Child (Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday) [Your Basic Dave Van Ronk - Kicking Mule - 1982] [ETHER BONUS]
68. St. James Infirmary [Your Basic Dave Van Ronk - Kicking Mule - 1982] [ETHER BONUS]
69. Clouds (From Both Sides Now) (Joni Mitchell) - Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters [Dave Van Ronk and the Hudson Dusters - Verve - 1967] [ETHER BONUS]
70. Let No One Deceive You (Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill) [Let No One Deceive You: Songs of Bertolt Brecht - Flying Fish (FF 70557) - 1992] [ETHER BONUS]
71. He Was a Friend of Mine (Live at the Phil Ochs Memorial Concert, 1976) [ETHER BONUS]

DJ: Charles Cicirella
Sunday, October 31, 2021
Cleveland, Ohio

Artwork included
ENJOY!

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