The Mayor of MacDougal Street

Infobox Album |
Name = The Mayor of MacDougal Street
Type = compilation album
Artist = Dave Van Ronk


Released =April 19, 2005
Recorded = 1957-1969
Genre = Folk
Length =
Label = Rootstock Recordings
Producer = Elijah Wald
Reviews = * Allmusic Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kzfrxqrsldhe link]
Last album = ""
(2004)
This album = "The Mayor of MacDougal Street"
(2005)
Next album =

"The Mayor of MacDougal Street" (subtitled "Rarities 1957-1961") is a compilation album by American folksinger Dave Van Ronk, released in 2005.

"The Mayor of MacDougal Street" contains previously un-released songs and is presented in chronological order. It contains both solo material and songs recorded with session musicians and bands that either backed Van Ronk or he was a member of. It was included with the memoir of the same title before being released as a separate CD.

Track listing

#"New Orleans Hop Scop Blues" (Thomas) – 2:08
#"On Top of Old Smoky" (Traditional) – 3:31
#"All My Trials" (Traditional) – 3:48
#"Buddy Bolden's Blues" (Morton) – 2:48
#"The Butcher Boy" (Traditional) – 2:56
#"Salty Dog" (Jackson) – 3:21
#"Two Trains Running" (Waters) – 3:34
#"Way Down in Lubyanka Prison" (Berkeley) – 4:00
#"Willie the Weeper" (Traditional) – 3:07
#"Shaving Cream" (Bell) – 3:11
#"The Cruel Ship's Captain" (Traditional) – 2:39
#"As You Make Your Bed" (Bertolt Brecht, Kurt Weill) – 4:21
#"Bird on the Wire" (Leonard Cohen) – 3:29
#"Both Sides Now" (Joni Mitchell) – 5:14
#"In Conditional Support of Beauty" (Van Ronk) – 4:00
#"W.C. Fields Routine [Spoken] " (Traditional) – 1:36
#"Romping Through the Swamp" (Stampfel) – 2:03

Personnel

*Dave Van Ronk - vocals, guitar

Production notes

*Produced by Elijah Wald
*Mastered by Geoff Brumbaugh
*Editing and pre-mastering by Mark Greenberg
*Compilation and annotation by Elijah Wald
*Digital transfers by Dave Palmater
*Executive producers - Nick Fritsch and Stephen McArthur
*Graphic design by Nick Fritsch

External links

* [http://www.elijahwald.com/vanronk.html "The Mayor of MacDougal Street"] , Dave Van Ronk's memoir of the folk revival.