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The Mayor of MacDougal Street
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The Mayor of MacDougal Street Soft cover - 2006

by Van Ronk, Dave

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Cambridge Massachusetts: Da Capo Press, 2006. New Edition . Soft cover. Very Good. Vivid evocation of a singular time and place, an engaging feast for anyone interested in the music, politics, and spirit of a revolution in 1960s America; some scuffing to cover edges, text bright and unmarked and spine uncreased; still a very good working/reading copy; pp xv, 246
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  • Title The Mayor of MacDougal Street
  • Author Van Ronk, Dave
  • Binding Soft cover
  • Edition New Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 246
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Da Capo Press, Cambridge Massachusetts
  • Date 2006
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 018752
  • ISBN 9780306814792 / 030681479X
  • Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 5.9 x 0.8 in (22.86 x 14.99 x 2.03 cm)
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

First line

Back at Our Lady of Perpetual Bingo, where I went to school, along with the rack, thumbscrew, and bastinado, they had the curious custom of announcing grades in the final exams and then making everybody hang around for an extra week before turning us loose for summer vacation.

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About the author

Dave Van Ronk (1936-2002) was one of the founding figures of the 1960s folk revival, but he was far more than that. A pioneer of modern acoustic blues, a fine songwriter and arranger, a powerful singer, and one of the most influential guitarists of the '60s, he was also a marvelous storyteller, a peerless musical historian, and one of the most quotable figures on the Village scene. The Mayor of MacDougal Street is a first-hand account by a major player in the social and musical history of the '50s and '60s. It features encounters with young stars-to-be like Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, and Joni Mitchell, as well as older luminaries like Reverend Gary Davis, Mississippi John Hurt, and Odetta. Elijah Wald wrote the acclaimed study of blues legend Robert Johnson, Escaping the Delta. He also wrote the biography Josh White: Society Blues and Narcocorrido: A Journey into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas. He lives in Los Angeles.