About this title: Singer, songwriter, folk revivalist, and masterly guitarist Dave Van Ronk's autobiography, THE MAYOR OF MACDOUGAL STREET, is a vivid letter from 1950s and early-'60s Greenwich Village. Here, in 1959, just before the young Bob Dylan's arrival on the scene (as described in Dylan's CHRONICLES), an apartment rents for $90 a month, and the cafes and ...
read more
Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is described below.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780306814075ISBN:0306814072
Description: Good. **SHIPPED FROM UK** We believe you will be completely satisfied with our quick and reliable service. All orders are dispatched as swiftly as possible! Buy with confidence! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780306814792ISBN:030681479X
Description: Good. EXCELLENT value for money and ready for dispatch. Delivery usually within 3/5 days. Our reputation is built on our Speedy Delivery Service and our Customer Service Team. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780306814792ISBN:030681479X
Description: Good. Book is in good condition. shelf wear shown Goodwillnyonline carries a wide range of quality new and used items at competitive prices. Goodwillnyonline is operated by Goodwill Industries of Greater New York & Northern New Jersey. A major provider of services for people with disabilities and other barriers to employment. read more
Description: Good. Light shelving wear with minimal damage to cover and bindings. Pages show minor use. Help save a tree. Buy all your used books from Green Earth Books. Read. Recycle and Reuse! read more
Description: Good. Purchasing this book supports the King County Library System Foundation. Thriftbooks and KCLSF have partnered to help raise additional funds for the library system. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: First edition. First Da Capo Press Paperback Edition
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780306814792ISBN:030681479X
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Some curling at corners. Pages are bright and clean. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 246 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. A great memoir written by a man that was as much in touch with the late fifties and early sixties folk movement as anyone! read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: 2005
ISBN-13:9780306814075ISBN:0306814072
Description: Very good in very good dust jacket. Nice, clean hardcover with DJ. L105. Glued binding. With dust jacket. 246 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Perseus Books Group
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780306814792ISBN:030681479X
Description: New. Colorful, hilarious, engaging, and a vivid evocation of a fascinating time and place, the posthumous memoir of Dave Van Ronk, leader of the Greenwich Village folk revival of the '60s, will appeal to anyone interested in the music, politics, and spiri... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: The Perseus Books Group
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780306814792ISBN:030681479X
Description: New. Presents a memoir of the '60s Greenwich Village folk revival. This book features encounters with some of the young stars-to-be that the author mentored, like Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, Phil Ochs, John Baez, and Joni Mitchell, as well as older luminaries l... read more
"Dave Van Ronk covers a lot of ground in his autobiography. He arrived in Greenwich Village at the tail end of the jazz era. He switched to folk music years before there were any clubs that would let a folk singer perform. He was there for the Washington Square Park folk scene and the end of the beat generation. Later he was a player in the middle of the 1960's Greenwich Village folk revolution. He was witness to the end of the folk music scene and the beginning of the singer /songwriter era. He has opinions on the politics of time, the history of the music and the evolution of American musical tastes. They say if you remember the 60's you weren't really there but Van Ronk was there and he remembers most of it. Very interesting autobiography."
"Some of the books I read about Bob Dylan mentioned Dave Van Ronk so when I saw this book I decided to read it. I'm glad I did. He was a great songwriter, guitar player, teacher and a pretty good author."
"One of the best books for me this year. A personal history of Van Ronk's time as one of the cognoscenti of the Great Folk Scare of Greenwich Village of the late 50's and early 60's. It would have been even more interesting if it could have been the book he wanted it to be. Sadly he died before it had a chance to be written but Elijah Wald did a great job of pulling it all together. If you enjoy music this book will pay for itself."
I recently reread this book, and the thing I love about this book most is simply being in the room with Dave Van Ronk, hearing about those shows early folk singers were playing in New York, watching as Bob Dylan slides in and out of scenes like a thief."
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
rating
