Dave Van Ronk; Fiddler's Dream Coffeehouse, Phoenix, AZ; Oct. 12, 2001.

Several Web references mistakenly allege that this is his last performance. That concert was in Adelphi, MD, on Oct. 22, 2001, and is in official release by Smithsonian Folkways.

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If you're not familiar with Van Ronk, here's a short introduction from The New York Times' obituary:

"Dave Van Ronk, the gravel-voiced, ragtime-picking patriarch of the Greenwich Village folk scene, died on Sunday [Feb. 10, 2002] in Manhattan. He was 65 and lived in Greenwich Village.
...

"Mr. Van Ronk had three essential qualities for his role in the folk revival
of the 1950's and 60's: a sense of history, a sense of humor and a gift for
making fellow musicians feel at home. He was nicknamed the Mayor of
Macdougal Street, and his apartment became a gathering place for folk
musicians of his own generation and the ones that followed, among them Tom
Paxton, Janis Ian, Christine Lavin and Suzanne Vega. For more than 40 years
he worked the folk circuit of clubs, coffeehouses and festivals, and he made
two dozen albums.
...

"He spent much of his career performing solo with a repertory that spanned
Lightnin' Hopkins, Joni Mitchell, Hoagy Carmichael, Scott Joplin and his own
songs. He recorded with jug bands, and for one album a rock band. On his
last album, 'Sweet and Lowdown' (Justin Time), he sang standards with a jazz
group."

He was an early mentor to Bob Dylan, whom he and his wife often put up overnight in Dylan's early years in the Village.

He was left-handed but played guitar right-handed, and he was renowned for his mastery of acoustic blues guitar styles and ragtime guitar arrangements.

Van Ronk is described by Dylan's biographer Robert Shelton as a "walking museum of the blues" for his encyclopedic knowledge. His first solo album was released in 1959 by Folkways, and his last in 2004, posthumously, by Smithsonian Folkways. It's titled "And the tin pan bended and the music ended ..." and is well worth the 15 bucks.

Though by the time of this performance his voice had lost some of its former power, his guitar work was as strong as ever. Here's the track list:

1. You Been a Good Old Wagon (Clarence Williams)
2. Don't You Leave Me Here (Jelly Roll Morton)
3. Did You Hear John Hurt? (Tom Paxton)
4. Jelly Jelly (trad.)
5. Candy Man (the Rev. Gary Davis)
6. Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out (Jimmy Cox) - short cut in guitar intro.
7. One Meatball (Josh White?)
8. Sporting Life Blues (Brownie McGhee)
9. Buckets of Rain (Bob Dylan)
10. What You Gonna Do When Your Meat Runs Out? (Josh White)
11. Come Back, Baby (trad.)
12. St. James Infirmary (trad.)
13. The Urge for Going (Joni Mitchell)

Thanks to Matt for this fine show.