sings volume 2

DOXY RECORDS

The blues have several easily recognizable forms, 12 bar, 8 bar, etc., but now as the wealth of recorded country blues and songs from the southern prisons are becoming more widely known, the emphasis is shifting from the scholarly insistence on form to what might be called a “blues approach.” Dave Van Ronk Sings many songs on this record besides songs in the accepted blues form, but with one or two exceptions the blues approach is there.

- Eric von Schmidt

Side 1:
1. Bed Bug Blues 2. Yas-Yas-Yas 3. Please See That My Grave Is Kept Clean 4. Tell Old Bill 5. Georgie And The IRT 6. Hesitation Blues 7. Hootchy Kootchy Man 8. Sweet Substitute

Side 2:
1. Dink's Song 2. River Come Down 3. Just A Closer Walk With Thee 4. Come Back Baby 5. Spike Driver's Moan 6. Standing By My Window 7. Willie The Weeper