^^^^^^
I agree Capn... but I'll take it a step further. The rekkid mentioned below... and yes mostly because of Dave Van Ronk... but David Ray, Danny Kalb, Geoff Muldaur and Eric Von Schmidt played some important roles in getting there, so us guys could do it too! :wink:
The Blues Project A Compendium of the Very Best on the Urban Blues Scene
Elektra 1964
Not to be confused with the group the Blues Project (although future Blues Project guitarist Danny Kalb is one of the artists), this is an anthology of white mid-'60s folk-blues, just before folk-rock turned everything around and made such excursions largely passé. It's not what you would want to hold up as ammunition when trying to prove that white boys really can play the blues. Most of these guys were important in exposing the blues to white folk audiences; John Koerner and Dave Ray were part of Koerner, Ray & Glover, Kalb as mentioned became central to the actual Blues Project, Geoff Muldaur was a well-known jug band revivalist, and Mark Spoelstra and Eric Von Schmidt both had peripheral connections with Bob Dylan's early career. (John Sebastian, though he is not featured as a soloist, is credited as one of the "assisting musicians.") Although the fingerpicking is okay, the vocals are tepid and callow. Only Dave Van Ronk's two tracks betray a man who can feel, live, and therefore sing the blues, in his distinctive growl. The LP is musically insignificant, though of interest for the rare appearances by some of its better-known musicians.
Here is a
live and legal show from Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk
The Main Point
Bryn Mawr, PA
1978-02-17
Second Show
Source: FM (WIOQ, Philadelphia, PA, USA)
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BKBK7NC2
Click this link and download it. You must unzip it. It will be in .flac format. Audacity (free)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/ will play it as flac or to make cds use
for Windows: Traders Little Helper freeware
http://tlh.easytree.org/
For Mac:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/14246/xact
Any questions send a message my way and I'll guide you.
