Folklore: On Grammy Night - Elegy for Dave Van Ron

Subject: Folklore: On Grammy Night - Elegy for Dave Van Ron
From: voyager
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 05:43 PM

Christine Lavin's article from the Washington Post --
Elegy for DVR on Grammy Night

in our host, Dave won, hands down.

voyager
PS - You might have to register with Washington Post to read full article (sigh).

Subject: RE: Folklore: On Grammy Night - Elegy for Dave Van Ron
From: Nancy King
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 07:16 PM

What a very nice piece -- good for Christine Lavin. I'm not sure I can handle watching the whole Grammy show, but I hope this album wins. (and I gotta get me a copy of it, whether it wins or not...)

One of the things I've always loved about Van Ronk is his eclectic choice of songs -- everything from "Careless Love" to "One Meatball" to "Just a Closer Walk With Thee" to "My Little Grass Shack in Kealakekua Hawaii" to "Bryan O'Lynne" to "Cocaine Blues" to "Teddy Bears Picnic" to......

Great memories of a folk giant.

Nancy

Subject: RE: Folklore: On Grammy Night - Elegy for Dave Van
From: Jeri
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 07:42 PM

The list of winners is at CNN's website (with pop-up) and the nominees are listed at the Grammy Awards website.

The winner for "Best Traditional Folk album" was Beautiful Dreamer - The Songs Of Stephen Foster
Various Artists

Subject: RE: Folklore: On Grammy Night - Elegy for Dave Van Ron
From: nager
Date: 14 Feb 05 - 08:44 PM

Thanks Voyager for drawing our attention to it...I have been a lifelong fan of Dave Van Ronk and it was great to read Christine Lavin's article. Pity Dave's album did not win the awards.
Beautiful Dreamer is a great album too though.