Finn

USA

Born: 30 June 1936

Died: 10 February 2002

Years Active: 50, 60, 70, 80, 90, 2000

Genres: Folk, Blues

Styles: British Folk, Celtic/British Isles, Traditional Folk, Folk-Blues, Acoustic Blues, Country Blues, Folk Revival

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Guitarist, singer, songwriter, and native New Yorker Dave Van Ronk has inspired, aided, and promoted the careers of numerous singer/songwriters who came up in the blues tradition. Most notable of the many musicians he's helped over the years is Bob Dylan, whom Van Ronk got to know shortly after Dylan moved to New York in 1961 to pursue a life as a folk/blues singer. Van Ronk's recorded output over the years is healthy, but he's never been as prolific a songwriter as some of his friends from that era, like Dylan or Tom Paxton. Instead, the geni...

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