Hesitation_Blues_(Dave_Van_Ronk_album)
Hesitation Blues (album)
1988 compilation album by Dave Van Ronk
Hesitation Blues is a compilation album by American folk and blues singer Dave Van Ronk, released in 1988.
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Released | 1988 | |||
Genre | Folk | |||
Label | Big Beat | |||
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The 16 songs in the compilation come from three '60s Prestige LPs — Dave Van Ronk, Folksinger, In the Tradition, and the original Inside Dave Van Ronk. Most of the songs appear on the Fantasy compilation CD Inside Dave Van Ronk.
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Writing for Allmusic, critic Richie Unterberger wrote of the album "Good compilation of 16 songs from three '60s Prestige LPs... that probably represent his peak as a recording artist."[1]
- "Samson and Delilah" (Traditional) – 2:35
- "Fixin' to Die" (White) – 2:52
- "Long John" (Traditional) – 2:08
- "Motherless Children" (Traditional) – 3:48
- "I Buyed Me a Little Dog"
- "Poor Lazarus" (Traditional) – 5:08
- "Cruel Ship's Captain Traditional)
- "Kansas City Blues" (Jackson) – 2:10
- "House Carpenter" (Traditional)
- "Fair and Tender Ladies" (Traditional)
- "Hesitation Blues" (Davis) – 3:32
- "Hang Me, Oh Hang Me" (Traditional)
- "Come Back Baby" (Davis)
- "Sprig of Thyme" (Traditional)
- "Silver Dagger" (Traditional)
- "Death Letter Blues" (Traditional)
- Dave Van Ronk – vocals, guitar
- Unterberger, Richie. "Hesitation Blues > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 15, 2011.