A review by babsellen
The Mayor of MacDougal Street by Dave Van Ronk

4.0

More of a window into the evolution of the extraordinary folk/blues/jazz scene in the Village during the mid-'50s through the mid'60s than a biography. Mostly related as a memoir by the lovingly dubbed "Mayor of MacDougal Street," Dave Van Ronk, the book is completed by the co-author Elijah Wald after Dave's death from cancer in 2002. I wish it could have gone on, but fate stepped in. Some day I would like to read an actual bio of this unique man whose music I love.