I would also add that the bar Block and Van Ronk hung out in
was right next to the Stonewall, made famous when gays
rebelled against police harassment. As Van Ronk told it, and
he liked to tell tales, he was there that night next door and
joined in the fight when the gays poured out of their bar.
Van Ronk, in any event was a bit of a romantic and an
anarchist. Perhaps Block has in his own way a bit of that
spirit. On Apr 1, 2007, at 4:48 PM,
DJ-Anonyme@webtv.net wrote:
> Didn't Block also write the introduction to Van
Ronk's recent,
> posthumous autobiography?
>
> Mark
>
> ps -- Van Ronk's is my favorite version of Teddy
Bear's Picnic,
> though I
> think that's later in his career than this Folkways
set.
>
>
>
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