Sunday Street (album)

Sunday Street is an album by American folk and blues singer Dave Van Ronk, released in 1976.

Sunday Street
The original LP album cover.
Studio album by Dave Van Ronk
Released	1976
Genre	Folk
Length	43:16
Label	Philo
Producer	Dave Van Ronk
Dave Van Ronk chronology
Songs for Ageing Children (1973) Sunday Street (1976) Somebody Else, Not Me (1980)
Alternative Cover
Cover of the 1999 CD reissue of Sunday Street.

History

Sunday Street is Van Ronk and his guitar only. He takes on some ragtime with favorites such as The Pearls and Maple Leaf Rag as well as a return to more traditional folk and blues.

Sunday Street was re-released on CD in 1999.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings	[2]

Allmusic stated in their review "Van Ronk never hid his influences, but he never sounded exactly like them, either, and on this album he was very much himself. Maybe it is his greatest single album; it is certainly one of his most representative."^[1]

Track listing

1. "Sunday Street" (Van Ronk) – 3:27
2. "Jesus Met the Woman at the Well" (Traditional) – 5:34
3. "Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning" (Traditional) – 3:51
4. "Maple Leaf Rag" (Scott Joplin) – 3:59
5. "Down South Blues" (Traditional) – 4:35
6. "Jivin' Man Blues" (Traditional) – 3:03
7. "That Song About the Midway" (Joni Mitchell) – 3:33
8. "The Pearls" (Jelly Roll Morton) – 4:29
9. "That'll Never Happen No More" (Blind Blake) – 3:48
10. "Mamie's Blues" (Traditional) – 4:19
11. "Swinging on a Star" (Johnny Burke, Jimmy Van Heusen) – 2:38

Personnel

• Dave Van Ronk – vocals, guitar

References

1. Ruhlman, William. "Sunday Street > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
2. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 665. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.