| Just Dave Van Ronk | |
| Type: | studio album |
| Artist: | Dave Van Ronk |
| Cover: | JustDaveVanRonk.jpg |
| Released: | 1964 |
| Recorded: | 1964 |
| Studio: | Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ |
| Genre: | Folk |
| Length: | 34:31 |
| Label: | Mercury |
| Producer: | Frank Fried |
| Prev Title: | Inside Dave Van Ronk |
| Prev Year: | 1964 |
| Next Title: | No Dirty Names |
| Next Year: | 1966 |
Just Dave Van Ronk is a 1964 album by folk/blues singer Dave Van Ronk. It has not been released on CD.
It is probably this arrangement of "House Of The Risin' Sun" that was developed by Dave Van Ronk that Bob Dylan — who was a close friend of Van Ronk's at the time — used on his 1962 debut album Bob Dylan. Van Ronk discusses this in Martin Scorsese's documentary No Direction Home. In the interview, Van Ronk said that he was intending to record it at that time, and that Dylan copied his version of the song.
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Richard Meyer wrote "... Van Ronk's understated guitar style is perfect for these intimate performances. His naturally rough voice allows him to sing these songs believably without any ethnic affectation or false energy."