In the Tradition (Dave Van Ronk album)
In the Tradition (Prestige Folklore – FL 14001, August 1963) is a 1963 album by American folksinger Dave Van Ronk and The Red Onion Jazz Band. It is unusual in that the tracks are evenly split between Van Ronk and the Red Onions. "In the Tradition" is out-of-print but is included in the 2002 Fantasy Records CD reissue "Two Sides of Dave Van Ronk" which also contains most of "Your Basic Dave Van Ronk". Some songs are also included in the Big Beat compilation "Hesitation Blues". Reception. Writing for Allmusic, critic Richie  Unterberger wrote of the album "a little strange for an early Dave Van Ronk LP, with the album split evenly between tracks on which the singer is backed by the Dixieland jazz-style combo the Red Onions and by more customary acoustic folk-blues solo guitar. Both of those styles were part of his persona, though it's the more somber acoustic folk-blues that stand out more. It's a reasonably strong album, not too much different from much of the rest of his catalog, other than in the balanced mixture between jazz and folk approaches." In the Tradition