He reported that he spent the night drinking with Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell at the Chelsea Hotel, and the next morning the lyrics to this song had been scribbled out although none of the three drinking buddies remembered writing it. In 1994, he released a different version of the song on Going Back To Brooklyn and included the story of how the song came to be in the liner notes. Last Call By Dave Van Ronk – With The Collaboration Of Leonard Cohen & Joni Mitchellĭave Van Ronk originally released “Last Call,” on his album Songs For Ageing Children in 1973. Joni Mitchell, in fact, held that his rendition of her song “Both Sides Now” (which he called “Clouds”) was the finest ever. Dave Van Ronk was an integral part of the1960s folk revival, not only because of his own work but also because the Mayor of MacDougal Street, as he was known, presided over the coffeehouse folk culture, influencing, helping, and inspiring many folk performers such as Bob Dylan, Tom Paxton, Patrick Sky, Phil Ochs, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott and Joni Mitchell.
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