Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Dave Van Ronk's (and others) arrest record from the Stonewall Uprising!

The New York Times posts this:

Police Records Document Start of Stonewall Uprising

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/22/police-records-document-the-stonewall-uprising/?hp

Paul Stamler, the folk DJ who posted the article to the Folk DJ-L, says "I once asked Dave about his arrest at the Stonewall riot, which surprised me a bit since he's straight. "Oh, this was the Village; they couldn't have a riot without me," was his reply."

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