''Somebody Else, Not Me'' is a 1980

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folk and blues singer Dave Van Ronk. ''Somebody Else, Not Me'' continues Van Ronk's return to basic blues, folk and jazz accompanying himself on guitar. It was reissued (with a slight change of name) as ''Someone Else, Not Me'' on CD by Philo in 1999. It was originally to be released in the late 1970s as the follow-up to '' Sunday Street''. The cover of

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Reception

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'' called the album "a powerful, if unfocused, assortment of traditional blues and ragtime, plus a dose of whimsy and more current material." For

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, critic William Ruhlman wrote: "If the result was not quite the equal of Sunday Street, it was in the same league and continued Van Ronk's mature renaissance."

Track listing

#"Michigan Water Blues" ( Clarence Williams) – 3:05 #"Somebody Else, Not Me" (Van Ronk,

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Personnel

*Dave Van Ronk – vocals, guitar

Production notes

*Produced by Mitch Greenhill & Charles Eller *Mastered by Matt Murman *Liner notes by Dave Van Ronk *Photography by David Gahr *Design by Francisco Gonzalez *Reissue liner notes by

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References

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