Blogger Frank Beacham reports that the Coen Brothers are working on a film about Dave Van Ronk. Details here.
Two things. First, from the Grumpy Old Man In Me: even in the age of throw-any-old-unchecked-stuff-online, you'd think Mr. Beacham might bother to spell Coen just that one way in his own report; but no, he calls them Coen and Cohen in the same paragraph.
Second, when he writes that Van Ronk's story "is in the memoir 'The Mayor of MacDougal Street', which was published with the help of a collaborator after Van Ronk’s death", it seems churlish of him not to have namechecked that collaborator. It was Elijah Wald - author, among other things, of "Escaping The Delta" (a book about Robert Johnson) and a very active member of the Pre-War Blues Discussion Group I belong to.
That said, what an interesting prospect such a film offers. And who should play Bob?
That said, what an interesting prospect such a film offers. And who should play Bob?
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