CD1 Tracks 15-20 from 12-Hour Hootenanny Special at Riverside Church, WRVR Radio, New York City 1961. CD1: Tracks 21-24 from Bill Faier Show, WBAI Radio, New York City 1962.
Thisis about a brothel in New Orleans. "The House Of The Rising Sun" was named after Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means "Rising Sun" in French) and was open for business from 1862 (occupation by Union troops) until 1874, when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors. It was located at 826-830 St. Louis St.Thesong's legacy was not just that of a standard hit single. "House of the Rising Sun" appeared on Rolling Stone's list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All-Time" in 2003. The song also shaped the future of music. Bob Dylan recorded his own folk version in 1962 but later, after listening to The Animals' version, it inspired him to use electric instruments in his songs, forever changing the sound
DaveVan Ronk, the Greenwich Village folk singer from whom Bob Dylan acquired his version of the song, was among those who believed that the House of the Rising Sun was a women's prison. He reached this conclusion after seeing an old photograph of the Orleans Parish prison: carved into the prison's stone doorway was a rising sun. (Source, 226)
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