Articles by Elijah Wald
Elijah Wald moved to New York at age 17 to take guitar lessons from Dave Van Ronk, and Dave became his mentor and model, not only in music, but as an advisor on writing and myriad other subjects. Together, they planned and began Dave’s memoir, The Mayor of MacDougal Street, which Elijah finished after Dave’s death, and which eventually inspired the Coen Brothers’ movie, Inside Llewyn Davis. Elijah’s other books (many of which build on ideas of Dave’s) include Escaping the Delta: Robert Johnson and the Invention of the Blues, How the Beatles Destroyed Rock ’n’ Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music and Dylan Goes Electric!
