Time: 61:02
Size: 139.7 MB
Styles: Acoustic blues, Folk, Roots
Year: 2002
Art: Front
[2:40] 1. Ari Eisinger - I'm Throwing Up My Hand
[3:11] 2. Willie Walker - South Carolina Rag
[3:06] 3. Blind Boy Fuller - Rag, Mama, Rag
[3:22] 4. Ken Whiteley & Friends - Let Us Get Together
[4:34] 5. Maria Muldaur - I Am The Light Of This World
[3:25] 6. Ernie Hawkins - Will There Be Stars In My Crown
[2:24] 7. Eric Noden - Pure Religion
[1:58] 8. Pat Conte - Devil's Dream
[4:25] 9. William Lee Ellis - I Heard The Angels Singing
[2:34] 10. Ellen Britton - United States March
[2:50] 11. Mary Flower - Sit Down On The Banks
[2:38] 12. John Cephas & Phil Wiggins - Twelve Gates To The City
[3:14] 13. Ian Buchanin With The Otis Brothers - Hesitation Blues
[2:26] 14. Perry Lederman - Gary Davis Style
[2:23] 15. Peter, Paul And Mary - Samson & Delilah I
[2:23] 16. Mitch Greenhill & Mayne Smith - Samson & Delilah Ii
[3:51] 17. Penny Lang & Freinds - God Knows How Much We Can Bear
[2:53] 18. Jerry Ricks - Where'd You Get Your Liquor From Hesitation Blues
[2:59] 19. Dave Van Ronk & Freinds - Soon My Work Will All Be Done
[3:38] 20. Rick Ruskin - I Will Do My Last Singing In This Land
This project started as an attempt to celebrate the centenary of Rev. Gary Davis's birth, but turned into something more like herding cats. We now present to you twenty musical examples that include his early Greenville partner, Willie Walker, from whom Blind Gary undoubtly learned a few tricks; his earliest known student, Blind Boy Fuller, whose commercial success virtually transformed the post-depression blues world; and eighteen recent entries, who were either students of his, or who were taught by someone who was.
The people on this CD are intened to be representative, but not exhaustive. This is because Rev. Davis was as much a teacher as he was a player, and he taught whomsoever presented themselves to be taught, for however long they were in his presence. If we had an unlimited budget and all the CDs in the world, we could present ten times as many people. When I first saw Davis in 1963, I flipped, I would assume the same holds true for all the performers whose works are reproduced here.
Half the numbers were taken from existing CDs, including the two 78s. The other half were newly minted by the performers, and may turn up on their own CDs as time goes on. An effort was made to be as inclusive as possible: we have male and female, black and white, gentle and Jew, Canadian and American, and while most of the performers are living, some have followed Rev. Davis from this vale tears. Rev. Davis did not discriminate. His influence was broad, far reaching and lifelong. But most of all, it was personal. Of the twenty performers on this recording, the majority knew him well, a couple knew him peripherally, and the remainder would have sought him out had they had the chance. ~Andy Cohen
The people on this CD are intened to be representative, but not exhaustive. This is because Rev. Davis was as much a teacher as he was a player, and he taught whomsoever presented themselves to be taught, for however long they were in his presence. If we had an unlimited budget and all the CDs in the world, we could present ten times as many people. When I first saw Davis in 1963, I flipped, I would assume the same holds true for all the performers whose works are reproduced here.
Half the numbers were taken from existing CDs, including the two 78s. The other half were newly minted by the performers, and may turn up on their own CDs as time goes on. An effort was made to be as inclusive as possible: we have male and female, black and white, gentle and Jew, Canadian and American, and while most of the performers are living, some have followed Rev. Davis from this vale tears. Rev. Davis did not discriminate. His influence was broad, far reaching and lifelong. But most of all, it was personal. Of the twenty performers on this recording, the majority knew him well, a couple knew him peripherally, and the remainder would have sought him out had they had the chance. ~Andy Cohen
Gary Davis Style: The Legacy Of Reverend Gary Davis