Reverend Gary Davis, also Blind Gary Davis, was born on April 30, 1896 and he passed away on May 5, 1972. He was a blues and gospel singer and guitarist. His guitar playing was a unique finger-picking style that influenced many other artists. In his prime of life, which is to say the late '20s, the Reverend Gary Davis was one of the two most renowned practitioners of the East Coast school of ragtime guitar; 35 years later, despite two decades spent playing on the streets of Harlem in New York, he was still [...]
"Death never takes a vacation in this land..." I know which version I prefer. But Jerry Garcia & co's brooding jam - from Live/Dead - is not bad either, I'll give you that. The Reverend Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy MP3 The Grateful Dead - Death Don't Have No Mercy MP3 And since we're on the subject of Garcia, and I'm still full of that fantastic Patti Smith gig I saw last Wednesday, [...]
Last year I drove into the heart of the San Fernando Valley to cherry pick some records from this guy's collection who was selling stuff on eBay. It was a weird experience, being invited into this person's house to basically sift through hundreds of records for a few I was interested in, while he sat on the couch like a slob watching soap operas. I found some cool things, a second pressing UK copy of In The Court of The Crimson King , some Mark Lanegan records, a few other oddities and fun titles. Then I came across this [...]
The Reverend Gary Davis: Death Don't Have No Mercy The Grateful Dead: Death Don't Have No Mercy Gary Davis was recorded on August 24th, 1960. The Grateful Dead were recorded on March 2nd, 1969.
Tony Schwartz, who passed away in 2008 at the age of 84, is one of the great audio fetishists of the 20th century. While Schwartz's life and career trajectory are fascinating--from his work on LBJ's "Daisy" spot to his three decades on WNYC--they were ably summed up by Doug Schulkind in his moving obit two years ago. There's not much I can add. However, one of the recordings that seems to be missing from Doug's post is Schwartz's Music in the Streets (Folkways, 1957). An all-time favorite, I stumbled across it in the record library of [...]
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Filed under: Exclusive , R.I.P. , Canada Susan Parkou Weinstein is a Boston-based journalist. Originally from Montreal, she became friends with Kate and Anna when the McGarrigle Sisters were still students and just starting their folk career. Kate McGarrigle passed away on January 18, leaving behind her footsteps-following children, Rufus and Martha Wainwright . I first met Kate McGarrigle in the ladies room of a science building at McGill [...]
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Blind Gary Davis - Death Don't Have No Mercy ( buy ) (1960) Blind Gary Davis - Lo, I Be With You Always ( buy ) (1960) Sorry folks for the late post, I have few free time these days due to the Top 200 AMF album poll I'm running. This is another of my favorite albums. This beautiful LP was part of my father's collection when I discovered it. It features a great vocalist and guitar picker in 12 gospel-blues songs as he [...]
Today's a video-only day. I could try to dredge an mp3 up, but really all I feel like doing is telling you how happy I was when I discovered that Pete Seeger had a TV show in the 1960s called "Rainbow Quest" that featured a ton of wonderful performers who otherwise didn't have many opportunities to be on TV. Which is nice and all, but the making-me-happy part is that many of the shows are on YouTube. Here are a few of my favorites - you can find a list of Rainbow Quest guests on [...]
I love Rev. Gary Davis guitar playing. He was a true master and I love how he handles the twelve string in this video clip from Pete Seeger's show Rainbow Quest . I also enjoy his voice, when he does that shout, "tell me which way are you going." And when Pete Seeger joins in, man they tear it up. I feel like shouting, Amen. Rev. Gary Davis: The Video Collection click image
Reverend Gary Davis, also Blind Gary Davis, was born on April 30, 1896 and he passed away on May 5, 1972. He was a blues and gospel singer and guitarist. His guitar playing was a unique finger-picking style that influenced many other artists. In his prime of life, which is to say the late '20s, the Reverend Gary Davis was one of the two most renowned practitioners of the East Coast school of ragtime guitar; 35 years later, despite two decades spent playing on the streets of Harlem in New York, he was still [...]
There is no need to qualify myself as a Futurama expert, it is ingrained in nearly every fiber of my being. But, I guess I'll do it anyway, as this is the introductory paragraph of a film review, and thus it is the best possible place to outline my credentials. I would not hesitate to say that my intense adoration of the television program has reached The Saint like proportions, where I can quote long passages of each episode verbatim. I might not be the Sci-Fi loving, hopelessly single computer geek one might expect from a [...]
The Note You Never Wrote - Wings We Were Happy There - The dB's Take Me In Your Arms (Rock Me A Little While) - The Isley Brothers Rain Dance - The Jeff Lorber Fusion Swept Away - The Avett Brothers Up Town Special - King Tubby [...]
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Some old stuff, some new, some famous names, some relatively unknown... Friday night´s Grab Bag is here again to let you enjoy a taste of what I´ve been listening to at the For The Sake Of The Song headquarters over the past week. Got an advance track from the new Silver Jews album for you, some blues by the legendary Reverend Gary Davis and funky stuff from New Orleans finest the Meters. Bob ´Pulitzer´ Dylan is on the road again, and we celebrate this with a live song from his first show of the tour. There´s a spotlight on the [...]
So how cool was it when Kevin Barnes from Of Montreal dropped a cover of the Grateful Dead's "Shakedown Street" at the Hot Freaks show last Saturday afternoon at South By. That wasn't a question, really, it was a statement of fact. I damn near did a double take/listen when Barnes broke out the Dead classic, and he nailed it. Here is Kevin's cover followed by another Dead classic plus some of the originals of songs the Dead recorded over their long and illustrious career - [...]
This song is from a new release from Smithsonian Folkways called Classic African American Gospel . From the liner notes: "The singer, Rev. Gary Davis, became one of the most widely known guitarists of the folk revival of the 1950s. As a finger-picking guitarist Rev. Gary Davis influenced artists as diverse as Ry Cooder, Jerry Garcia, Dave Van Ronk and Stefan Grossman." This version was recorded in 1953 by John Cohen. MP3 File
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