Blog: The Oxhorn Music Mix

This recording of Cocaine Blues by Blind Reverend Gary Davis , sounds like it's gonna fall apart under the crush of all the cobwebs and dust. But the Reverend's brilliant, sparkling finger picking provides the momentum to keep the edifice intact. Despite his backwoods birth in 1896, Davis' unique guitar technique was a huge influence on the folk and blues revival of the 60's, and can be heard in The Grateful Dead , Bob Dylan and Jorma Kaukonen . Cocaine Blues [...]