CRAFT RECORDINGS CR-00748 BLIND GARY DAVIS HARLEM STREET SINGER LP 2024
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CRAFT RECORDINGS
CR-00748
1 LP
BLIND GARY DAVIS
* Harlem Street Singer *
Admired for his rousing vocals and masterful fingerpicking technique on the guitar and banjo, Reverend Gary Davis (1896–1972) captivated audiences around the world with his genre-defying songs. Born in South Carolina, Davis (also known as “Blind” Gary Davis) was a self-taught musician and ordained minister, who blended influences of ragtime, gospel, blues and folk into his songs. After launching his lengthy career in North Carolina, where he became a key figure in the Piedmont blues scene, Davis relocated to New York, where he split his time between preaching, busking and recording. It was the ’60s folk revival, however, that made Davis an international star, as he performed for—and inspired—many of the era’s rising artists. His long list of acolytes includes the Grateful Dead, Dave Van Ronk, Bob Dylan, Jefferson Airplane and Ry Cooder, among countless others.
1960’s Harlem Street Singer was released just as Davis’ profile was skyrocketing, one year after his awe-inspiring performance at the inaugural Newport Folk Festival. Recorded by the great Rudy Van Gelderin one three-hour session, the album features 12 deeply expressive spirituals (all but two of which are originals by Davis), including a pair of the artist’s most famous tracks: “Samson and Delilah” (a re-working of the traditional “If I Had My Way,” which Peter, Paul, and Mary and the Grateful Dead famously covered in his style) and “Death Don’t Have No Mercy” (soon to become an oft-covered anti-war anthem). Other highlights from Davis’ impassioned solo performance include the traditional “Twelve Gates to the City,” as well as his own “Goin’ to Sit Down on the Banks of the River” and “I Am the Light of this World.” Long considered to be Davis’ masterpiece, Harlem Street Singer remains an essential title of the folk era.
“The impressions that can nearly seize you when you first hear the music of the Reverend Gary Davis are its intensity and conviction, as if every fiber of his being was focused on getting his message out. You can’t turn away,” says Scott Billington. “Perhaps this was because he often performed on the street, but he was also a deeply spiritual man and an ordained minister who had something to say. His virtuosity, especially as a 12-string guitarist, can be jaw-dropping.”
Side A:
Samson And Delilah
Let Us Get Together
Right Down Here
I Belong To The Band
Pure Religion
Great Chance
Since I Been Born
Death Don’t Have No Mercy
Side B:
Twelve Gates To The City
Goin’ To Sit Down On The Banks Of The River
Tryin’ To Get Home Low,
I Be With You Always
I Am The Light Of This World Lord,
I Feel Just Like Goin’ On
cock (p); Ron Carter (b); Tony Williams (dr)
cover : mint / mint LP : mint / mint Zustandsbeschreibung: neu ! description: new !
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