The Guitar & Banjo Of Reverend Gary Davis LP Prestige Folklore Blues 1964 RARE

Reverend Gary Davis

The Guitar And Banjo Of Reverend Gary Davis

• Vinyl GradeVG+
• Cover GradeVG+
• Format1 LP
• LabelPrestige Folklore
• Catalog NumberFL 14033
• Year1964

“I recall a brisk Spring night when blues singer Barbara Dane invited me to a party at her colleague Robin Roberts' apartment. I recall even more vividly that early morning when we arrived there and the very sound of Barbara's voice at the door made a man, in his late 60's, jump from his comfortable arm chair (where he had been sleeping for the past hour) and sing a candid, tounge-in-cheek blues. That was Reverend Gary Davis' way of welcoming an old friend. From that time until several hours later when the morning sun saw a most enjoyable night come to an end, Gary Davis remained the life of the party. He had his guitar maintained a magnetic communication with the rest of us, changing out moods with his strident voice and nimble fingers... This album represents an unusual departure in many ways, a departure from Davis' previous albums in that it is all instrumental and does not contain a single religious number, and a departure from other instrumental albums, since it features such unusual items as Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag and a Gary Davis arrangement of a traditional United States March played as guitar solos!....”
—Chris Albertson, from the back cover.

Note: There is some writing on the back cover.

Side A
1. Maple Leaf Rag
2. Slow Drag
3. The Boy Was Kissing The Girl (And Playing Guitar At The Same Time)
4. Candy Man
5. United States MarchSide B
6. Devil's Drum
7. The Coon Hunt
8. Mister Jim
9. Please Baby
10. Fast Fox Trot
11. Can't Be Satisfied

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