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Borneo Jazz 2011

by Ian Patterson
May 25, 2011

Borneo JazzMiri, Sarawak, BorneoMay 12-15, 2011 Borneo Jazz--known as the Miri International Jazz Festival for the previous five editions--has undergone a certain amount of rebranding in an effort to promote its growing stature as one of the leading jazz festivals in the region. This year the festival has increased from two to ...

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At Home and At Church 1962-1967

By Reverend Gary Davis

Label: Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
Released: 2010
Track listing: CD1: Twelve Sticks; Sally, Where'd You Get Your Liquor From?; Babylon Is Falling; What could I Do?; Children of Zion; Hesitation Blues; Candyman; Steal Away And Pray; Goin' To Chattanooga; Packing Up, Get Ready to Go; Untitled; You Cry Because I'm Leaving; Don't Let My Baby Catch You Here; Lord Let Me Live Longer; I Want To Be Saved; Waltz Time Candyman; Little Boy Who Made Your Britches; Talks About Verses Not Sung; C Rag; Two Step Candyman. CD2: Piece Without Words; Lord Search My Heart; Slippin' To My Gal Comes In Partner;Sun Is Going Down; Raise A Ruckus Tonight; Save Up your Money, John D. Rockefeller Put the Panic On; Soon My work Will All Be Done; You're Gonna Need King Jesus; I'm Going Back To Jesus; Blues In C; Saddle It Around; People Who Used To See; Italian Rag; Candyman; Nobody Don't Care For Me; Fox Chase; Talk On Blind Boy Fuller. CD3: Amazing Grace; Sermon; I'm A Soldier In the Army Of the Lord; Sermon; Lord, I Feel Like Just Goin' On; Steal Away; Can't Make This Journey By Myself; Sermon; I Will Overcome Someday; God Be With You; From the Mariposa Folk Festival: I Got Religion I'm So Glad; I'm A Soldier In the Army of the Lord.

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Rev. Gary Davis: At Home and At Church 1962-1967

Read "At Home and At Church 1962-1967" reviewed by David Rickert

by David Rickert
May 25, 2010

The Rev. Gary Davis was, by all accounts, an incredible guitarist--one who influenced everyone from Taj Mahal to the Grateful Dead--who seemingly mastered everything he wanted to do with the instrument. However, over his long career he was recorded only sporadically, and most of his recordings have been released posthumously. Davis was more of a live ...

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The Guitar and Banjo of Reverend Gary Davis

By Reverend Gary Davis

Label: Prestige Records
Released: 2001
Track listing: Maple Leaf Rag/ Low Drag aka Cincinnati Flow Rag/ The Boy was Kissing the Girl (and Playing the Guitar at the Same Time)/ Candy Man/ United States March aka Soldier's Drill/ Devil's Dream/ The Coon Hunt/ Mister Jim aka Walkin' Dog Blues/ Please Baby/ Fast Fox Trot/ Can't Be Satisfied

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Reverend Gary Davis: The Guitar and Banjo of Reverend Gary Davis

by Derek Taylor
August 1, 2001

Calling Gary Davis a bluesman is something of a misnomer and it's a title he likely would have balked at, particularly in his younger years. The blues were but one facet of his far-reaching folk repertoire. Banjo tunes, string band numbers, Tin Pan Alley, and ragtime and gospel all fall under his fertile jurisdiction. In 1935 ...