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The Guitar and Banjo of 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
Reverend Gary Davis: The Guitar and Banjo of Reverend Gary Davis
by Derek Taylor
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 ...
