From Blues to Gospel

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All Music Guide - Lindsay Planer
His most Rev. Gary Davis was an active musician in addition to being a guitar instructor during his later years. From Blues to Gospel 1993 contains a bakers'' dozen of selections featuring his inimitable performance style on an assortment of gospel and secular blues tunes. By the time of these 1971 recordings -- a year prior to his passing -- Davis'' legend had long-been established. Likewise, his influence had become far reaching and was being felt by a concurrent generation of artists. Electric rockers the Grateful Dead and Hot Tuna, and acoustic troubadours David Bromberg and Stefan Grossman were bringing both his material and variations on Davis'' delivery to ...
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All Music Guide - Lindsay Planer
His most Rev. Gary Davis was an active musician in addition to being a guitar instructor during his later years. From Blues to Gospel 1993 contains a bakers'' dozen of selections featuring his inimitable performance style on an assortment of gospel and secular blues tunes. By the time of these 1971 recordings -- a year prior to his passing -- Davis'' legend had long-been established. Likewise, his influence had become far reaching and was being felt by a concurrent generation of artists. Electric rockers the Grateful Dead and Hot Tuna, and acoustic troubadours David Bromberg and Stefan Grossman were bringing both his material and variations on Davis'' delivery to audiences that otherwise may not have been exposed to him. These studio tunes showcase Davis accompanying himself on the distinct 12-string ''Bozo'' guitar custom-made by Serbian-born master luthier, Bozo Podunavac. The instrument''s liberated tone is aptly matched by the equally loose and limber execution. Even through his advanced years, Davis'' finger-picking remained clean, with the pure and direct timbre that had become his trademark. If anything, age seems to have actually enhanced his adept execution and ability to melodically augment beyond his somewhat limited Piedmont blues origins and into an improvisational space. Much of the repertoire on From Blues to Gospel can be considered a seminal contribution to Davis'' catalog, including "Sally, Where''d You Get Your Whiskey?" aka "Sally, Where''d You Get Your Liquor?" "Cocaine Blues," "Samson and Delilah," "Children of Zion," and "You''d Better Get Right." At the age of 76, his ardent ''fire and brimstone'' vocals are countered by an equally aggressive and fervent prowess. Unlike many of Davis'' contemporaries, there are far too few documents such as this available, increasing the inherent value as all dimensions of enthusiast will be well-served by this collection.
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  • Release Date: 2/24/2004
  • Label: Shout Factory
  • UPC: 826663400724
  • Catalog Number: 34007
  • Sales rank: 69,503

Album Credits

Performance Credits
Rev. Gary Davis Primary Artist, Vocals, 12-string Guitar
Technical Credits
Skip James Composer
Greg Allen Art Direction
Arnold S. Caplin Producer
Rev. Gary Davis Composer, Author
Bob Fisher Remastering
Toby Mountain Engineer
Brett J. Bonner Liner Notes
Alan Caplin Art Direction
Traditional Composer
Traci Swartz Artwork
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