Show Me the Way Home, Honey. In loving memory of Cyril Davies. Cyril Davies: Father of British Blues Harmonica. Born at St Mildred's, 1. Hawthorn Drive, Willowbank, Denham, Buckinghamshire, near London, he was the son of William Albert Davies, a labourer, and his wife Margaret Mary (n. He had an elder brother named Glyn, and the family is believed to have come from Wales. Cyril Davies began his career in the early 1. Steve Lane's Southern Stompers, then as part of an acoustic skiffle and blues group with Alexis Korner. The album R& B from the Marquee features both Davies and Korner. Many young musicians visited the Ealing Club and 'guested' with Blues Incorporated, including Rod Stewart, Paul Jones, Ronnie Wood, Keith Richards, Eric Burdon, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones and Ginger Baker. Soon there was musical tension in the band, as some members wanted to play crowd- pleasers like Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley tracks while Cyril Davies was a blues purist who wanted to play what he saw as only genuine Chicago- style R& B. Following the dissolution of Blues Incorporated in October 1. ![]() Por mais que qualquer pa. Records co-founder Leonard. King of the Delta Blues Singers became the first album to be inducted by the Blues Foundation into the Blues Hall of Fame. The Hartford Courant selected King of the Delta Blues Singers for its list of the 25 Pivotal. Charley Patton - Founder of the Deltablues Son House - Father of the Delta Blues Fred Eaglesmith - Tinderbox Jacques Lu Cont - FabricLive. Find great deals on eBay for yazoo lp bluesville lp. CHARLEY PATTON Founder of the Delta Blues YAZOO RECORDS Sealed 180 Gram (2LP) $24.00; Buy It Now; YAZ, YOU AND ME BOTH VINYL LP ORIGINAL 1983 SIRE RECORDS 1. Davies formed the Cyril Davies All- Stars in November 1. Pye Records, who had announced an R& B label featuring music imported from Davies' favourite Chicago musicians (. Those compilations include, A Shot of Rhythm and Blues (Sequel Records), Stroll On (Sony Music), and Dealing With the Devil (Sony Music). ![]() Http:// Patton- Founder of the Delta Blues.zip. Founder of the Delta Blues.rar. Steve Gunn And Mike Cooper, 'Pony Blues'. Originally written by Charley Patton. This ghost story is the basis for my interpretation of Steve Gunn and Mike Cooper's 'Pony Blues.'. 1969 Fleetwood Mac - Pious Bird of Good Omen. Is a Blues Master; 1969 Fleetwood Mac - Pious Bird of Good Omen. 1969 Charley Patton - Founder of the Delta Blues-D. Davies died of acute leukemia in January 1. More about Cyril Davies at cyrildavies. Cyril Davies - Cyril Davies & Roundhouse Jug Four. Styles: Jug Band. Released: 1. 96. 1Label: Kenton. File: mp. 3@1. 92. K/s (from vinyl)Size: 1. MBTime: 1. 0: 1. 6Art: front. Side 1. 1. Moan (Teewee Blackman)2. Hesitation Blues (W. C. It's the Same Thing (Will Shade)4. Short Legs Shuffle (Jeff Bradford)Personnel: Cyril Davies (harmonica, 1. Jeff Bradford (mandoline, guitar on Short Legs Shuffle, and kazoo)Reg Turner (jug)Lisa Turner (banjo and vocalist)Recorded in Kenton, Middlesex, August 3, 1. Directed by Cyril Davies. Released: Aug 3rd, 1. VJM, VEP1. 0 )Liner Notes by Brian Rust. Notes: Jug bands there have been a- plenty on records, made exclusively in America, chiefly in the cities of Memphis, Louisville, and Atlanta, mainly during the classic era of jazz from 1. There origin is as old as the blues; to the big companies operating in America today, they are not a commercial proposition any more, it seems. But this group, resident in London's folk- song club, the Roundhouse, in London's Wardour Street, is the first British jug band ever to make a record for commercial release. The leader and general all- rounder (no pun intended!), Cyril Davies, used to play with our Steve Lane's Famous Southern Stompers and is the composer of that strangely attractive minor- key melody THE STAGGERS which has been recorded for us by Colin Kingwell's Jazz Bandits (VEP- 1. On the session that produced the above tracks, he knelt before the microphone, the better to record the instrumental number SHORT LEGS SHUFFLE, which sested its name. The rippling folksy banjo by petite Lise Turner, wife of the jug player Reg, is one of the most attractive and unusual sounds on any VJM record. The first track on each side is a tribute to the Memphis Jug Band and its leader, Will Shade, who for nearly four years (February 1. November 1. 93. 0) directed many sessions in Memphis and some in Atlanta, playing all the instruments used by Cyril Davies and Jeff Bradford. Moan was actually issued here on Regal- Zonophone in February 1. A more thoroughly satisfying blues performance has seldom been recorded, and this version echoes that mood. W. C. Handy's HESITATION BLUES is a well- tried folk song, with countless variations on the lyrics. Lise Turner sings with Cyril Davies on this and IT'S THE SAME THING, and the effect is quite remarkably close to the sound of the country blues bands that made records . Country Line Special - 2: 1. A2. Chicago Calling - 2: 2. Side 2. B1. Preachin' The Blues - 2: 1. B2. Sweet Mary - 2: 5. Personnel Side One: Cyril Davies - Vocals and Harmonica. Rick Brown - Bass. Bernie Watson - Guitar. Nicky Hopkins - Piano. Carlo Little - Drums. Produced by Peter Knight Jr. He formed Cyril Davies R & B All Stars, taking Long John Baldry with him from Blues Incorporated and recruiting Screaming Lord Sutch's backup musicians Rick Brown (bass) and Carlo Little (drums). The All Stars also listed talented guitarist Geoff Bradford among their members. The All Stars evolved into Long John Baldry's Hoochie Coochie Men in January '6. Cyril Davies's death. Still Geoff Bradford on guitar - and Rod Stewart as one of the vocalists. The Sound of Cyril Davies. Cyril Davies - The Legendary Cyril Davies. Styles: British Blues, Acoustic Blues, Folk- Blues. Released: 1. 97. 0File: mp. K/s (from vinyl)Size: 4. MBTime: 3. 3: 4. 7Art: front. Side 1. 1. Leaving Blues - 3: 1. Roundhouse Stomp - 2: 5. Skip To My Lou - 1: 5. It's The Same Old Thing - 2: 1. Side 1. 1. Hesitation Blues - 2: 2. Short Legs Shuffle - 2: 3. Personnel: Cyril Davies - 1. Alexis Korner - guitar (2,3,1. Mike Collins - washboard (2,9,1. Terry Plant - bass (2,5)Jeff Bradford - mandolin, guitar and kazoo (4,6,8,1. Reg Turner - jug (4,6,8,1. Lisa Turner - banjo and vocal (4,6,8,1. Notes: Early in the morning of January 8th, 1. I received a telephone call from John Martin: . I just could not believe it - he had been ill for some months, that I knew, but the suddenness of his death threw me. Some days before, as we were crossing the footbridge from our old stamping ground Eel Pie Island, he had said something that flashed back into my mind at that moment. I was only a young kid just out of school at that time, just playing guitar and singing a little and very much in love with the blues. Although I had been listening to records by Bill Broonzy, and Muddy Waters among others since I was twelve, I had never heard English people playing and singing the blues until the evening I walked into the Roundhouse (the pub in Soho, not Arnold Wesker's ex- railway turntable shed) and heard Cyril and Alexis Korner. I used to go every Thursday evening and they would invite me to join them on the piece of lino between the piano and the bar, which served as the bandstand, encouraging me in my desire to be part of the blues scene. Those were great days, because apart from Cyril, Alex and myself performing, there were visits to the club by Big Bill, Muddy, Memphis Slim, Otis Spann, Ramblin' Jack Elliot and Derroll Adams and many more. Of course, Cyril was better known then as a twelve- string guitarist than as a harmonica player. But later, in the days of the . I have always thought it a great pity that his guitar playing was never utilized on his recordings for Decca and Pye. However, this situation can now be rectified as we listen to this collection of memorable recordings thanks to Doug Dobell. As I listen, I look back and think of the little black Alsatian Uschi (still alive and well and monstrous in Kent) that he gave me from the litter of his scrapyard watchdog Kim. The entire barful of dockers on Teesside for whom he bought drinks all night. The inimitable way he curbed a tribal civil war in the back of a Timpson's coach outside Middlesbrough Infirmary. My sudden arrival back to sobriety one night in Burslem with a well- aimed harmonica hurled at my head from the stage. But there's not enough room on this sleeve to tell it all. Perhaps Doug might let me record an album one day so that I can tell you the WHOLE story of the Legendary Cyril Davies.
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