Rev. Gary Davis - Let Us Get Together

Cat. no: CDSBR7012
Format: CD2
Barcode: 708535701224
Release Date: 11 Mar 2022
Genre: Blues

2 CDS / Previously Unreleased material by ordained Baptist Minister, Rev Gary Davis.Hailing from the Piedmont South Carolina, he grew up playing the distinctive style of Piedmont blues

With the decline of the Southern blues scene Reverend Gary moved to New York City. Initially he supported himself with street busking and preaching, although his fortunes changed with the birth of Greenwich Village Folk scene. Reverend Gary quickly become a mentor to a long list of well known musicians from Dave Van Ronk to Bob Dylan. For the next two decades, a series of guitarists beat a path to his door, to study the blues and to occasionally hear a little sermon. Davis' compositions have been covered by the Grateful Dead ('Samson & Delilah,' 'Death Don't Have No Mercy') The Rolling Stones (You Got to Move), Peter Paul and Mary and Dylan (Baby, Let Me Follow You Down). The songs on this disc consist of two previously unreleased live recordings and capture the best of the Davis catalog. 

Tracks: Death Don’t Have No Mercy / Sampson & Delilah / I Feel Like My Time Ain’t Long / The Hunting Dog Tune / She’s Funny That Way / Cincinnati Flow Rag / Candy Man / Molly / Instrumental #1 / She Wouldn’t Say Quit / Instrumental #2 / Go Further / Twele Sticks Rag / Good Feeling Music / Come Down And See Me Sometime / Old Time Religion / Let Us Get Together / I’m Gonna Sit Down On The Banks of The River / Feel Like My Time Ain’t Long / Come Down And Se Me Sometime / She’s Just Funny That Way / Make Believe Stunt / Cincinnati Flow Rag / I Heard The Angels Singing / Samson and Delilah

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