Davy Graham
One of the most eclectic guitarists of the 1960s, Graham's mixture of folk, blues, jazz, Middle Eastern sounds, and Indian ragas was an important catalyst of the British folk scene. Like Sandy Bull and John Fahey -- two folk-based guitarists with a similar taste for genre-bending experimentation -- Graham could not be said to be a rock musician. But like Bull and Fahey, he shared the eagerness of the '60s psychedelic rockers to stretch out and incorporate unpredictable influences into his music. While he wasn't much of a singer, Graham's taste in material was broad and shrewd, encompassing blues, ragas, Joni Mitchell, Charles Mingus, and the famous instrumental "Anji," which Graham recorded in 1962, way before the more famous versions by Bert Jansch and Simon & Garfunkel. Besides cutting several albums of his own work in the 1960s with sympathetic, low-key rhythm sections, he also recorded with traditional folk singer Shirley Collins and British blues father Alexis Korner. Graham recorded only sporadically after the 1960s, although he performed with the renowned acoustic guitar wizards Stefan Grossman and Duck Baker. ~ Richie Unterberger, All Music Guide
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After a six-year sabbatical in which he taught music, Davey Graham came out of retirement to release this retrospective of sorts, All That Moody, in 1976. This collection did contain both his most...
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| recent albums | date | score | reviews |
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| Godington Boundary | 1970 | n/a | 0 |
| Holly Kaleidoscope | 1970 | n/a | 0 |
| Hat | 1969 | n/a | 0 |
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Recent User Reviews
Davy has been a huge influence on my life. Loved his music since I was young. My Dad got me into him and we were lucky enough to catch him at the Komedia in Brighton last February.
FULL REVIEWposted Jan 3, 2008


