#Rev Gary Davis

[justbusterkeaton]

Buster/Candy

Music: The Candyman by Rev. Gary Davis

[missfiggy]

So it’s v v v late in PST. Je suis about to pass out. But as I will not be on these fair internets for the next 8 hours (at least), thought I might drop my HOT take on MWPP face casts.

For your consideration:

Harry Richardson | James Potter

And Eleanor Tomlinson | Lily Evans

And they actually dated!

ATJ/ S. Skelton / K. Gillan could never!

Fight me on this! I’m prepared to throw hands!

(ish, I’m probs going to sleep and not check my notifs for 14 ish hours)

(So mild throw hands)

(And tbh, a face cast is not a hill I want to die on)

(I just can’t with ATJ: notmyjames)

[aboutoriginality]

Death Don't Have No Mercy

☠️

[krispyweiss]

Dom Flemons at Happy Hollow Hootenanny, Snow Fork Event Center, Nelsonville, Ohio, June 1, 2024

Birdsong accompanied the early portions of Dom Flemons’ Happy Hollow Hootenanny headlining appearance and fireflies lighted up the encores.

It was just before 8 p.m. June 1 when Flemons took the small Creekside stage in the woods of Nelsonville, Ohio, to play the instrumental “Old Cindy Gal” on rhythm bones and harmonica, his tapping feet and strategic breathing adding extra percussion. Ninety minutes later, the 125 or so in attendance were solemnly singing “We are Almost Down to the Shore” along with Flemons and his acoustic guitar before the American Songster wrapped his singular gig with an impromptu rag that earned a standing ovation in the forest and elicited a deep bow from the makeshift bandstand.

In between, the Carolina Chocolate Drops co-founder played originals from his most-recent Black Cowboys and Traveling Wildfire LPs, revisited the songbooks of Rev. Gary Davis on “Saddle it Around,” Elizabeth Cotten in an instrumental acoustic guitar medley bookended with “Freight Train” and “Oh, Babe it Ain’t No Lie” and reprised the Drops’ version of “Your Baby Ain’t Sweet Like Mine” on banjo as the audience alternated from respectful silence to explosive appreciation during and between numbers that encompassed traditional country on “Slow Dance with You;” country blues on “Steel Pony Blues,” which also appeared during soundcheck; folk on “Nobody Wrote it Down;” and spiritual music on “My Long Journey Home.”

Dressed in blue pants held up with suspenders, a plaid work shirt and hat, the bespectacled Flemons played five instruments (guitar, banjo, harmonica, bones and quills) across the 18 numbers on his playlist. He was in a jovial mood, explaining songs’ origins, recalling a whitewater-rafting trip with Yo-Yo Ma before the banjo-instrumental “Lost River Blues” and laughing off Wildfire’s recent Grammy loss to Joni Michell, singing: When Joni’s in the category it’s a Grammy that you ain’t got.

A master- as well as multi-instrumentalist, Flemons conjured Lightnin’ Hopkins’ shuffle on “He’s a Lone Ranger;” intuited trains on quills (“Railroad Bill”) and caused his custom-made Songster banjo talk back on “Saddle it Around” and “Tough Luck” as the instrument responded to Flemons’ spoken asides and recreated sounds from outside the narrator’s jail cell. As a guitarist, Flemons is equally adept at the Piedmont, Delta and folk styles and plays the instrument as if he’d dedicated his life exclusively to it.

After sitting for the second half of the show, Flemons stood and pulled a harp from his pocket to close the main set with “There’s a Brown-skinned Girl Down the Road Somewhere.” With Flemons in command, a harmonica becomes a band; he blew and cupped the thing to produce an array of sounds before rapidly turning it 360 degrees again and again without missing a note.

The audience went bonkers at this trick and Flemons couldn’t even get to the backstage tent before an encore - beginning with “My Baby Said Yes Instead of Maybe” to “lift us up” - became inevitable.

West Virginians Jesse Milnes & Emily Miller opened with a delightful 45-minute performance of originals and covers by the likes of Ola Belle Reed, the Stanley Brothers and Skeeter Davis. Handing fiddles and guitars back and forth to each other, the husband-and-wife duo brought the mood down with Davis’ “The Sad Situation” and ratcheted it up with Milnes’ “It’s Hard to Tell the Hippies from the Hicks.”

Miller’s own originals - about her husband and German relations accused of poisoning Kansas water supplies - sounded as old as the covers they played. And when the duo ended their set with “The Fun’s all Over,” it was only just beginning.

Grade card: Dom Flemons at Happy Hollow Hootenanny - 6/1/24 - A

See more photos on Sound Bites’ Facebook page.

6/2/24

[lisamarie-vee]

[rastronomicals]

10:49 PM EDT August 30, 2024:

Hot Tuna - "Uncle Sam Blues" From the album Hot Tuna (May 1970)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

File under:    Music to shatter a single drinking glass to

[garudabluffs]

Rev. Gary Davis was a prolific guitar player. A protégé aims to keep his legacy alive           Updated  December 12, 2022

“Stefan Grossman sees himself as a "bridge." In the early 1960s, Grossman studied with blues and gospel singer Rev. Gary Davis, who sang on the streets of Harlem and taught at his home in the Bronx. Davis' fingerpicking style influenced guitarists, some of whom went on to major careers in American roots music.

Grossman has made it his life's work to pass on Rev. Davis' teachings. "I want to pass on the joy of playing this music to others, just as Rev. Davis passed it on to me," he says.

5-Minute Listen READ MORE https://www.npr.org/2022/12/12/1141845768/rev-gary-davis-stefan-grossman      

[total-dxmure]

ೃ࿔ “INVISIBLE STRING THEORY” MASTERLIST

the marines didn’t ruin ellie. ellie ruined ellie. after being medically discharged she feels lost. being sent to live with joel is more of a last ditch effort to save her and less of a fun reunion for the father-daughter duo. jackson is worlds different than chicago, but the fresh air and sprawling countrysides are a welcome reprieve. ellie finds herself finding comfort in more than just the change in scenery though. after losing your girlfriend due to an accident you feel as though you’ll never find love again- but that was before meeting ellie williams. the two of you figure out that you have more in common than just the fact that she and your girlfriend were both marines though. tethered by some invisible string, the two of you meeting has to be fate. who would have known that you were the golden ticket to ellie’s recovery?

total word count: 13.8k

𖦹 chapter one- grief is a difficult thing for anyone to navigate, but ellie finds it impossible to tread through her bottomless depression. all roads seem to lead to nowhere and everyday is a struggle. after a run in with the law after a ptsd episode, her close friends decide that it's do or die. a quick phone call to joel is all it takes to turn her world upside down. moving back to wyoming is a last ditch effort to save the scarred marine. the woman has no idea what's waiting for her back home. . . or who.

𖦹 chapter two- it's easy to pretend that things are normal when she's with joel. she can put on a brave face. grin and bear it, as they say. your sudden appearance in ellie's life hits her like a battering ram, and she finds it impossible not to be drawn to you. joel lets her know that you are no stranger to loss. the two of you seem to have a lot in common. a lost engagement ring, a smitten ellie and a minor mental breakdown.

𖦹 chapter three- you're tired of waking up in bed cold and alone. abby would have wanted you to find joy again. . . so why can't you? ellie shows up bright and early to help you with your duties on the farm, which is when you realize just how irresistible she is. for the first time in a while you feel comfortable to be yourself around someone, and she feels the exact same way. she shares some hard truths about herself and discovers what was once lost to you.

𖦹 chapter four- to be continued . . .

ೃ࿔ fic "soundtrack"

i fall to pieces - patsy cline

i walk the line - johnny cash

big black car - gregory ivan isakov

blue eyes crying in the rain - willie nelson

streets of laredo - marty robbins

plastic jesus - tia blake

almost gone - my terrible friend

death don’t have no mercy - rev. gary davis

i’m so lonesome i could cry - hank williams

god’s gonna cut you down - johnny cash

[folk-enjoyer]

Hi! Your "talking about wheelchair blues" post made me curious if you know any disabled folk singers?

Yea, there are actually tons!

in the early blues, there were many blind artists.

Blind Blake (1896-1934) Blind Willie Johnson (1897-1945) Blind Lemon Jefferson (1893-1929) Blind Willie McTell (1898-1959) Bo Carter (1893-1964) Sleepy John Estes (1899-1977) Blind Boy Fuller (1907-1941) Cortelia Clark (1906-1969) Rev. Gary Davis (1896-1972) Roosevelt Graves (1909-1962) Sonny Terry (1911-1986)

there's also cisco houston, whose eyesight was so poor that it rendered him legally blind by the end of his life.

and then, of course, there was woody guthrie who suffered from Huntingtons disease.

A LOT of traditional folk singers were disabled but that fact about them was not mentioned or only mentioned as an afterthought, or it isn't considered a disability. it would be very hard to compile all of these people.

and, as classic artists like pete and peggy got and get older, they both talked more about disability rights and how they affect them, peggy seeger is 89 currently and still making music. both she and Pete have either performed songs like disability in solidarity with disabled people or made music about how being disabled relates to them.

THEN, there's the Disabled In Action (DIA) singers. much like the Freedom Singers of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), the Disabled in Action singers were a musical group that made and covered songs that were about disability rights and disability made upof members with from the DIA organization. the DIA is a grassroots civil rights organization focused on ending discrimination against Disabled people, founded in 1970, in NYC.

the folks of the Disabled in Action Singers were not very well known, and the only one who was, was Sis Cunningham, who joined the group in her eighties.

luckily for us ! they have all their recordings available on their website.

here's some fun live performances i found as well of songs either by the DIA singers or by other people about disability

There is definitely more and I'll reblog this whenever I find more disabled folk artists. if anyone knows any contemporary disabled folk artists feel free to reblog this as well. I know that people in the folk-punk scene have been making music about disability.

[doyourememberrocknrollradio]

Rev. Gary Davis - "Death Don't Have No Mercy"

[themusicaldesk]

REV. GARY DAVIS standing, in concert. He has been seen in photos with a variety of instruments including 6- and 12-string guitars and even a 6-string banjo. Gibsons, Martins, a big Kay, even a Bozo. On his 1935 first recordings, he played a steel bodied National. When asked why he mostly preferred Gibson J200s, he said it was because they held up well in the rain!

A powerhouse virtuoso of gospel, ragtime, old pop songs and blues (on the sly), the Reverend made a great legacy, not only through his many recordings, but also as a teacher, patiently passing on his licks and approach to hundreds of students, many going on to become famous artists in their own right.

From his beginnings in rural South Carolina to living as a street singer and storefront preacher in Harlem, Rev. Davis became universally regarded as a giant, playing a countrapuntal, complex guitar style all his own, with a fierce hollering voice and uplifting sound that was a celebration of great American roots music.

[krispyweiss]

Blind Boys of Alabama Among Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement Honorees

- Dave Alvin, Rev. Gary Davis, Shelby Lynne, Don Was and Dwight Yoakam also named

The Blind Boys of Alabama are one of six acts that will receive the Americana Music Association’s Lifetime Achievement award later this year.

“We are so honored …,” the Blind Boys said in a statement. “Thank you to everyone involved in making this happen and all of you for coming to see our shows and spinning our music over the years.”

Dave Alvin, the late Rev. Gary Davis, Shelby Lynne, Don Was and Dwight Yoakam will also receive the honor.

“This year’s Lifetime Achievement honorees represent multiple facets of American roots music,” Americana Music Association and Foundation executive director Jed Hilly said in a statement.

“It is a privilege to recognize and celebrate the incredible careers of these artists.”

The awards will be given Sept. 18 at the Ryman Auditorium.

6/26/24

[goneahead]

oh look, its me, the disorganized noodle replying very very very late🤪

thanks for the tag @thefunkyperson ❤️

Rules: Tag 10 or more people you want to get to know better

Relationship status: currently off the market

Favorite color: steel blue

Song stuck in my head: Currently? 12 Gates by Rev. Gary Davis. last week it was Cumberland Gap by the 2nd Carolina String Band. my brain, let me show it to you😆

Favorite food: pretty much anything with jalepenos in it. And cookies. Although cake and pasta are good too!!!😋

Last song listened to: Fishing Blues by Henry Thomas (and one of the few surviving recordings of American quills. Quills had to be made by hand so they fell out of fashion when cheap harmonicas began to be mass-produced in the 1930s)

Dream trip: I’m a nomad, so pretty much anywhere the wheels stop is my happy place. But! My partner and I will be workamping for the summer in Montana. This will be the sixth state we’ve workamped in—and we’ll get to see Big Sky Country! And hopefully THIS time I won’t have a run in with a bear like I did the LAST time I was in bear country😂😂😂

Last thing I googled: recipe for 7 layer dip. Cuz I ouldnt remember which blog I got the recipe from. Turns out it was spent with pennies

tagging 10 huh? y’all know I can’t count but here goes: @distilled-prose @radiowrites @stephmcx @ends-2-beginnings @cowandcalf @herveiwfromthefloor @wordrummager @slowfalter @gloomyfilm @itsmrvlxh50 @itwoodbeprefect @actingcamplibrarian @cherokeeghostwriter hopefully that’s ten? **handwaves**

[rastronomicals]

5:40 AM EDT June 22, 2024:

Hot Tuna - "Uncle Sam Blues" From the album Hot Tuna (May 1970)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

Well, I want to kill somebody, won't have to break no kind of law

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[soulmusicsongs]

Gospel Blues

Gospel Blues: 10 tracks with blues-based gospel music.

Babylon is Falling - Rev. Dan Smith  (Live At Fox Hollow, 1992, original 1972)

Before This Time Another Year - The Harrell Singers (Before My Time, 1966)

Dark Was the Night - Cold Was the Ground - Blind Willie Johnson (Dark Was The Night - Cold Was The Ground / It's Nobody's Fault But Mine, 1928)

Hear My Prayer - Reverend Milton Brunson And The Thompson Community Singers ‎(Jesus Is Just Alright, 1973)

I Don't Know Why (I Have To Cry Sometime) - Premium Fortenberry ‎(The Lord Will Make A Way / I Don't Know Why (I Have To Cry Sometime), 197?)

I'm Going To Sit Down On The Banks Of The River - Blind Gary Davis ‎(Harlem Street Singer, 1960)

Jesus Is My Air-O-Plane - Mother McCollum, Eddie Head & Family, Edward W. Clayborn (The Rural Blues - Sacred Tradition 1927-1939)

Prodigal Son - Rev. Robert Wilkins (Memphis Gospel Singer, 1964)

Wade In the Water - Big Mama Thornton ‎(Ball n’ Chain, 1968)

What Is This? - The Rance Allen Group (The Rance Allen Group, 1971)

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