Rev. Gary Davis was a musical giant. His ideas spanned a wide range of techniques and styles. His repertoire featured blues, rags, show instrumentals and gospel songs. He played with his thumb and index finger to pick out complex melodies, rhythmic licks and lightning fast single-string runs. In this book, seven of Rev. Davis's blues are presented. These arrangements have been performed and record…

A Tribute to Reverend Gary Davis-British journalist and writer Robert Tilling lovingly compiled this touching tribute to the great American Guitar genius Reverend Gary Davis. His enthusiasm for the Reverend's powerful music startedafter seeing him on his first UK concert tour in 1964.Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972) was an African American blues and gospel singer and guitarist. His fingerpicking st…

In this lesson Ernie Hawkins teaches three Rev. Davis arrangements that will challenge your fingers. Rev. Gary Davis's tour de force in concert was his Soldiers March. This is a multipart instrumental played in the Key of F and Cand is a showcase in demonstrating the genius of Rev. Davis's playing and arranging skills. Few country blues guitarists played in the Key of F but Rev. Davis explored thi…

Rev. Gary Davis had an enormous repertoire that spanned from gospel to blues rags to fok tunes and old minstrel show songs. In this double DVD lesson Ernie Hawkins presents some of Rev. Davis's most requested rags and minstreltunes. These vary from Sally Where'd You Get Your Liquor From to the complex dance rhythms of Buck Dance and Twelve Sticks to Devil's Dream an instrumental played in the Ke…

In this double DVD lesson Ernie Hawkins teaches in detail nine of Rev. Gary Davis???s best known blues arrangements. These songs have become well known through the playing of Bob Dylan (Baby Let Me Lay It On You) Jackson Browne(Cocaine Blues) Hot Tuna (Hesitation Blues) John Renbourn Stefan Grossman Ramblin??? Jack Elliot Hot Tuna and a host of other musicians (Candyman). Rev. Davis appro…

Rev. Gary Davis is the real thing. The authentic blind-seer. He is a genius with a brightly burning spirit enormous musical intelligence technical brilliance an encyclopedic memory driving passion deep faith araunchy and gracious sense of humor. A mystic. He is an icon of the style of Guitar he was born into known today as the Piedmont blues. Through players of the first half of the twentie…

Taught By Ernie Hawkins-Rev. Gary Davis was a musical genius bridging the gaps between blues ragtime folk gospel marching songs and tin pan alley hits. In this series of four lessons Ernie Hawkins teaches fourteen of Rev. Davis's most requested and famous gospel guitar arrangements. Ernie gives a detailed rundown of each arrangement analyzing the structure and timing of each phrase verse an…

Gospel Guitar of Rev. Gary Davis

A collection of some facinating footage of performances by the Reverend Gary Davis from the sixties to the seventies.

Un unique Biographie et instruction livre mettant en vedette les talents blues et des racines influents du Révérend Gary Davis, en notation musicale standard et tablature avec discographie et photographies. Découvrez les secrets de techniques du joueur grand blues et les harmonies distinctives qui caractérisent le son de cette époque révolue magique. Comprend deux étape Candyman et la mort n'ont a…

Par GROSSMAN STEFAN. In this book, six of Rev. Davis' Holy Blues are presented-- gospel songs with a taste of the blues. The online audio recordings teach these arrangements phrase by phrase as well as presenting the original recordings. These lessons are for the intermediate to advanced fingerstyle guitarist. All of the music is in notation and tablature. LESSON ONE: Rev. Davis played many gospel…

Demon In Disguise-?The extraordinary folk-blues guitarist David Bromberg has strolled back into the spotlight as abruptly as he resigned from it nearly three decades ago when he dissolved his fantastic and popular touring band in 1980 to study violin making... The fluid orchestral invention of Bromberg?s fingerpicking ? his original calling card on pivotal late-1960S and 1970S sessions for Jerry …