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Sto caricando le informazioni... Say No to the Devil: The Life and Musical Genius of Rev. Gary Davisdi Ian Zack
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Gary Davis was a blind blues and gospel guitarist who was born in South Carolina. He began as a street musician in the Carolinas and later lived and played in New York. Before reading Say No to the Devil I didn't know anything about him. Davis was known for his unique mastery of the guitar. His blues style was an influence on many musicians including members of the Grateful Dead, Rolling Stones and many others. Many of his songs were hits when played by other musicians including Peter Paul and Mary and Dave Van Ronk. He did not receive recognition for his work until late in his life. The folk revival of the 50s almost passed him by and he was much better appreciated in Europe than he was in his native country. In addition to his performance as a musician he was ordained as a Baptist minister and he gave guitar lessons in his home. The list of well known musicians who took lessons from Gary Davis surprised me. One of his students was Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead. This book was one of the monthly free e-books from the University of Chicago Press. ( ) This is an exceptionally well written and researched biography of Gary Davis. It's been a long wait for a comprehensive study, but well worth it.. Production quality of the book is excellent, with my only regret being the lack of a real discography. Also, in keeping with current trends, it should have been possible to have an accompanying CD. Small quibbles given the total results. As a bonus, the book was surprisingly cheap on Amazon. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
Who was the greatest of all American guitarists? You probably didn't name Gary Davis, but many of his musical contemporaries considered him without peer. Bob Dylan called Davis one of the wizards of modern music. Bob Weir of the Grateful Dead--who took lessons with Davis--claimed his musical ability transcended any common notion of a bluesman. And the folklorist Alan Lomax called him one of the really great geniuses of American instrumental music, a man who belongs in the company of Louis Armstrong. But you won't find Davis alongside blues legends Robert Johnson and Mississippi John Hurt in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Nor did he make Rolling Stone 's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. Despite almost universal renown among his contemporaries, Davis lives today not so much in his own work but through covers of his songs by Dylan, Jackson Browne, and many others, as well as in the untold number of students whose lives he influenced--many of whom continue to teach his techniques today. The first biography of Davis, Say No to the Devil restores the Rev's remarkable story. Drawing on extensive research and interviews with many of Davis's former students and others who knew him well, music journalist Ian Zack takes readers through Davis's difficult beginning as the blind son of sharecroppers in the Jim Crow South to his decision to become an ordained Baptist minister and his move to New York in the early 1940s, where he scraped out a living singing and preaching on street corners and in storefront churches in Harlem. There, he gained entry into a circle of musicians that included, among many others, Lead Belly, Woody Guthrie, and Dave Van Ronk. He wowed them with his sophisticated guitar technique, which included the ability to mimic an entire marching band. But, in spite of his tremendous musical achievements, Davis never gained broad recognition from an American public that wasn't sure what to make of his trademark blend of gospel, ragtime, street preaching, and the blues. His personal life also was fraught, troubled by struggles with alcohol, women, and deteriorating health. Zack chronicles this remarkable figure in American music, helping us to understand how he taught and influenced a generation of musicians. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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