◇ image via WikipediaReverend Gary Davis
Reverend Gary Davis is a Blues and Gospel act. Their sound grew out of Blind Willie Johnson, Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground, Barbecue Bob and Blind Blake. Those roots explain a lot about how Reverend Gary Davis arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Mississippi Fred McDowell, Pink Anderson, Skip James, Bukka White and Blind Blake, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Keb' Mo', Jorma Kaukonen, Hot Tuna, Ralph McTell and Charlie Parr, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 40 connections around Reverend Gary Davis, reaching back through Blind Willie Johnson and forward to Keb' Mo'. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Reverend Gary Davis connections
Reverend Gary Davis grew out of Blind Willie Johnson, Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground, Barbecue Bob and Blind Blake, shares an orbit with Mississippi Fred McDowell, Pink Anderson, Skip James and Bukka White, went on to shape Keb' Mo', Jorma Kaukonen, Hot Tuna and Ralph McTell. 40 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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