Say No to the devil : the life and musical genius of Rev. Gary Davis /
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 ab...
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
[2015]
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue: you got to move
- There was a time that I was blind (1896-1916)
- Street-corner bard (1917-28)
- "I was a blues cat" (1928-34)
- Great change in me (1934-43)
- Meet you at the station (1943-49)
- Who shall deliver poor me? (1950-55)
- I'll be alright someday (1955-58)
- I can't make this journey by myself (1958-59)
- He knows how much we can bear (1960-61)
- Let the savior bless your soul: the reverend in the pulpit
- Children, go where I send thee (1961-62)
- Lord, stand by me (1962-63)
- On the road and over the ocean
- The guitar lessons: "bring your money, honey!"
- Buck dance (1965-66)
- Where you goin', old drunkard?
- There's a bright side somewhere (1967-70)
- Tired, my soul needs resting (1971-72)
- Epilogue: when I die, I'll live again.