Tuesday, November 26, 2024

Remembering influential Brit folk guitarist Davy Graham on his birthday

Check out Davy performing "She Moved Through The Fair" along with a few gems that will be on Cherry Red's new 8 CD box.

Davy Graham – He Moved Through The Fair 

• 8 CDs housed in a beautiful clamshell box.

• Bringing together all his 1960s studio recordings plus demo and live recordings.

• With extensive sleeve note essay, original liner notes and a rare 2000 interview with Davy Graham.

The godfather of British acoustic guitar, Davy Graham (1940-2008) has had a tremendous influence on guitarists from Martin Carthy, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn and Paul Simon to Jimmy Page, Graham Coxon and Bernard Butler. He studied music from India, the Middle East and North Africa to devise new tunings and ways of playing blues, jazz and English traditional music. One of his most enduring legacies is the DADGAD tuning. An absolutely original, creative musical giant, Davy thought about things in a different way and wasn't bound by any musical preconceptions.

This sumptuous 8CD set includes the seminal, and hugely influential, 1965 albums: ‘Folk, Blues & Beyond’ and ‘Folk Roots’, New Routes’, the latter recorded with Shirley Collins. Both albums served as important templates for Pentangle and Fairport Convention to develop English folk-rock.

The original version of ‘Anji’ from 1962 - Graham’s most well-known composition, recorded by Simon & Garfunkel, Bert Jansch and many others - appears alongside a stunning live performance. All in all, ‘He Moved Through The Fair’ (out November 29) provides a marvellous opportunity to focus attention on this remarkable musician. You can pre-order a copy directly from Cherry Red Records right here here. Check the tracklist below followed by a few clips. 




Davy Graham – He Moved Through The Fair

DISC ONE: The First Recordings and The GUITAR PLAYER
1  Angi
2  Davy’s Train Blues
3  ¾ AD
4  Worksong +*
5  Saturday Night Shuffle +*
6  Angi +*
7  God Loves His Children, Brother +*
8  Hey Bud Blues +*
9  She Moved Through The Fair
10  Mustapha
11  Careless Love
12  Hallelujah, I Love Her So
13  Sunset Eyes
14  Southbound Train
15  Take Five
16  Don’t Stop The Carnival
17  Sermonette
18  Take Five
19  How Long, How Long Blues
20  Sunset Eyes
21  Cry Me A River
22  The Ruby & The Pearl
23  Buffalo
24  Exodus
25  Yellow Bird
26  Blues For Betty
27  Hallelujah, I Love Her So

DISC TWO: FOLK, BLUES & BEYOND…
1  Leavin’ Blues
2  Cocaine
3  Sally Free And Easy
4  Black Is The Colour Of My True Love’s Hair
5  Rock Me Baby
6  Seven Gypsies
7  Ballad Of The Sad Young Men
8  Moanin’
9  Skillet
10  Ain’t Nobody’s Business What I Do
11  Maajun (A Taste of Tangier)
12  I Can’t Keep From Cryin’ Sometimes
13  Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright
14  My Babe
15  Goin’ Down Slow
16  Better Git It In Your Soul

DISC THREE: FOLK ROOTS, NEW ROUTES
1  Nottamun Town
2  Proud Maisrie
3  The Cherry Tree Carol
4  Blue Monk
5  Hares On The Mountain
6  Reynardine
7  Pretty Saro
8  Rif Mountain
9  Jane, Jane
10  Love Is Pleasin’
11  Boll Weevil, Holler
12  Hori Horo
13  Bad Girl
14  Lord Gregory
15  Grooveyard
16  Dearest Dear

DISC FOUR: MIDNIGHT MAN plus
1  No Preacher Blues
2  The Fakir
3  I’m Looking Thru’ You
4  Hummingbird
5  Watermelon Man
6  Stormy Monday
7  Money Honey
8  Walkin’ The Dog
9  Fire In My Soul
10  Lost Lover Blues
11  Neighbour, Neighbour
12  Jubilation
13  Rags And Old Iron
14  Jelly Roll Baker
15  Jubilation *
16  Travelling Man *
17  Sally Free & Easy *
18  I’m Ready *
19  Work Song *
20  Rock Me *
21  No Preacher Blues *
22  The Preacher *
23  Sweet Home Chicago *
24  The Cat Came Back *

DISC FIVE: AFTER HOURS, Live at Hull University, 4th February 1967
1  Work Song *
2  Cocaine *
3  Buhaina Chant *
4  Grooveyard *
5  Bourée In E Minor *
6  Gavotte or Bourée from the D Minor Suite *
7  How Long Blues *
8  She Moved Thru’ The Bizarre / Blue Raga *
9  Miserlou *
10  Hey Bud Blues *
11  Buffalo *
12  Jubilation *
13  Louisiana Blues
14  Afro-Blue

DISC SIX: LARGE AS LIFE & TWICE AS NATURAL plus
1  Both Sides Now
2  Bad Boy Blues
3  Tristano
4  Babe, It Ain’t No Lie
5  Bruton Town
6  Sunshine Raga
7  Freight Train Blues
8  Jenra
9  Electric Chair
10  Good Morning Blues
11  Beautiful City
12  Blue Raga
13  Better Git It In Your Soul *
14  Neighbour, Neighbour *
15  Panic Room Blues *
16  Skillet Good & Greasy *
17  Buhaina Chant *
18  Money, Honey *
19  Maajun *
20  Miserlou *

DISC SEVEN: HAT plus
1  Getting Better
2  Lotus Blossom
3  I’m Ready
4  Buhaina Chant
5  Homeward Bound
6  Love Is Pleasing
7  Hornpipe for Harpsichord Played Upon Guitar
8  Down Along The Cove
9  Hoochie Coochie Man
10  Stan’s Guitar
11  Pretty Polly
12  Bulgarian Dance
13  I Am A Rock
14  Oliver
15 She Moved Through The Fair 

DISC EIGHT: THE HOLLY KALEIDOSCOPE and GODINGTON BOUNDARY
1  Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
2  Wilt Thou Unkind
3  Blackbird
4  Blues At Gino's
5  Since I Fell For You
6  Sunny Moon For Two
7  Fingerbuster
8  Here, There And Everywhere
9  Ramblin' Sailor
10  Mary, Open The Door
11  I Know My Love
12  Charlie
13  Bridge Over Troubled Water
14  Little Man You've Had A Busy Day
15  I’m A Freeborn Man (Of The Travelling People)
16  The Preacher
17  All Of Me
18  Afta
19  On Green Dolphin Street
20  Dallas Rag
21  ‘Round Midnight
22  Work Song
23  Joe Joe, The Cannibal Kid
24  Everything’s Fine Right Now
25  A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
26  Mother Nature’s Son
27  Grooveyard
28  Forty Ton Parachute
* live recording
+* previously unreleased recording

 




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