Davey Graham

[Sunny]

I picked up the Davey Graham 1968 album "Large As Life And Twice As Natural" in a charity shope and love it!!

His song Anji has been covered by Bert Jansch, Simon & Garfunkel and Chicken Shack.





Davey was rather unreliable and unpredictable which did little to advance his fame or endear him to concert organisers and the more commercial elements of the music world. In the late 60's he was booked for a tour of Australia but when the plane stopped for an hour in Bombay on route, he changed his plans and spent the next 6 months wandering through India My kind of man

 

[Sox]

Brilliant Sunny he pioneered DADGAD tuning what a player..

Maajun (A Taste of Tangier)

 

[jeffrey]

I think it was Record Collector that did a really good piece on Davey Graham awhile back. I'll have a look at the weekend and see if I can find it and post anything useful here, if you know what I mean.

 

[FretBuzz]

I just started getting into his music about 2 years ago, and have been totally blown away by him. He's become one of my all time favorite musicians, as well as my biggest influence on the acoustic guitar as of late. What a player, indeed!

 

[Sox]

Bruton Town


Wicked

 

[Sunny]

A beauty!

 

[Velvetclown]

Great human. great loss !

 

[robpape]

Yes ...now along with Bert Jansch there must be a great Folk Club up there in Heaven !!

 

[Heedblerk]

One of my favourite musicians of all time - just such a natural player.

I got to see Davey play in Gateshead on his final tour. He only did a half hour set and then only sang on a couple of numbers, but it was still so good to see him. He did a signing after the show and I bought a cd of him playing live in 1966 - it's a great disc - a lot better than the After Hours cd. Live at St Andrews it's called - available from Rollercoaster Records Rock'n'Roll 50s 60s vinyl Singles Ep LP re-issues I guess!

He signed the disc and, when I told him that I go to see Robin Williamson who often says "Here's a song I learned off Davey Graham" his eyes lit up. "Oh, Robin!" he says, standing up before proudly declaring "You know, that man never wore a tie til he met me!"

A phenomenal talent!

​

 

[Sunny]

Seven Gypsies