May 5, 2018 - Guy Davis
photo credit: Joseph A Rosen
Grammy and Blues Award Nominated Guy Davis has spent his musical life carrying his message of the blues around the world, from the Equator to the Arctic Circle, earning him the title “An Ambassador of the Blues”. His work as an actor, author, and music teacher earmark him as a renaissance man of the blues. What music and acting have in common, he explains, “is that I don’t like people to see the hard work and the sweat that goes into what I do. I want them to hear me and be uplifted. And I want some little eight-‐year-‐old kid in the front row to have big eyes and say, ‘Hey, I want to do that!”
Guy has had his musical storytelling influenced by artists like Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill Broonzy, and his musicality from artists as diverse as Lightnin’ Hopkins and Babatunde Olatunji. However, there’s one man that Guy most credits for his harmonica techniques, by stealing and crediting from him everything that he could, and that man is the legendary Sonny Terry. Guy’s new album, “Sonny & Brownie’s Last Train – A Look Back at Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry” is an homage to these two hugely influential artists, not only on Guy’s career, but to thousands of musicians around the world.
One such artist is the Italian harmonica ace, Fabrizio Poggi, who collaborates with and produced this recording. Recorded in the summer of 2016 in Milan, the album features the original, title track song written by Guy Davis, songs by both Sonny and Brownie, as well as songs known to have been recorded and performed by the famed duo written by their contemporaries, such as Libba Cotton and Leadbelly. Guy and Fabrizio have a relationship going back a decade in which they’ve performed together on tour in Europe and in the United States. In 2013, Fabrizio produced and played on Guy’s highly acclaimed recording, “Juba Dance”, which was number one on the Roots Music Charts for eight weeks. And ‘Fab’ also performs on Guy’s last album, “Kokomo Kidd”.
Guy has had his musical storytelling influenced by artists like Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill Broonzy, and his musicality from artists as diverse as Lightnin’ Hopkins and Babatunde Olatunji. However, there’s one man that Guy most credits for his harmonica techniques, by stealing and crediting from him everything that he could, and that man is the legendary Sonny Terry. Guy’s new album, “Sonny & Brownie’s Last Train – A Look Back at Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry” is an homage to these two hugely influential artists, not only on Guy’s career, but to thousands of musicians around the world.
One such artist is the Italian harmonica ace, Fabrizio Poggi, who collaborates with and produced this recording. Recorded in the summer of 2016 in Milan, the album features the original, title track song written by Guy Davis, songs by both Sonny and Brownie, as well as songs known to have been recorded and performed by the famed duo written by their contemporaries, such as Libba Cotton and Leadbelly. Guy and Fabrizio have a relationship going back a decade in which they’ve performed together on tour in Europe and in the United States. In 2013, Fabrizio produced and played on Guy’s highly acclaimed recording, “Juba Dance”, which was number one on the Roots Music Charts for eight weeks. And ‘Fab’ also performs on Guy’s last album, “Kokomo Kidd”.
Opening Support - Connie Deming
Connie Deming is a celebrated singer songwriter, dubbed by Democrat & Chronicle's Jeff Spevak as "the best pure singer in the city." Noted for her versatility, warmth and charm, she has delighted national and local audiences for over 25 years. Connie grew up singing everything she could get her hands on, from Faure and Bernstein to Joni Mitchell and Elton John and the Beatles. She loved it all, picking up the guitar as well, which her father and brother and boyfriend played. When her son was born in 1985, she began to write her own songs.
Show starts at 7:30 pm
Connie Deming is a celebrated singer songwriter, dubbed by Democrat & Chronicle's Jeff Spevak as "the best pure singer in the city." Noted for her versatility, warmth and charm, she has delighted national and local audiences for over 25 years. Connie grew up singing everything she could get her hands on, from Faure and Bernstein to Joni Mitchell and Elton John and the Beatles. She loved it all, picking up the guitar as well, which her father and brother and boyfriend played. When her son was born in 1985, she began to write her own songs.
Show starts at 7:30 pm
