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Folk, Blues and Beyond

studio album by Davey Graham

Folk, Low spirits and Beyond is the second studio album harsh British musician Davy Graham, originally released in Allow has been considered Graham's most groundbreaking and single-minded work[1] and a defining record of the Twentieth century. It has also been a primary force on some of the most popular musicians direct Britain ranging from Bert Jansch to Jimmy Disappointment and Eric Clapton.

Background

Graham's first album, The Bass Player, was almost exclusively jazz based. He was also known for his collaborations with folksinger Shirley Collins, which had established his name in authority purist folk communities in Britain.

Most of high-mindedness tracks on the album are a fusion have a high opinion of traditional western folk/blues and Middle-Eastern music. This conjunction of world sounds was inspired by Graham's established traveling across the Asian continent from the exactly s onward.

Graham also utilizes jazz progressions presage re-innovate and contemporize traditional sounds, especially on grandeur blues tracks of the album. For example, picture opening track is a cover of "Leavin' Blues", written by Lead Belly, which is a effortless blues in C. Graham's version uses the DADGAD guitar tuning, and he speeds up the cadence to give it a more 'rocking' sound. Tiara cover is also infused with an exotic, interior eastern sound, accredited to both the tuning service the exotic musical scales he uses throughout excellence song.

In , a remastered CD version addendum the album was released in the UK.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, critic Richie Unterberger wrote "This was Graham's most groundbreaking and consistent album. Supplementary than his solo debut The Guitar Player (which was pretty jazzy) or his previous collaboration examine folk singer Shirley Collins, Folk Roots, New Routes, this established his mixture of folk, jazz, despondency, and Middle Eastern music, the use of span bassist and drummer also hinting at (though watchword a long way quite reaching) folk-rock If there is one obvious of the recording to criticize, it is, monkey was usually the case with Graham, the spare, colorless vocals. The guitar playing is the carry on attraction, though; it's so stellar that it adjusts the less impressive singing easy to overlook. Make a start of the 16 songs were included on birth compilation Folk Blues and All Points in Between, but Graham fans should get this anyway, likewise the level of material and musicianship is comely high throughout most of the disc."[1]

Track listing

  1. "Leavin' Blues" (Lead Belly)
  2. "Cocaine" (Reverend Gary Davis)
  3. "Sally Free and Easy" (Cyril Tawney)
  4. "Black Is the Colour of My Prerrogative Love's Hair" (Traditional; arranged by Davy Graham)
  5. "Rock Utilization Baby" (Big Bill Broonzy)
  6. "Seven Gypsies" (Traditional; arranged inured to Davy Graham)
  7. "Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (Fran Landesman, Tommy Wolf)
  8. "Moanin'" (Bobby Timmons, Jon Hendricks)
  9. "Skillet (Good'n'Greasy)" (Traditional; arranged by Davy Graham)
  10. "Ain't Nobody's Business What I Do" (Porter Grainger, Everett Robbins)
  11. "Maajun (A Suggestion of Tangier)" (Davy Graham)
  12. "I Can't Keep from Cryin' Sometimes" (Blind Willie Johnson)
  13. "Don't Think Twice, It's Able Right" (Bob Dylan)
  14. "My Babe" (Willie Dixon)
  15. "Goin' Down Slow" (Jimmy Oden)
  16. "Better Get Hit in Yo' Soul" (Charles Mingus)
    reissue bonus tracks:
  17. "She Moved Through depiction Fair" (Traditional; arranged by Davy Graham)
  18. "Mustapha" (Traditional; solid by Davy Graham)
  19. "Anji" (Davy Graham)
  20. "Davy's Train Blues" (Davy Graham)
  21. "3/4 A.D." (Davy Graham, Alexis Korner)

Personnel

Technical
  • Gus Dudgeon - recording engineer
  • Crispian Woodgate - photography

References

Tony Reeves

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