Par HAWKINS ERNIE. Rev. Gary Davis fût un incroyable guitariste de Ragtime. Ernie Hawkins lui rend hommage dans ce DVD en enseignant son approche de la guitare. Double DVD, 173 minutes, en anglais. / Méthode en anglais / Accessoire / Guitare

This set of three CDs captures Rev. Davis at home and church - teaching talking and philosophizing. The first two CDs are material recorded at his Bronx home. Religious songs folk tunes blues rags and memories are included. The music ranges from the heavenly to the bawdy and the third CD features a recorded service where Rev. Davis plays and delivers sermons.Disc One (At Home):1. Twelve Sticks…

And Novelty Instrumentals Of Rev. Gary Davis-Rev. Gary Davis is the real thing. The authentic blind-seer. He is a genius with a brightly burning spirit enormous musical intelligence technical brilliance an encyclopaedic memory driving passion deep faith araunchy and gracious sense of humour. A mystic. He is an icon of the style of Guitar he was born into known today as the Piedmont blues. T…

The Guitar Playing of Lonnie Johnson, Bo Carter, Rev. Gary Davis, Buddy Moss, Josh White and Tommy McC. This collection presents six legendary blues guitarists from the 1920s to early 1940s. Each has his own unique approach, style and techniques for playing. Some like Rev. Gary Davis favored regular tuning while Josh White was equally at home playing in Open D tuning as well as standard tuning. Lo…

Interpreting The Gospel Songs And Style Of Reverend Gary Davis-Larry Campbell who has played with Bob Dylan Levon Helm Elvis Costello and numerous others grew up listening to the inspirational songs and dazzling Guitar technique of Rev. Gary Davis. He performs five songs of this legendary master with vocalist Teresa Williams and then breaks down the complex fingerpicking arrangements for lear…

Grossman writes: I love fingerpicking blues in the key of C. Blind Blake Big Bill Broonzy Rev. Gary Davis Mississippi John Hurt Mance Lipscomb and Tommy McClennan all favored this key. All approached their playing from different angles and perspectives. Mississippi John Hurt had a happy sounding alternating bass style. Big Bill Broonzy combined a driving bass technique. Blind Blake's 'sportin'…

Guitarist educator and historian Stefan Grossman was a student of acoustic blues and gospel singer/guitarist Rev. Gary Davis. Beginning when he was 15 Stefan studied with Davis on weekends spending eight to ten hours at his house in Harlem absorbing all he could. While studying with Rev. Davis he met and studied with other country blues guitarists: Mississippi John Hurt Son House Skip James …

Arranged For Fingerstyle Guitar-This DVD lesson could be titled The Music of Louis Armstrong for Finger-picking Guitar or Gary Davis Meets Louis Armstrong. Born in 1896 the brilliant Piedmont guitarist Gary Davis came of age in the teens and the twenties. Hewas in his prime during the Jazz Age and his playing shows it. His guitar style and techniques came out of the twenties. It enabled him to pl…