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Reverend Gary Davis (30 Apr 1896 - 05 May 1972)

Male Person - United States

Releases (32)

Official

Album

  1. A Little More Faith 1961
  2. Pure Religion and Bad Company 1961 (as Blind Gary Davis)
  3. Harlem Street Singer 1961 (as Blind Gary Davis)
  4. Say No to the Devil 1962
  5. The Guitar and Banjo of Reverend Gary Davis 1964
  6. Ragtime Guitar 1971 (as Rev. Gary Davis)
  7. New Blues and Gospel 1971
  8. O, Glory: The Apostolic Studio Sessions 1973
  9. From Blues to Gospel 1992
  10. Blues & Ragtime 1993
  11. The Sun Of Our Life 2002
  12. Heroes of the Blues: The Very Best of Rev. Gary Davis 2003
  13. If I Had My Way: Early Home Recordings 2003
  14. Reverend Gary Davis 2010
  15. Slippin’ ’til May Gal Comes In Partner

Album - Live

  1. Bring Your Money, Honey! 1968 (as The Reverend Gary Davis)
  2. An Afternoon With Reverend Gary Davis at Allegheny College, Meadville, P.A. 1964 1988
  3. Live at Newport 2001
  4. Manchester Free Trade Hall 1964 2007

Album - Compilation

  1. Meet You at the Station: The Vintage Recordings (1935-1949) 1991 (as Reverend Blind Gary Davis)
  2. Complete Recorded Works in Chronological Order (1935-1949) 1991 (as Reverend Blind Gary Davis)
  3. The Complete Early Recordings of Reverend Gary Davis 1994
  4. I Am the True Vine 2000
  5. At Home and Church: 1962-1967 10 Jun 2010
  6. See What the Lord Has Done for Me: Rare & Unissued Recordings 17 Jul 2020
  7. The Rough Guide to Reverend Gary Davis: The Guitar Evangelist 26 May 2023
  8. Harlem Street Singer
  9. Masters of the Country Blues Guitar

Bootleg

Album - Live

  1. 1968: The Living Room of Selfdoc, Denver, CO, USA

Relationships (1)

Performance Name Of

  1. Blind Gary Davis

Recordings by (358)

  1. Twelve Gates to the City 3:10 (1961)
  2. Pure Religion 4:19 (1961)
  3. Mountain Jack 3:29 (1961)
  4. Right Now 2:55 (1961)
  5. Buck Dance 2:51 (1961)
  6. Candy Man 2:33 (1961)
  7. Devil's Dream 1:57 (1961)
  8. Moon Goes Down 4:45 (1961)
  9. Cocaine Blues 2:40 (1961)
  10. Runnin to the Judgement 3:52 (1961)
  11. Hesitation Blues 3:17 (1961)
  12. Bad Company 3:51 (1961)
  13. I Didn't Want to Join the Band 3:07 (1961)
  14. Evening Sun Goes Down 3:28 (1961)
  15. Seven Sisters 2:59 (1961)
  16. My Heart Is Fixed 2:06 (1961)
  17. A Little More Faith 3:45 (1961)
  18. You Better Mind 3:32 (1961)
  19. God’s Gonna Separate 3:36 (1961)
  20. You Got to Move 3:20 (1961)
  21. Crucifixion 4:58 (1961)
  22. I’m Glad I’m in That Number 3:04 (1961)
  23. There’s a Table Sittin’ in Heaven 3:34 (1961)
  24. Motherless Children 4:16 (1961)
  25. There’s a Bright Side Somewhere 3:17 (1961)
  26. I’ll Be All Right Some Day 3:09 (1961)
  27. I’ll Fly Away 4:38 (1961)
  28. When I Die I’ll Live Again 3:29 (1961)
  29. Samson and Delilah 4:05 (1961)
  30. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here 3:12 (1961)
  31. I Belong to the Band 2:57 (1961)
  32. Pure Religion 2:59 (1961)
  33. Great Change Since I Been Born 4:05 (1961)
  34. Death Don’t Have No Mercy 4:46 (1961)
  35. Goin' to Sit Down on the Banks of the River 2:57 (1961)
  36. Tryin' to Get Home 3:49 (1961)
  37. Lo, I Be With You Always 4:20 (1961)
  38. I Am the Light of This World 3:37 (1961)
  39. Lord, I Feel Just Like Goin' On 3:30 (1961)
  40. Say No to the Devil 4:00 (1962)
  41. Time Is Drawing Near 4:26 (1962)
  42. Hold To God's Unchanging Hand 4:35 (1962)
  43. Bad Company Brought Me Here 3:38 (1962)
  44. I Decided To Go Down 4:25 (1962)
  45. Lord, I Looked Down the Road 4:20 (1962)
  46. Little Bitty Baby 4:32 (1962)
  47. No One Can Do Me Like Jesus 3:40 (1962)
  48. Lost Boy in the Wilderness 5:01 (1962)
  49. Tryin' to Get to Heaven in Due Time 4:24 (1962)
  50. Maple Leaf Rag 2:58 (1964)
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On Recordings (50)

Instruments

  1. Lo, I Be With You Always 4:20 Reverend Gary Davis (1961) guitar
  2. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here 3:12 Reverend Gary Davis (1961) guitar
  3. Tryin' to Get Home 3:49 Reverend Gary Davis (1961) guitar
  4. Lord, I Feel Just Like Goin' On 3:30 Reverend Gary Davis (1961) guitar
  5. Samson and Delilah 4:05 Reverend Gary Davis (1961) guitar
  6. I Am the Light of This World 3:37 Reverend Gary Davis (1961) guitar
  7. Goin' to Sit Down on the Banks of the River 2:57 Reverend Gary Davis (1961) guitar
  8. Great Change Since I Been Born 4:05 Reverend Gary Davis (1961) guitar
  9. I Belong to the Band 2:57 Reverend Gary Davis (1961) guitar
  10. Mountain Jack 3:29 Reverend Gary Davis (1961) guitar
  11. Death Don’t Have No Mercy 4:46 Reverend Gary Davis (1961) guitar
  12. Twelve Gates to the City 3:10 Reverend Gary Davis (1961) guitar, guitar
  13. Pure Religion 2:59 Reverend Gary Davis (1961) guitar
  14. Say No to the Devil 4:00 Reverend Gary Davis (1962) guitar
  15. Hold to God's Unchanging Hand 4:35 Reverend Gary Davis (1962) harmonica
  16. Tryin' to Get to Heaven in Due Time 4:24 Reverend Gary Davis (1962) guitar
  17. Bad Company Brought Me Here 3:38 Reverend Gary Davis (1962) guitar
  18. Little Bitty Baby 4:32 Reverend Gary Davis (1962) guitar
  19. Lord, I Looked Down the Road 4:20 Reverend Gary Davis (1962) guitar
  20. I Decided to Go Down 4:25 Reverend Gary Davis (1962) guitar
  21. No One Can Do Me Like Jesus 3:40 Reverend Gary Davis (1962) harmonica
  22. Time Is Drawing Near 4:26 Reverend Gary Davis (1962) 12 string guitar
  23. Lost Boy in the Wilderness 5:01 Reverend Gary Davis (1962) 12 string guitar
  24. O Lord, Search My Heart 3:04 Reverend Gary Davis (1987) guitar
  25. Lord I Wish I Could See 3:05 Reverend Gary Davis (09 Apr 1991) guitar
  26. Rag, Mama, Rag 3:06 Blind Boy Fuller (09 Apr 1991) guitar

Vocals

  1. Tryin' to Get Home 3:49 Reverend Gary Davis (1961)
  2. I Belong to the Band 2:57 Reverend Gary Davis (1961)
  3. I Am the Light of This World 3:37 Reverend Gary Davis (1961)
  4. Samson and Delilah 4:05 Reverend Gary Davis (1961)
  5. Pure Religion 2:59 Reverend Gary Davis (1961)
  6. Goin' to Sit Down on the Banks of the River 2:57 Reverend Gary Davis (1961)
  7. Twelve Gates to the City 3:10 Reverend Gary Davis (1961)
  8. Great Change Since I Been Born 4:05 Reverend Gary Davis (1961)
  9. Lord, I Feel Just Like Goin' On 3:30 Reverend Gary Davis (1961)
  10. Death Don’t Have No Mercy 4:46 Reverend Gary Davis (1961)
  11. Lo, I Be With You Always 4:20 Reverend Gary Davis (1961)
  12. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here 3:12 Reverend Gary Davis (1961)
  13. Bad Company Brought Me Here 3:38 Reverend Gary Davis (1962)
  14. Little Bitty Baby 4:32 Reverend Gary Davis (1962)
  15. No One Can Do Me Like Jesus 3:40 Reverend Gary Davis (1962)
  16. Tryin' to Get to Heaven in Due Time 4:24 Reverend Gary Davis (1962)
  17. Say No to the Devil 4:00 Reverend Gary Davis (1962)
  18. Hold to God's Unchanging Hand 4:35 Reverend Gary Davis (1962)
  19. Time Is Drawing Near 4:26 Reverend Gary Davis (1962)
  20. I Decided to Go Down 4:25 Reverend Gary Davis (1962)
  21. Lost Boy in the Wilderness 5:01 Reverend Gary Davis (1962)
  22. Lord, I Looked Down the Road 4:20 Reverend Gary Davis (1962)
  23. O Lord, Search My Heart 3:04 Reverend Gary Davis (1987)
  24. Lord I Wish I Could See 3:05 Reverend Gary Davis (09 Apr 1991)

Credited as (14)

  1. Reverend Gary Davis
  2. Reverend Blind Gary Davis
  3. Blind Gary Davis
  4. Sonny Terry / Reverend Gary Davis
  5. Rev. Gary Davis
  6. Rev. Blind Gary Davis
  7. Blind Gary
  8. The Reverend Gary Davis
  9. Blind Gary (Rev. Gary Davis)
  10. Reverend Gary Davis and Pink Anderson
  11. Rev. Gary David
  12. Rev Gary Davis
  13. Blind Gary & George
  14. Lead Belly / Reverend Gary Davis / Reverend Dan Smith

Works (52)

Arranged

  1. Candy Man
  2. It's Hard to Be Blind
  3. Jesus Met the Woman at the Well
  4. Cocaine Blues
  5. Cocaine
  6. Cocaine Blues
  7. New Cocaine Blues
  8. Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
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Wrote

  1. You Got to Move
  2. Sally, Where'd You Get Your Liquor From?
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Composed

  1. Children of Zion
  2. Mama Let Me Lay It on You
  3. Candy Man Blues
  4. Kokain
  5. Samson and Delilah
  6. Lo, I Be With You Always
  7. Delia
  8. Cincinnati Flow Rag II
  9. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
  10. Please Baby
  11. Baby, Let Me Follow You Down
  12. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here
  13. I Am the Light of This World
  14. O Lord, Search My Heart
  15. The Great Change in Me
  16. I Belong to the Band
  17. If I Had My Way
  18. Say No to the Devil
  19. A Slow Drag
  20. Deep River Blues
  21. Baby, Let Me Lay It on You
  22. Twelve Gates to the City
  23. There's a Bright Side Somewhere
  24. Death Don’t Have No Mercy
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Lyrics

  1. Death Don’t Have No Mercy
  2. Hesitation Blues
  3. Hesitation Blues
  4. Twelve Gates to the City
  5. תריסר שערים
  6. Please Baby
  7. Let Us Get Together Right Down Here
  8. I Am the Light of This World
  9. O Lord, Search My Heart
  10. The Great Change in Me
  11. I Belong to the Band
  12. If I Had My Way
  13. Deep River Blues
  14. Children of Zion
  15. Mama Let Me Lay It on You
  16. A Slow Drag
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Links (20)

Official Homepages

  1. http://www.revgarydavis.com/

Other Databases

  1. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n82144728
  2. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/rev__gary_davis
  3. https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1053313
  4. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82144728
  5. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6tm9tmw
  6. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134729072
  7. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13928584q

Lyrics Page

  1. http://muzikum.eu/en/122-8487/reverend-gary-davis/lyrics.html

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/285494

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/412676

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0003123222

Imdb

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2486271/

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/37104565

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q159098

Secondhandsongs

  1. https://secondhandsongs.com/artist/3696

Stream For Free

  1. https://www.deezer.com/artist/114225

Biographies

  1. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=13993527

Fan Pages

  1. http://reverendgarydavis.com/

Picture

  1. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/ce/The_Reverend.gif