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Guy Davis (from the album The Legend of Sugarbelly

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Guy Davis (from the album The Legend of Sugarbelly available on M.C. Records)  (by Danny McCloskey)
As a welcome into his album, Guy Davis introduces “Sugarbelly”, rightfully the opening cut on his recent release, The Legend of Sugarbelly. Against rapid-fire finger-picking, Guy Davis becomes the storyteller, telling a tale of love and death as he encourages “Little Davie Play on Your Harp” while he kicks up sawdust to shuffle and shout “Come Gitchu Some”. The Legend of Sugarbelly counts “12 Gates to the City”, sings of “Firefly” over the sparkle of banjo notes, and quiets to a hush with “In the Evening Time”. Bringing a talent for multiple instruments into the studio, Guy Davis backs his voice with six- and twelve string guitar, mandolin, harmonica, and five- and six-string banjo, supported on The Legend of Leadbelly by Chris James on mandolin and Professor Louie on organ.
 
Musician, actor, author, and songwriter, Guy Davis has soaked up art since birth, perhaps born in the proverbial NYC stage trunk as the son of Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee. For forty years, Guy Davis has played a musical pastiche of Roots, Blues, Spoken Word, Folk Rock, and world music. He added Broadway for stage performances in Mulebone and Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil. Among his accolades, Guy Davis was awarded the Blues Foundation W.C. Handy Keeping the Blues Alive Award, and he showcases the reason for the accolades by bringing the history of rural Blues into 2024 with The Legend of Sugarbelly. Adding to his original songs on The Legend of Sugarbelly, Guy Davis asks “Who’s Gonna Love You Tonight” with a cover of the Sam Chatmon tune, offers a song for Lead Belly’s “Laura”, and delivers a variation of Blind Lemon Jefferson’s “Black Snake Moan”. (by Danny McCloskey)
 
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