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Monday 27th July 2015

The life of Rev Gary Davis chronicled in new book

THE UNIVERSITY Of Chicago Press have published a study of blues and gospel singer Rev Gary Davis. Say No To The Devil: The Life And Music Genius Of Rev Gary Davis by Ian Zack has already received rave reviews. Wrote Red Lick catalogue, "The first full length biography of a magisterial singer, songwriter and guitarist taking us from his difficult beginnings as a blind son of a sharecropper in the divided Southern states up until his later years in New York where he became a pivotal figure [in the emerging folk world]." CR

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