His most Rev. Gary Davis was an active musician in addition to being a guitar instructor during his later years. From Blues to Gospel contains 13 selections featuring his inimitable performance style on an assortment of gospel and secular blues tunes. By the time of these 1971 recordings — a year prior to his passing — Davis' legend had long-been established. Likewise, his influence had become far reaching and was being felt by a concurrent generation of artists. Electric rockers the Grateful Dead and Hot Tuna, and acoustic troubadours David Bromberg and Stefan Grossman were bringing both his material and variations on Davis' delivery to audiences that otherwise may not have been exposed to him.(Full Covers)
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