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Cyril Davies (23 January 1932 – 7 January 1964) was an English blues musician, and one of the first blues harmonica players in England.
25 de abr. de 2024 · Hailed by many as the best blues harmonica player the UK ever produced, Cyril Davies was a grumpy, balding panel beater who happened to lead the London R&B scene that shaped British rock, yet made few records before passing away in January 1964 at the age of only 31.
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Cyril Davies - British Blues Architect, is a not-for-profit enterprise. Its contents are online purely to inform and entertain fans of Cyril Davies and the development of blues harmonica in the UK. His name is often misspelled Cyril Davis.
19 de abr. de 2024 · Cyril Davies and Alexis Korner are the Godfathers of the British blues scene. They were an inspiration, and a great help to many young blues fans and aspiring musicians during the late 1950s and...
Born: 23rd January 1932, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. Died: 7th January 1964, London, England. British blues harp-player, guitarist and banjo player and one of the pioneers of 'electric blues' in the UK in the early 1960's.
CYRIL DAVIES. Contribution to British Blues: Pioneered amplified Chicago-style Blues Harp in the UK and formed Britain's first popular 'purist' Chicago Blues Band. Working all day with a hammer in his hand and singing the Blues all night, Cyril Davies might sound like some mythic figure from the Mississippi Delta.
Cyril Davies was a fine singer and an authentic electric harp player, and a Blues afficionado who did a great deal to foster the British Blues Boom of the early 60s. Cyril learnt guitar and banjo as a kid, but when he heard Little Walter on records, he switched to the harp.
