Folk Bands and Artists
Guy Davis
Guy’s parallel careers– as a musician, an author, a music teacher and a film, television and Broadway actor mark him out as a Renaissance man, yet the blues remain his first and greatest love. Growing up in a family of artists (his parents were Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis), he fell under the spell of Blind Willie McTell and Fats Waller at an early age. When Guy plays the blues, he doesn’t want you to notice how much art is involved. Kokomo Kidd, his latest album finds the blues ambassador visiting fresh territory, his deft acoustic playing and well crafted lyrics are present as always but perhaps offers more light and shade.
