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"Folk, Blues And Beyond" album lyrics

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Tracklist
01
Leavin' Blues
02
Cocaine
03
Davy Graham - Sally Free and Easy
04
Black Is the Colour Of My True Love's Hair
05
Rock Me Baby
06
Seven Gypsies
07
Ballad Of the Sad Young Men
08
Moanin'
09
Skillet (Good 'N' Greasy)
10
Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do
11
Maajun (A Taste Of Tangier)
12
I Can't Keep From Cryin' Sometimes
13
Don't Think Twice It's Alright
14
My Babe
15
Goin' Down Slow
16
Better Git In Your Soul
17
She Moved Through The Fair
18
Mustapha
19
Angi
20
Davy's Train Blues
21
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Released2007-11-26
Record labelLes Cousins
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AddedApril 8th, 2011
Last updatedAugust 17th, 2017
AboutFolk, Blues and Beyond is the second studio album by British musician Davey Graham, originally released in 1965. It has been considered Graham's most groundbreaking and consistent work and a defining record of the 20th century. It has also been a primary influence on some of the most popular musicians in Britain ranging from Bert Jansch to Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton.

Graham's first album, The Guitar Player, was almost exclusively jazz based. He was also known for his collaborations with folksinger Shirley Collins, which had established his name in the purist folk communities in Britain.

Most of the tracks on the album are a fusion of traditional western folk/blues and Middle-Eastern music. This synthesis of world sounds was inspired by Grahams frequent traveling across the Asian continent from the early 1950s onward.

Graham also utilizes jazz progressions to re-innovate and contemporize traditional sounds, especially on the blues tracks of the album. For example, the opening track is a cover of "Leavin' Blues", written by Lead Belly, which is a straightforward blues in C. Graham's version uses the DADGAD guitar tuning, and he speeds up the tempo to give it a more 'rocking' sound. His cover is also infused with an exotic, middle eastern sound, accredited to both the tuning and the exotic musical scales he uses throughout the song.

In 2002, a re-mastered CD version of the album was released in the UK.

In his Allmusic review, critic Richie Unterberger wrote "This was Graham's most groundbreaking and consistent album. More than his solo debut The Guitar Player (which was pretty jazzy) or his previous collaboration with folk singer Shirley Collins, Folk Roots, New Routes, this established his mixture of folk, jazz, blues, and Middle Eastern music, the use of a bassist and drummer also hinting at (though not quite reaching) folk-rock... If there is one aspect of the recording to criticize, it is, as was usually the case with Graham, the thin, colorless vocals. The guitar playing is the main attraction, though; it's so stellar that it makes the less impressive singing easy to overlook. Ten of the 16 songs were included on the compilation Folk Blues and All Points in Between, but Graham fans should get this anyway, as the level of material and musicianship is pretty high throughout most of the disc."

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