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Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop presents a definitive portrait of the hugely influential folk blues icon Rev. Gary Davis in a comprehensive three-CD set titled Demons & Angel. Compiled by disciple and historian Stefan Grossman (who calls Davis "the Stravinsky of the acoustic guitar"), this sprawling set showcases the full stylistic range of Davis' music, encompassing blues, gospel, ragtime, minstrel songs and other bits of Americana. The recordings were culled from over 100 hours of studio, concert and home recordings... Rev. Gary's eccentric genius shines brightly on this substantial collection. - Bill Milkowski/Jazz Time The definitive collection from one of the true giants in early blues and gospel, Reverend Gary Davis, a man positively worshipped by latter-day folkies and rockers (Dave Van Ronk, for one, called him "the most fantastic guitarist I'd ever seen"). This 3-CD set contains 57 tracks - many unreleased - highlighted by such spine-tinglers as Baby, What You Going to Do; I Am the Vine; Mean Old World; Devil's Dream; You're Going to Quit Me Baby; Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning, and more. A PDF booklet on Disc 1, includes all the song lyrics plus a bio of Rev. Davis by Ian Zack.
TracksCredits
1 Buck Dance
2 Soldier's March
3 Baby, What You Going to Do
4 Twelve Sticks
5 Save Up Your Money, John D Rockerfeller Put the Panoc on
6 I Am the Light of This World
7 Nobody Cares for Me
8 Slippin' Till My Gal Comes in Partner
9 Blues
10 Crucifixion
11 Rag Blues in C
12 Blues in E
13 Square Dance Verses
14 Don't Know Where to Go
15 He's My King
16 I'm Throwin' Up My Hands
17 Cross and Evil Woman Blues
18 Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning
19 I'm So Tired of Being All Alone
20 I Am the True Vine
21 Lord, Stand By Me
22 Won't You Hush
23 Mean Old World
24 Moon Is Going Down
25 Sportin' Life Blues
26 God's Gonna Separate
27 Soon My Work Will All Be Done
28 Blow Gabriel
29 Get Right Church
30 I Want to Be Saved
31 Oh Glory, How Happy I Am
32 There's Destruction in That Land
33 Tired, My Soul Needs Resting
34 Georgia Camp Meeting
35 Bill Bailey
36 Honey Get Your Towel Wet
37 She Wouldn't Say Quit
38 You're Going to Quit Me Baby
39 Disc: 3
40 I'm Going to Sit Down on the Banks of the River
41 Twelve Gates to the City
42 I Heard the Angels Sing
43 Twelve Sticks
44 It's a Long Way to Tipperary
45 When the Train Comes Along
46 Little Boy, Little Boy Who Made Your Britches
47 All Night Long
48 Who Shall Deliver Poor Me
49 Jesus Met the Woman at the Well
50 Lord, Search My Heart
51 Lord, on Your Word
52 Let Us Get Together
53 Cocaine Blues
54 Devil's Dream
55 Blow Gabriel
56 Sun Is Going Down
57 Spoonful
58 Whistlin' Blues
59 Virgin Mary
