Guy Davis

 

     "Guy Davis….a terrific Piedmont blues picker,
    Davis never loses sight of the blues as good time
    music, the original forum for dancing on top of
    one's sorrows."
                                                     --Dave Marsh, Rock Rap Online

 
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Check out this website on teaching tolerance to children. Guy's song is the title track to the CD for this fabulous campaign.  You may have seen Alanis Morrisette’s Public Service Announcements about Teaching Tolerance on TV? Your child’s school can request a FREE COPY by contacting the Southern Poverty Law Center.

(Click on icon below to visit the tolerance.org website.)

 

Discography

**This portion of the site requires the Real Audio player be installed on your computer in order to listen to sound clips.  If you don't have the Real Audio player, you can download it for free here.** 

Click on any of the highlighted (ie. blue lettered) song titles to hear a brief clip of that song.

Guy's cds can be purchased below using the PayPal shopping cart. Each cd sells for $15.00, with the exception of Guy Davis on Air, this import is $20.00.  The shipping charge is $4.00 for the first cd and a $1.00 shipping charge for each additional cd.

 

CD - $ 20.00

Guy Davis On Air, 2007
  Tradition & Moderne GmbH in association with Radio Bremen.

  1. Drop Down Mama
  2. When You've Got a Good Friend
  3. Waitin' On The Cards To Fall
  4. Train Story
  5. Driftin Blues
  6. Good Liquor Gonna Carry Me Down
  7. Sweetheart Like You
  8. Back Door Man
  9. Dust My Broom
  10. Loneliest Road That I Know
  11. Limetown
  12. Step It Up And Go
  13. Saturday Blues
  14. Joppatown          

This is a live recording done in Breman, Germany as a Trio with Mark Murphy on bass and Nerek Roth Patterson on electric guitar. 

This cd is an import and the cost is $20.00

 

CD only - $ 15.00

CD and Accompanying Storybook - $ 20.00

Down At The Sea, 2007
 The Secret Mountain.

  1. Down at the Sea Hotel (Guy Davis, John Gorka, Eliza Gilkyson, Lucy Kaplansky, Lynn Miles, The Wailin' Jennys)
  2. Midnight Lullaby (Guy Davis)
  3. Dreamland (Lucy Kaplansky)
  4. Barefoot Floors (The Wailin' Jennys)
  5. Midnight in Missoula (Eliza Gilkyson)
  6. Do La Lay (John Gorka)
  7. Little Seahorses (Lynn Miles)
  8. Goodnight My Angel (Lucy Kaplansky)
  9. Annabel (Guy Davis)
  10. Trick Rider (The Wailin' Jennys)
  11. Everybody Cries (Lynn Miles)
  12. Child of Mine (Eliza Gilkyson)
  13. Things We've Handed Down (John Gorka)
  14. Nothing But a Child (Guy Davis, John Gorka, Eliza Gilkyson, Lucy Kaplansky, Lynn Miles, The Wailin' Jennys)       

A part of the proceeds from the sale for this album will be donated to the Breast Cancer Fund.

 

 

 

SKUNKMELLO, 2006
Red House Records, Inc.

  1. Natural Born Eas' Man
  2. Going Down Slow
  3. The Chocolate Man
  4. It Takes Love to Make a Home
  5. Shaky Pudding
  6. Po' Boy, Great Long Ways Home
  7. Blues in the Midnight Hour
  8. Blackberry Ramble
  9. Fonza Curry
  10. Maggie Campbell Blues
  11. Skunkmellow's Dance of the Chickens
  12. Hooking Bull at the Landing
  13. Shooting Star
  14. Uncle Tom is Dead {Milk 'n' Cookies Remix} (Bonus Track)          

“Downbeat Magazine gave this album a rare 5-star Review, and it was nominated for a “Blues Award” for Best Acoustic Blues Album.

 

 

Legacy, 2004
Red House Records, Inc.

  1. Uncle Tom's Dead
  2. Payday
  3. Run Molly Run
  4. Come Back Baby
  5. Rolling in My Sweet Baby's Arms
  6. I just Can't Help Loving You
  7. Drop Down Mama
  8. Things About Coming My Way
  9. Red Goose
  10. Hikin' Jerry
  11. I'm Gone
  12. See See Rider
  13. Long As You Get It Done
  14. Cypress Grove
  15. We All Need More Kindness in This World

"Uncle Tom's Dead" was chosen as one of the best songs of the year by National Public Radio.

In addition to Uncle Tom's Dead being chosen as one of the best songs of the year, "Legacy"  was chosen by NPR as one of the best albums of the year.

 

 

Chocolate to the Bone, 2003
Red House Records, Inc.

  1. Limetown
  2. Tell Me Where the Road Is 
  3. Step It Up and Go
  4. I Believe I'll Lose My Mind
  5. Right On Time
  6. Set a Place For Me
  7. Shortnin' Bread
  8. Drifting Blues
  9. Sho 'Nuff Satisfied
  10. Matchbox Blues
  11. Honey Babe
  12. Back Door Man
  13. Railroad Story
  14. Saturday Blues

This album, "Chocolate to the Bone", was nominated for a
 W.C. Handy award as “Best Blues Album”.

 

 

give in kind, 2002
Red House Records, Inc.

  1. Good Liquor
  2. Loneliest Road That I Know 
  3. Lay Down By My Side
  4. (I Love My Job)
  5. Layla, Layla
  6. I Will Be Your Friend
  7. Honeydew Melon Rag
  8. Six Cold Feet of Ground
  9. Grandma Is Dancing
  10. What you Doin'
  11. Watch Over Me
  12. I Don't Know
  13. Don't You Leave Me Here
  14. (Joppatowne Intro)
  15. Joppatowne
  16. God's Unchanging Hand

The "give in kind" album was nominated for a
 W.C. Handy award as “Best Blues Album”.

 

This album, "Butt Naked Free" was nominated for a
W.C. Handy award as “Best Blues Album”.

 

"You Don't Know My Mind" was nominated for a
W.C. Handy award as “Best Blues Album”.

“This album was also nominated as Best Traditional Blues Album.

 

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Call Down The Thunder, 1996
Red House Records, Inc.

  1. Georgia Jelly Roll
  2. I Got the Power
  3. When You Got a Good Friend
  4. Long Train
  5. Run Sinner Run
  6. Mama's Gonna Fix It Right
  7. Jelly Bone Jelly
  8. See Me When You Can
  9. Gee the Mule
  10. Minglewood Blues
  11. Thanksgiving Day
  12. The Road is Calling
  13. New Shoes
    14.

 

 

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Stomp Down Rider, 1995
Red House Records, Inc.

  1. (I Believe I'll) Dust My Broom
  2. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
  3. Intro
  4. Wintertime Blues
  5. Georgia Rag
  6. Intro
  7. Candy Man
  8. Madison & The Pigs
  9. Intro
  10. Stomp Down Rider Variation
    (Ft. Worth & Dallas Blues/Stomp Down Rider)
  11. Intro
  12. Watch Over Me
  13. Intro
  14. Walkin' Blues
  15. Intro
  16. Take Me Back, Babe
  17. Ramblin' All Over
    18.

 

“Stomp Down Rider” made it onto many Top 10 Album of the Year lists including the "Boston Globe" and “Pulse” magazines.

 

 

 


 

Guy Davis - Live, 1993
Recorded live in concert, The Music Hall

This album was self-released and later was re-packaged and edited to become the Red House Records release, "Stomp Down Rider".  It is no longer available and a true 'collector's item as only 1,000 CDs and 500 cassettes were pressed.

Cassette Track Listings

  1. Tight Like That

  2. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day

  3. Wintertime Blues

  4. Georgia Rag

  5. Candy Man

  6. Madison & The Pigs

  7. Stomp Down Rider Variation

  8. Watch Over Me

  9. Walkin' Blues

  10. Take Me Back

    11.
CD Track Listings

  1. Dust My Broom

  2. Tight Like That

  3. If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day

  4. Wintertime Blues

  5. Georgia Rag

  6. Candy Man

  7. Georgia Buck

  8. Madison & The Pigs

  9. Stomp Down Rider Variation

  10. Watch Over Me

  11. Walkin' Blues

  12. Take Me Back

  13. Ramblin' All Over

    14.

 

 

 

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Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

 

Dreams About Life, 1978
Folkways

  1. Try to Catch the Colors (Mari's Song)
  2. First Day of Spring
  3. Dreams About Life
  4. When I'm Gone
  5. Happy Hair
  6. Never Fart in Front of Company
  7. Message of the River
  8. Wont Be Long Now
  9. Friendly Feet
    10.

 

Guy Also Appears on the Following Artist's CDs and Compilations

   
   
These Times We're Living In:  A Red House Anthology
 Red House Records 2005
Guy's Track:       "We All Need More Kindness In This World" - from "Legacy"
Other Artists Include:  The Wailin' Jennys, Jimmy LaFave, Ray Bonneville, David Francey, Bill Staines
   
Friends by Eric Bibb
Telarc  2004
Guy's track:        "99½ Won't Do" - recorded for project
Other Artists Include: Odetta, Mamadou Diabate, Djelimady Toukara
   
At This Stage: 30 Years at the Wheatland Music Festival
Wtene Music  2004
Guy's track:        "Home-Cooked Meal" - recorded live for project
Other Artists Include:  The Mammals, Robin & Linda Williams and their Fine Group, Johnny Gimble and Texas Swing, Tim & Mollie O'Brien with Jerry Douglas, Dewey Balfa, Dixie Hummingbirds
   
Sing Along With Putumayo
Putumayo World Music  2004
Guy's track:        "I Will Be Your Friend" - recorded for project
Other Artists Include:  Rhonda Vincent, Rufus Thomas, Rosie Flores, Dan Zanes and Friends
   
Small Town News by Amy Fradon
Amy Fradon  2002
Guy's tracks:        "Hambone" and "Nevessa" - recorded for project
   
The Blues Tribute To the Grateful Dead
Cmh Records  2001
Guy's track:        "Little Red Rooster" - recorded for project
Other Artists Include:  Michael Hill, Langhorne Slim, Amy Helm, Anders Osborne, Charles Butler
   
Labour of Love - The Music of Nick Lowe
Telarc Records  2001
Guy's track:        "Soulful Wind" - recorded for project
Other Artists Include:  Tom Petty, Dar Williams, Marshall Crenshaw, Elvis Costello
   
Live at the World Cafe Volume 12
World Cafe Records  2001
Guy's track:        "Waiting On the Cards to Fall" - recorded live in studio
Other Artists Include:  Martin Sexton, Joe Jackson, Ian Anderson, Warren Zevon
   
Down the Dirt Road - The Songs of Charley Patton  
Telarc Records 2001
Guy's track:        "Some of These Days" - recorded for project
Other Artists Include:  Graham Parker, Charlie Musselwhite, Joe Louis Walker
   
Folk Scene Collection Volume III    
Red House  2001
Guy's track:        "See Me When You Can" - recorded live in studio
Other Artists Include:  Jackson Browne, Loreena McKennitt, Kate Wolf, Janis Ian
   
Nod To Bob - An Artists' Tribute To Bob Dylan      
Red House  2001
Guy's track:        "Sweetheart Like You" - recorded for project
Other Artists Include:  Eliza Gilkyson, Suzy & Maggie Roche, John Gorka
   
Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues       
Shanachie Records  2000
Guy's track:        "Motherless Children" - recorded for project
Other Artists Include:  John Hammond, Duke Robillard, Eric Bibb, Paul Geremia
   
Dealin' With the Devil - Songs of Robert Johnson       
Cannonball Records  2000
Guy's track:        "Stones In My Passway" - recorded for project
Other Artists Include:  Kenny Neal, Eddie Kirkland, Debbie Davies, Pinetop Perkins
   
Every Road I Take - The Best of Contemporary Acoustic Blues        
Shanachie  1999
Guy's track:        "Georgia Jelly Roll" - from "Call Down the Thunder"
Other Artists Include:  Alvin Youngblood Hart, Keb' Mo', R.L. Burnside, Corey Harris
   
Mali to Memphis - An African American Odyssey              
Putumayo Records  1999
Guy's track:        "You Don't Know My Mind" - from album
Other Artists Include:  Habib Koite, John Lee Hooker, Rokia Traore, Muddy Waters
   
Where Have All the Flowers Gone - The Songs of Pete Seeger              
Appleseed Recordings  1998
Guy's track:        "False From True" - recorded for project
Other Artists Include:  Ani DiFranco, Bruce Springsteen, Indigo Girls, Bonnie Raitt
   
Root Awakening - An Ear-Opening Roots Music Sampler              
Red House Records 1998
Guy's track:        "Best I Can" - from "You Don't Know My Mind"
Other Artists Include:  Spider John Koerner, Dave Alvin, Martin Simpson, Hart-Rouge
   
Habits of the Heart               
Acoustic Artists Series (Acoustic Guitar Magazine) 1998
Guy's track:        "If You Love Somebody" - from "You Don't Know My Mind"
Other Artists Include: Dan Bern, Laura Love, Merle Travis, Chris Whiteley, Jim Croce
   
House On Fire (Volume 2) - An Urban Folk Collection 
Red House Records 1997
Guy's track:        "Long Train" - from "Call Down the Thunder"
Other Artists Include:  Greg Brown, Lucy Kaplansky, Archie Fisher, Jack Elliott
   
Voices: A Contemporary Choral Collection              
Windham Hill Records 1996
Guy's track:        "Interlude #2 (Grass Roots)"  - Recorded for project
Other Artists Include:  The Northwest Girl's Choir, The St. Olaf Choir, The Moses Hogan Chorale, The Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble
   
Greenwich Village Folk Festival 1989 - 1990                      
Gadfly Records  1991
Guy's track:        "Walking Blues" (live)
Other Artists Include:  Dave Van Ronk, Cliff Eberhardt, Tom Paxton, Frank Christian
   
   
Guy's Songs Performed by Others Appear on the Following CDs and Compilations
   
We Are The Boat
 Pomfret (CT) Community School Students Sing for the Students Caught in Hurricane Katrina
Independent Music Distribution 2006
Guy's Track:  The 2nd grade recorded Guy's song - "I Will Be Your Friend"
   
If You're Not Goin' Far
 Kentucky T. Dutchersmith and the Rubber Band
Independent Music Distribution 2006
 Guy's Track:       "We All Need More Kindness In This World" 
   

Bakelite Radio Volume III

Head Records (Australia) 2005
The Bakelite Boys
Cover of Guy's Song:  Sugarbelle Blue
   

 

Guy Also Appears on the Following Videos, Films & Television Shows

Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey
Umbrella Entertainment Video 2002
Guy's role:          "Performer"
Other Artists: Bill Wyman, B.B. King, Sam Phillips, Buddy Guy, Taj Majal, Mick Fleetwood and others.
   
Final
Trimark Home Video 2001
Guy's role:          "Bluesman"
Campbell Scott directs this psychological movie starring Dennis Leary and Hope Davis. Guy's song, "Watch Over Me" is used in the ending credit role. Guy put all his acting abilities to the test by portraying a bluesman performing in a nightclub.
   
Hellhounds On My Trail: The Afterlife of Robert Johnson
WinStar  2000
Guy's track:         "Walking Blues"
Other Artists: Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman, Keb' Mo', Robert Lockwood, Joe Louis Walker & Billy Branch, Sonny Landreth, Chris Whitley, G. Love & Special Sauce, Tracy Nelson, Marcia Ball & Irma Thomas, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Gov't Mule, David Honeyboy Edwards, Rory Block, Roy Rogers, Henry Townsend, Billy Hector Band, Bill Morrissey, Peter Green & Nigel Watson
   
Beat Street
Orion Picture Corporation  1984
Guy's role:         "Kenny"
"Beat Street is the highly acclaimed, proud spirited movie/musical of the breakdancing phenomenon. Produced by consummate entertainer, Harry Belafonte and veteran film producer, David Picker." (Orion Pictures, 1984)   Guy co-stars with Rae Dawn Chong in this groundbreaking film.
   
One Life To Live  1968 - Present
ABC
Guy's role:         "Dr. Joshua 'Josh' Hall #3" (1985 - 1986)
   
Law and Order 1990 - Present
NBC
Guest Appearance
Episode:             "American Dream" (episode # 4.8) 
Guy's role:          "Russell Bobbit" (11/9/1993)