XPN Welcomes Guy Davis & the High Flying Rockets

“Guy Davis…incites a frisson of delight in the ear. This native New Yorker is many things to listeners—a curator of black folk-blues, an exemplar of storytelling, an exceedingly sharp singer, banjo, harmonica and guitar player”

— DownBeat Magazine

Davis’ creative roots run deep. Though raised in New York, he grew up hearing accounts of life in the rural south from his parents and especially his grandparents, and they made their way into his own stories and songs. Davis taught himself the guitar (never having the patience to take formal lessons) and learned by listening to and watching other musicians.

Saturday, September 4, 2010, 7:30 pm

Tickets

This performance is free with Gardens admission.

View Longwood's 2010 Summer Performance Series.

More about Guy Davis

Recognized for his creative balance of traditional blues and contemporary sounds and topics, Guy’s 2004 release Legacy was recognized as one of the best of the year by Rolling Stone, National Public Radio and DownBeat Magazine (reader’s poll). Exploring contemporary Chicago-style blues, Skunkmello caught the attention of traditional and contemporary blues fans and was hailed as “the most outstanding blues album of the past few years”  by DownBeat Magazine. Now, with his new album Sweetheart Like You, Guy Davis continues to keep the blues current with new interpretations of classics and soulful originals that speak to today’s troubled times. To learn more about Guy Davis, please visit his website.

Photograph by Anike Robinson.