Guy Davis (musician)
Guy Davis (born May 12, 1952 in New York City , New York ) is an American blues guitarist, singer and actor. He is the son of actors and civil rights activists Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee .
Early career
Davis, who was inspired to start his own music career at the age of 13 by a performance by the famous blues guitarist Buddy Guy , was given the opportunity in 1978 to publish his debut album Dreams About Life on the famous Folkways label by Moses Asch . In the early 80s he began his acting career, including a recurring role in the soap opera One Life to Live . He also landed a leading role in Beat Street , a movie about hip-hop and breakdance culture in 1984 .
theatre
In the following years he looked for ways to combine his two greatest passions, blues music and acting. He finally succeeded in doing this from 1991 through participation in various plays and musicals . In addition to his involvement in Mulebone , the Broadway version of a play by Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes with music by Taj Mahal , two years later he played the legendary blues musician Robert Johnson in the off-Broadway production Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil Received enthusiastically by the critics and received the Keeping the Blues Alive Award (KBA) of the Blues Foundation in the theater category in 1993, which was presented to him by Robert Cray . In the spring of 1995, he starred with famous parents, Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis , in Two Hah Hahs and a Homeboy , a play about African-American culture and music that Guy Davis wrote with them.
music
From 1995 on, Guy Davis focused primarily on his musical career. 17 years after his debut, he took the live album Stomp Down the Rider on a regular long-playing record for the first time, this time for Red House Records . Here he presented his version of the modern country blues .
Several of his other albums have been nominated for various categories of the Handy Awards , a Grammy- like award, but specifically for blues music.
Discography (selection)
- Dreams About Life (1978)
- Stomp Down the Rider (1995)
- Call Down the Thunder (1996)
- You Don't Know My Mind (1998)
- Butt Naked Free (2000)
- give in kind (2002)
- Chocolate to the Bone (2003)
- Legacy (2004)
- Skunkmello (2006)
- Guy Davis On Air - Live in Bremen (2007)
- Sweetheart Like You (2009)
- Kokomo Kidd (2015)
Web links
- Guy Davis in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official site (English).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography in the All Music Guide
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Davis, Guy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American blues guitarist, singer and actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York |