Blues File: Guy Davis "Skunkmello"

Blues File: Guy Davis "Skunkmello"

Series: Blues File
From: WXPN
Length: 00:03:30

review of new Guy Davis album "Skunkmello" Read the full description.

Piece Audio

Playing: Blues File: Guy Davis "Skunkmello"
From: WXPN

Guydavis_small Guy Davis's work offers us an inside look at how the blues musical tradition grows. On "Skunkmello" many of his family's stories are used as song material. Davis's parents are the late Ossie Davis, and Ruby Dee, who enjoyed major theatrical success. Guy himself has had a good stage career, including a role in the Broadway production "Mulebone." "Skunkmello" features Davis on guitar, harmonica, and banjo, and is both entertaining and serious, exploring the racism that was never absent from his family's life.

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Piece Description

Guy Davis's work offers us an inside look at how the blues musical tradition grows. On "Skunkmello" many of his family's stories are used as song material. Davis's parents are the late Ossie Davis, and Ruby Dee, who enjoyed major theatrical success. Guy himself has had a good stage career, including a role in the Broadway production "Mulebone." "Skunkmello" features Davis on guitar, harmonica, and banjo, and is both entertaining and serious, exploring the racism that was never absent from his family's life.

Broadcast History

4-13-2006 WXPN-FM Philadelphia

Timing and Cues

3:29 self-contained. Opens with opening theme & host intro, ends with song fade.

Musical Works

format:
Artist Name "Song Title"
Label Name: Album Name
copyright info
catalog number

Guy Davis "Maggie Campbell"
Red House: Skunkmello
? 2006 Red House Records, Inc.
RHR CD 192

Guy Davis "Hooking Bull At The Landing"
Red House: Skunkmello
? 2006 Red House Records, Inc.
RHR CD 192

Guy Davis "Fonza Curry"
Red House: Skunkmello
? 2006 Red House Records, Inc.
RHR CD 192

Guy Davis "Going Down Slow"
Red House: Skunkmello
? 2006 Red House Records, Inc.
RHR CD 192

Guy Davis "Blackberry Ramble"
Red House: Skunkmello
? 2006 Red House Records, Inc.
RHR CD 192

Guy Davis "Uncle Tom Is Dead"
Red House: Skunkmello
? 2006 Red House Records, Inc.
RHR CD 192

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