Yep, he influenced us too.

Legendary folk musician Davy Graham passed away on Monday. He was 68. Graham's manager Mark Pavey told the Guardian: "He was diagnosed with lung cancer only weeks ago and suffered a seizure at his home at around 3.30pm yesterday."

The guitarist was noted for his role in the 1960s folk revival, and his impeccable acoustic style influenced everyone from Bert Jansch to Paul Simon. Born to a Guyanese mother and a Scottish father, Graham took up the guitar in his teens and was later discovered by blues musician Alexis Korner. Korner once wrote that Graham was "a genuinely gifted guitarist who, rightly, refuses to let himself be fenced into one field of music."

His debut release in 1962, the EP 3/4 AD, contained his most famous composition, Anji. Inspired by his girlfriend at the time, the song took on a life of its own (hence the varied spellings of its title) as it was covered by many artists, including Simon and Garfunkle on their 1966 album Sound of Silence.

Graham is credited with touching on a wide range of influences in his music, particularly jazz and blues, as well as elements from a wider world of sounds, such as Indian or Arabic, that were not particularly well-known at the time.

Pavey said there would be a private funeral held for Graham this week and a public memorial service is being planned for January. Further details of the service will be posted on Davy Graham's website.

Video 1

The song:  "Jewel" (Logue-Rice-Stout)

Filmed 1991 at the Cannery, Nashville, TN.

Directed by Donnie Briley.

Rebecca Stout, vocals; Oscar Rice, guitar; Robert Logue, bass; Ken Coomer, drums.

The nude priestess:  happily married and raising kids in California.

Video 2;

The song:  "The Healing Hymn" (from the Shakers debut 1988 EP "Living In the Shadow of a Spirit", Carlyle Records)

recorded live at Elliston Square, Nashville 1989.  That's Tramp playing fiddle with us there, on loan from our friends in Walk the West and the Cactus Brothers.

Video 3

The song: "Soothing" (Logue-Rice-Stout)

Filmed 1991 in Beersheba Springs, TN

Directed by Donnie Briley

Rebecca Stout, vocals; Oscar Rice, acoustic and electric guitars; Robert Logue, bass; Ken Coomer, drums.

Greeetings friends.  In an offer sure to expose the antiquity of its subject, we have now for sale a limited run of the very first Shakers release on Carlyle Records 1988, "Living In the Shadow of a Spirit".  Unfortunately, we only have cassettes to offer;  the record was never released on CD, and the vinyl on this out-of-print release routinely goes for $30 or more when it can be found online. Since cassettes don't carry quite the collectibility of vinyl, we are offering these for only $3.99 each plus $3 shipping.  This record is a four-song cycle about the infamous Bell Witch of Adams, TN.  Track listing is:  "Living In the Shadow of a Spirit", "Queen of the Haunted Dell", "The Healing Hymn" (which received college radio airplay coast to coast in the late 1980's and is featured on a Rhino Records compilation of 1980's folk),  and "Hymn to Kate".  You can e-mail us through this page to purchase or go to the ebay item listed below.   They're still in the shrink-wrap, brand new almost 20 years later!  Get'em while they're hot!

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