Davy Graham

Alexis Korner, of Blues Incorporated singled Davy out and organized his  first record "3/4 AD" for Topic in 1962. The EP contained the authenticated  version of "Angi" and was what a generation of players caught between  Skiffle and R&B had been waiting for. It's almost impossible to describe the  effect of that one record.    In 1964, Davy was recorded live at Troubadour in Earls Court, shortly after  he had got back from Tangiers. In North Africa, he had come up with a new  tuning more compatible with the music of the oud - DADGAD. He exploited the  potential of the tuning to explore the modal characteristics of the old  Irish air; the arrangement unfolding from a slow beginning and then drawn  out and danced with, only to be put back gently and reverently in place.    This tour sees Davy's back catalogue re-released and introduces a new album,  entitled "Broken Biscuits".    "A traveling man who had made the fabled journey down to Tangiers when the  rest of us still had our sights set on Brighton pier" JOHN RENBOURN    "He's my absolute hero, always will be" BERT JANSCH    "Probably England's greatest guitarist" PAUL SIMON    "I wanted to be Davy Graham." JOHN MARTYN "Davy was and is the Man" MARTIN CARTHY www.davygraham.com