Guy Davis
Musician, author, and actor Guy Davis will be live at Trailside Music Hall in Charlottetown on November 20 at 8 pm and at Copper Bottom in Montague on November 21 at 7:30 pm.
Davis may be a Renaissance man, but the blues remain his first and greatest love. He has earned acclaim for his deft acoustic playing, his well-traveled voice, and his literate yet highly accessible songwriting.
Davis’ much-praised 1995 debut, Stomp Down Rider on Red House Records, marked the arrival of a major talent. He’s barely rested since, taking his music to television (Conan O’Brien, David Letterman) and radio (A Prairie Home Companion, Mountain Stage, World Cafe, E-Town), as well as performing at theatres and festivals all over the world.
Growing up in a family of artists—his parents were Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis—he fell under the spell of Blind Willie McTell and Fats Waller at an early age. He went on to star Off-Broadway as Robert Johnson in Robert Johnson: Trick The Devil, winning the Blues Foundation’s Keeping the Blues Alive Award.
