Cyril Davies R&B All-Stars – Country Line Special (BBC radio 1/8/63)
COUNTRY LINE SPECIAL (Davies) ‘Pop Go The Beatles’ episode 11; broadcast: 27 Aug, 1963 Recorded at the Playhouse Theatre, Manchester; 1 Aug, 1963 Cyril Davies R&B All-Stars were featured guests, at the request of John Lennon and Paul McCartney, on the Beatles BBC radio series. Lennon's harmonica solo on 'Little Child' was reportedly influenced by Davies. The Beatles became friendly with Long John back in 1959 when he played the Cavern with various Trad Jazz groups he'd travel with. In 1964 Baldry would feature on the TV-special, 'Around the Beatles'.
About Cyril Davies
Born: 23rd January 1932, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. Died: 7th January 1964, London, England. British blues harp-player, guitarist and banjo player and one of the pioneers of 'electric blues' in the UK in the early 1960's. Cyril Davies, in unison with [a291339], was a kingpin in the founding and promotion in the UK of the modern electric blues and the fusions that were to follow into the 1970's. Whilst Davies was a Chicago Blues purist at heart, which finally led to his separation f...
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