Ginger Baker: Cyril Davies

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...