Description
With ''Kokomo Kidd'', Guy Davis has fresh inspiration & new stories to tell, another epic chapter in his body of work.
While carrying the blues around the world, from the Equator to the Arctic Circle, Guy Davis came back with fresh inspiration and new stories to tell.''Kokomo Kidd'', Guy's follow-up album to the Blues Music Award nominated ''Juba Dance''from 2013.
The new release, his second for M.C. Records, finds the ambassador visiting fresh territory. ''It's a new beginning for me,'' he says, ''The first time I produced myself. What I'm showing here is a side of me that's deep inside. It's needing air and light, and here it comes!''
Special Guests:
Charlie Musselwhite, Ben Jaffe & Fabrizio Poggi
Guy Davis has parallel careers - as a musician, an author, a music teacher and a film, television and Broadway actor - mark Davis as a Renaissance man, yet the blues remain his first and greatest love. 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.
Track Listing
- Kokomo Kidd (feat. Ben Jaffe)
- Wish I Hadn't Stayed Away So Long
- Taking Just a Little Bit of Time
- She Just Wants To Be Loved
- Like Sonny Did
- Lay Lady Lay
- Little Red Rooster (feat. Charlie Musselwhite)
- Maybe I'll Go
- Blackberry Kisses
- Have You Ever Loved a Woman (feat. Fabrizio Poggi)
- Cool Drink of Water
- Bumblee Blues
- Wear Your Love Like Heaven
Additional Details
Label: M.C. Records
Genre: Blues
Run Time: 60 mins
Release Date: 09/18/15
UPC: 607735007825

