Guy Davis

With his latest album, Juba Dance, nominated for 2014 Blues Music Association Acoustic Album of the Year after spending over a month at #1 on the Blues charts, and a nomination for 2014 Blues Music Association Acoustic Artist of the Year, Guy Davis “breathes new life into the country blues idiom” (Blues Blast Magazine). Guy Davis has some Blind Willie McTell and some Fats Waller, some Buddy Guy and some Taj Mahal. He's got some Zora Neale Hurston, some Garrison Keillor, and some Ossie (his father) and Laura (his grandmother) Davis. He's a musician, composer, actor, director, and writer but most importantly, Guy Davis is a bluesman. He received rave reviews for his performance off-Broadway as the legendary Robert Johnson in "Robert Johnson: Trick the Devil." He recently received acclaim on Broadway in "Finian's Rainbow," in the part created by the legendary Sonny Terry. He has won the Blues Foundation's W.C. Handy Keeping the Blues Alive Award and has been nominated for 9 Handy Awards over the years.