David Michael Gordon "Davey" Graham (originally spelled Davy Graham) (26 November 1940 – 15 December 2008) was a British guitarist and one of the most influential figures in the 1960s British folk revival. He inspired many famous practitioners of the fingerstyle acoustic guitar such as Bert Jansch, Wizz Jones, John Renbourn, Martin Carthy, John Martyn, Paul Simon and Jimmy Page. Graham is probably best known for his acoustic instrumental, "Anji" and for popularizing DADGAD tuning, later widely adopted by acoustic guitarists.
Biography
Early life
Graham was born in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England, to a Guyanese mother and a Scottish father. Although he never had any music theory lessons, he learnt to play the piano and harmonica as a child and then took up the classical guitar at the age of 12. As a teenager he was strongly influenced by the folk guitar player Steve Benbow, who had travelled widely with the army and played a guitar style influenced by Moroccan music.
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Renaissance Piece · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 2009 Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
Released on: 2009-12-01
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published: 09 Nov 2014
Davy Graham - Hornpipe For Harpsichord Played Upon Guitar
A Scholar & A Gentleman
published: 23 Oct 2015
Lute Prelude
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Lute Prelude · Davey Graham
Dance for Two People
℗ 2009 Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
Released on: 2009-12-01
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published: 21 Feb 2015
Davey Graham - Grooveyard
The late, great Davey Graham plays Grooveyard by Carl Perkins live at the 2nd 'Folk Heroes' gig, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, April 30th 2000. Big thanks to Kay Thomson for filming the gig!
published: 10 Oct 2011
The Bloody Fields of Flanders, arr. Davey Graham
A bagpipe "retreat March" written by Pipe Major John MacLellan (1875-1949), as arranged by Davey Graham for high-strung guitar (aka Nashville tuning, strings 6-5-4-3 an octave higher).
I'm playing it on a cheap old nylon-string, not the Martin he used (on his Complete Guitarist album, 1979). And of course, I'm making one or two mistakes... ;-)
The tune is also known as Freedom Come All Ye, after lyrics added by Hamish Henderson in 1960.
NB: As a bagpipe tune, the F#s should strictly all be played as F natural (for G mixolydian mode), but this is how Graham played it.
Tenous personal connections: My maternal grandfather died in 1925 (before my mother was born) of complications resulting from injuries sustained 10 years earlier in WWI. I was born 6 days after MacLellan's death.
published: 31 Jul 2020
Prelude from the Suite in D Minor
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Prelude from the Suite in D Minor · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 2009 Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
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published: 08 Nov 2014
Lashtal's Room
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Lashtal's Room · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 1978 Fantasy, Inc.
Released on: 1999-06-23
Producer: John Renbourn
Producer, Executive Producer: Stefan Grossman
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Nic Kinsey
Associated Performer, Guitar: Davey Graham
Composer Lyricist: Davey Graham
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published: 21 Aug 2018
Frieze Britches
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Frieze Britches · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 1978 Fantasy, Inc.
Released on: 1999-06-23
Producer: John Renbourn
Producer, Executive Producer: Stefan Grossman
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Nic Kinsey
Associated Performer, Guitar: Davey Graham
Composer Lyricist: Traditional
Arranger, Work Arranger: Davey Graham
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published: 21 Aug 2018
The Gold Ring
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The Gold Ring · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 2009 Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
Released on: 2009-12-01
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Renaissance Piece · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 2009 Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
Released on:...
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Renaissance Piece · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 2009 Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
Released on: 2009-12-01
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Renaissance Piece · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 2009 Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
Released on: 2009-12-01
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Lute Prelude · Davey Graham
Dance for Two People
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Released on: 2009-1...
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Lute Prelude · Davey Graham
Dance for Two People
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Released on: 2009-12-01
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Lute Prelude · Davey Graham
Dance for Two People
℗ 2009 Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
Released on: 2009-12-01
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The late, great Davey Graham plays Grooveyard by Carl Perkins live at the 2nd 'Folk Heroes' gig, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, April 30th 2000. Big thanks to Kay Tho...
The late, great Davey Graham plays Grooveyard by Carl Perkins live at the 2nd 'Folk Heroes' gig, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, April 30th 2000. Big thanks to Kay Thomson for filming the gig!
The late, great Davey Graham plays Grooveyard by Carl Perkins live at the 2nd 'Folk Heroes' gig, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, April 30th 2000. Big thanks to Kay Thomson for filming the gig!
A bagpipe "retreat March" written by Pipe Major John MacLellan (1875-1949), as arranged by Davey Graham for high-strung guitar (aka Nashville tuning, strings 6-...
A bagpipe "retreat March" written by Pipe Major John MacLellan (1875-1949), as arranged by Davey Graham for high-strung guitar (aka Nashville tuning, strings 6-5-4-3 an octave higher).
I'm playing it on a cheap old nylon-string, not the Martin he used (on his Complete Guitarist album, 1979). And of course, I'm making one or two mistakes... ;-)
The tune is also known as Freedom Come All Ye, after lyrics added by Hamish Henderson in 1960.
NB: As a bagpipe tune, the F#s should strictly all be played as F natural (for G mixolydian mode), but this is how Graham played it.
Tenous personal connections: My maternal grandfather died in 1925 (before my mother was born) of complications resulting from injuries sustained 10 years earlier in WWI. I was born 6 days after MacLellan's death.
A bagpipe "retreat March" written by Pipe Major John MacLellan (1875-1949), as arranged by Davey Graham for high-strung guitar (aka Nashville tuning, strings 6-5-4-3 an octave higher).
I'm playing it on a cheap old nylon-string, not the Martin he used (on his Complete Guitarist album, 1979). And of course, I'm making one or two mistakes... ;-)
The tune is also known as Freedom Come All Ye, after lyrics added by Hamish Henderson in 1960.
NB: As a bagpipe tune, the F#s should strictly all be played as F natural (for G mixolydian mode), but this is how Graham played it.
Tenous personal connections: My maternal grandfather died in 1925 (before my mother was born) of complications resulting from injuries sustained 10 years earlier in WWI. I was born 6 days after MacLellan's death.
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Prelude from the Suite in D Minor · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 2009 Stefan Grossman's Guitar Worksh...
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Prelude from the Suite in D Minor · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 2009 Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
Released on: 2009-12-01
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Prelude from the Suite in D Minor · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 2009 Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
Released on: 2009-12-01
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Lashtal's Room · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 1978 Fantasy, Inc.
Released on: 1999-06-23
Producer: Jo...
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Lashtal's Room · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 1978 Fantasy, Inc.
Released on: 1999-06-23
Producer: John Renbourn
Producer, Executive Producer: Stefan Grossman
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Nic Kinsey
Associated Performer, Guitar: Davey Graham
Composer Lyricist: Davey Graham
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Lashtal's Room · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 1978 Fantasy, Inc.
Released on: 1999-06-23
Producer: John Renbourn
Producer, Executive Producer: Stefan Grossman
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Nic Kinsey
Associated Performer, Guitar: Davey Graham
Composer Lyricist: Davey Graham
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Frieze Britches · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 1978 Fantasy, Inc.
Released on: 1999-06-23
Producer: J...
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Frieze Britches · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 1978 Fantasy, Inc.
Released on: 1999-06-23
Producer: John Renbourn
Producer, Executive Producer: Stefan Grossman
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Nic Kinsey
Associated Performer, Guitar: Davey Graham
Composer Lyricist: Traditional
Arranger, Work Arranger: Davey Graham
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Frieze Britches · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 1978 Fantasy, Inc.
Released on: 1999-06-23
Producer: John Renbourn
Producer, Executive Producer: Stefan Grossman
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Nic Kinsey
Associated Performer, Guitar: Davey Graham
Composer Lyricist: Traditional
Arranger, Work Arranger: Davey Graham
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The Gold Ring · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
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The Gold Ring · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
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The Gold Ring · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 2009 Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
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Renaissance Piece · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 2009 Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
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Lute Prelude · Davey Graham
Dance for Two People
℗ 2009 Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
Released on: 2009-12-01
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The late, great Davey Graham plays Grooveyard by Carl Perkins live at the 2nd 'Folk Heroes' gig, Clwb Ifor Bach, Cardiff, April 30th 2000. Big thanks to Kay Thomson for filming the gig!
A bagpipe "retreat March" written by Pipe Major John MacLellan (1875-1949), as arranged by Davey Graham for high-strung guitar (aka Nashville tuning, strings 6-5-4-3 an octave higher).
I'm playing it on a cheap old nylon-string, not the Martin he used (on his Complete Guitarist album, 1979). And of course, I'm making one or two mistakes... ;-)
The tune is also known as Freedom Come All Ye, after lyrics added by Hamish Henderson in 1960.
NB: As a bagpipe tune, the F#s should strictly all be played as F natural (for G mixolydian mode), but this is how Graham played it.
Tenous personal connections: My maternal grandfather died in 1925 (before my mother was born) of complications resulting from injuries sustained 10 years earlier in WWI. I was born 6 days after MacLellan's death.
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Prelude from the Suite in D Minor · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 2009 Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
Released on: 2009-12-01
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Lashtal's Room · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 1978 Fantasy, Inc.
Released on: 1999-06-23
Producer: John Renbourn
Producer, Executive Producer: Stefan Grossman
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Nic Kinsey
Associated Performer, Guitar: Davey Graham
Composer Lyricist: Davey Graham
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Frieze Britches · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 1978 Fantasy, Inc.
Released on: 1999-06-23
Producer: John Renbourn
Producer, Executive Producer: Stefan Grossman
Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Nic Kinsey
Associated Performer, Guitar: Davey Graham
Composer Lyricist: Traditional
Arranger, Work Arranger: Davey Graham
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The Gold Ring · Davey Graham
The Complete Guitarist
℗ 2009 Stefan Grossman's Guitar Workshop
Released on: 2009-12-01
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David Michael Gordon "Davey" Graham (originally spelled Davy Graham) (26 November 1940 – 15 December 2008) was a British guitarist and one of the most influential figures in the 1960s British folk revival. He inspired many famous practitioners of the fingerstyle acoustic guitar such as Bert Jansch, Wizz Jones, John Renbourn, Martin Carthy, John Martyn, Paul Simon and Jimmy Page. Graham is probably best known for his acoustic instrumental, "Anji" and for popularizing DADGAD tuning, later widely adopted by acoustic guitarists.
Biography
Early life
Graham was born in Hinckley, Leicestershire, England, to a Guyanese mother and a Scottish father. Although he never had any music theory lessons, he learnt to play the piano and harmonica as a child and then took up the classical guitar at the age of 12. As a teenager he was strongly influenced by the folk guitar player Steve Benbow, who had travelled widely with the army and played a guitar style influenced by Moroccan music.