President Records
Davy Graham & Holly : Godington Boundry (UK,1970)*°
Different from the American John Fahey, who clearly broadened the path to make new guitar music with foundations in all essences of old styles, Davy Graham on his turn, was more vastly founded in older styles and in interpreting temporally traditions (like jazzguitar, blues, etc.). Graham’s influence of renewal and fresh sounds therefore just seeped through in bits. His compositions are well played without much energy projectng towards the future. On this release he plays recognisable tunes, often with jazzy rhythm guitar, or jazzy touches, and a few more times in a somewhat warm, still simple blues style. The band accompanies in a quite predictable typical 70’s way. “Dallas rag” is one of his contributions to raga guitar, simple, minimal and repetitive, as one of his small drops of one of his small creative ideas. On three or four tracks is Keshav Sathe who later became tabla player for Magic Carpet and Chris Thompson. Holly Gwyn sings soulfully on “’round midnight”, again in a relaxed jazz way. “Mother Nature’s Son (from The Beatles) on the other hand became like a cosy family folk song. Graham’s interpretations are structured in the traditional and in 70’s contemporary bluesy jazz. The relaxed tempered mode he plays in surely is attractive and enjoyable.
