I have four albums by the Rev. Mr. Davis; I thought I picked the one with his singing Death Don’t Have No Mercy. I didn’t see that this record is all instrumental. I like Candy Man and the Maple Leaf Rag on this record too. Davis played a wide variety of music on the streets of New York City for years.
The liner notes complain about the college kids recording folk music and keeping the royalties. Davis’s Wikipedia page says that performers including Peter, Paul, and Mary, the Grateful Dead, Eric von Schmidt, Bob Dylan, and the Rolling Stones shared credit (and royalties) with Davis; the income allowed Davis to buy his house and live in comfort.
The comments on YouTube for Candyman rave about Davis’s technique.
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