Guy Davis is a two-time, back-to-back Grammy nominee for Best Traditional Blues.
He is a musician, actor, author, and songwriter. Guy uses a blend of Roots, Blues, Folk, Rock, Spoken Word, and World Music to comment on, and address, the frustrations of social injustice, touching on historical events, and common life struggles

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Guy travelled from the USA that morning via Amsterdam then flew to Bristol and then by car to Milverton…. Phew…. He played a stunning two sets and received a standing ovation at the end of the evening. Totally brilliant….. He was also accompanied on several numbers by our very own Giles Newman Turner.

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Guy won "Keeping The Blues Alive" Award, and was nominated by The Blues Foundation for Best Acoustic Album of the Year, Best Acoustic Artist of the Year, and Best Instrumentalist. In fact, he's been nominated nearly two dozen times by the Blues Foundation. Among hundreds of newspaper appearances, he's also been featured in articles or reviews by:-
New York Times, Village Voice, Boston Globe, Pulse Magazine, Blues Magazine, Acoustic Guitar, Dirty Linen, Songlines, Blues Blast Magazine, Living Blues, Down At the Crossroads, The San Francisco Chronicle, Playboy Magazine, National Public Radio (NPR), "Folk Alley", and Sirius.
When asked about his experience as a performer, Guy replied, "There is no tale so tall that I cannot tell it, nor song so sweet that I cannot sing it.

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