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CeDell Davis

Ellis CeDell Davis (June 9, 1926 – September 27, 2017) was an American blues guitarist and singer. He was most notable for his distinctive style of guitar playing. Davis played guitar using a butter knife in his fretting hand in a manner similar to slide guitar, resulting in what The New York Times critic Robert Palmer called "a welter of metal-stress harmonic transients and a singular tonal plas…

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Artist details

Type
Person
Area
United States
Born
June 9th, 1927
Died
September 27th, 2017
Labels
Fat Possum Records
Fast Horse Recordings
Last updated: October 10th, 2017

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