The Marquee gradually got bigger, as live music of that nature became more popular, and then we wanted to do more blues and so on, not just traditional jazz, so we brought some American blues artists over to Britain, because we thought that the way to get hold of this music better was to have [...]
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Cyril Davies R&B All-Stars
31 December, 2008 – 11:39 am
Listen to the Cyril Davies R&B All-Stars’ first single, ‘Country Line Special’/’Chicago Calling’:
Critics have hailed the Cyril Davies R&B All-Stars as the best British blues band of the early Sixties after the Rolling Stones. The line-up was largely poached from Screaming Lord Sutch’s Savages in 1962 by Leadbelly-inspired harp player/singer Davies after he left Blues [...]