Cyril Davies
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1932-01-23
- Active to
- 1964-01-07
bluesbritish rhythm & blues
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Cyril Davies began his career in the early 1950s first within Steve Lane´s Southern Stompers, then as part of an acoustic skiffle and blues group with Alexis Korner He began as a banjo and 12-string guitar player before becoming Britain's first Chicago-style blues harmonica player. In 1962, Davies and Korner opened a club called the Ealing Club in London, adding bassist Jack Bruce, saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith and drummer Charlie Watts, to form the electric band Blues Incorporated. <a href=
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Cyril
- Family name
- Davies
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- London
- Place of death
- London
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.cyrildavies.com
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- cause of death
- leukemia
- date of birth
- 1932-01-23
- date of death
- 1964-01-07
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1964-00-00
- Commons category
- Cyril Davies
- member of
- Blues Incorporated
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