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EPISODIX:
Posted:
February 9, 2026
Music:
- Gilmore’s Band “1900 March” 1900 March (Columbia Wax Cylinder #1677) 1900
- Blind Blake “Diddie Wah Diddie” Diddie Wah Diddie (Paramount) 1929
- Blind Boy Fuller “Truckin’ My Blues Away” Blind Boy Fuller Vol. 1 1935 – 1936 (Document) 1936
- Elizabeth Cotten “Freight Train” Freight Train and Other North Carolina Folk Songs and Tunes (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings) 1957
- Rev. Gary Davis “Slow Drag (Cincinnati Flow Rag)” The Guitar and Banjo of Rev. Gary Davis (Prestige Folklore) 1964
Notes:
Kurt Gallagher joins Patrick to guide us through Rev. Gary Davis’ incredibly influential career. We start at the beginning: from his birth and through his time playing Piedmont Blues around Durham, North Carolina.
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