Tag Archives: Keb Mo

Rev. Gary Davis, The Harlem Street Singer (video)

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Reverend Gary Davis, also Blind Gary Davis, (April 30, 1896 – May 5, 1972) was a powerful gospel and folk blues singer and masterful acoustic guitarist, “truly, one of the supreme talents to emerge from the Piedmont tradition” (Bruce Bastin, Red River Blues: The Blues Tradition in the Southeast [Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1986, p. 330). Continue reading

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America the Beautiful By Keb Mo

Musician Keb Mo recently visited the White House and performed his bluesy rendition of “America the Beautiful” in the East Reception Room.


Enjoy some great scenes of America and the President set to this classic song in celebration of Independence Day. Continue reading

Robert Johnson’s 100th Celebrated at the Apollo

The Blues Foundation presents a musical tribute to Robert Johnson at the Apollo, to celebrate the legendary blues musician’s 100th birthday. Continue reading