CeDell Davis

CeDell Davis
Born
Ellis CeDell Davis

(1926-06-09)June 9, 1926
Helena, Arkansas, U.S.
DiedSeptember 27, 2017(2017-09-27) (aged 91)
Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.
GenresDelta blues
OccupationsMusician, songwriter
InstrumentsVocals, guitar, harmonica
Years active1953–2017
LabelFat Possum Records
Formerly ofRobert Nighthawk, Col. Bruce Hampton

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 plasticity".

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