Ellis CeDell Davis was an American blues guitarist and singer.
11 Facts About CeDell Davis
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CeDell Davis was most notable for his distinctive style of guitar playing.
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CeDell Davis was born in Helena, Arkansas, United States, where his family worked on a local plantation.
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CeDell Davis enjoyed music from a young age, playing harmonica and guitar with his childhood friends.
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CeDell Davis had been playing guitar prior to his polio and decided to continue despite his handicap, which led to his development of the butter knife method.
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Once he sufficiently mastered his variation on slide guitar playing, CeDell Davis began playing in various nightclubs across the Mississippi Delta area.
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CeDell Davis played with Robert Nighthawk for a ten-year period from 1953 to 1963.
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CeDell Davis moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas in the early 1960s and continued his artistic work.
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In recent times, CeDell Davis' music has been released by the Fat Possum Records label to much critical acclaim.
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The Best Of CeDell Davis was released, with help from Col.
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CeDell Davis died on September 27,2017, from complications of a heart attack in Hot Springs, Arkansas, at the age of 91.