Large As Life And Twice As Natural Davy Graham SKU: BRINELP2 Barcode: 5060051334108 21.00 £21.00 Genre: Folk Label: Bread & Wine Released Date: 25th October 2017 Buying Format: 1LP Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info If you want to know why Davy Graham was such a unique and influential artist just listen to the first track on Large As Life And Twice As Natural, his third studio album. Actually, listen to the whole record but the first track will tell you all you need to know. That track is ‘Both Sides Now’, yes, the Joni Mitchell song, although initially you wouldn’t recognise it. In 1968 it was known from the Judy Collins cover; Joni wouldn’t release it for another year. For Davy it must have seemed like a blank canvas. He begins with a bass drone, then introducing a guitar instrumental with wordless vocals which is reminiscent of ‘She Moves Through The Fair’ or possibly ‘Blackwaterside’. Only after two minutes or so does he burst into a high energy version of the song with his band in full cry. I should tell you that the “band” consists of four of the go-to sides-men of the time: Danny Thompson, Jon Hiseman, Harold McNair and Dick Heckstall-Smith, all capable of playing anything that was asked of them be it folk, blues, jazz or whatever and, on this record, Graham asks a lot. He follows it up with the traditional ‘Bad Boy Blues’, a musical form that he was irresistibly drawn to. Here you’ll find four blues songs and a couple more that come close but Graham is musically restless so the third track is ‘Tristano’, a solo guitar composition. There are two of Graham’s famous ragas, both different in character and using his original tunings. The first is the appropriately named ‘Sunshine Raga’, which starts slowly as though coming up with the dawn waking up the bass and drums as it rises while a very western melody emerges. The second, which closes the album, is ‘Blue Raga’ with its beautiful echoey opening phrase and Hiseman’s percussion running alongside the guitar. As if these delights are not enough, there is the Moroccan-inspired ‘Jenra’ and a solemn version of the traditional ‘Bruton Town’. You come away with the impression that these musicians could do just about anything and you can see why Large As Life And Twice As Natural is held to be one of Graham’s finest works. – Dai Jeffries, Folking.com Artist Davy Graham Genre Folk Label Bread & Wine Buying Options 1LP Format 1LP Condition New Country United Kingdom Track Listings "Both Sides, Now" (Joni Mitchell) – 6:02 "Bad Boy Blues" (Davy Graham) – 2:17 "Tristano" (Davy Graham) – 4:00 "Babe, It Ain't No Lie" (Elizabeth Cotten) – 2:27 "Bruton Town" (Traditional) – 3:59 "Sunshine Raga" (Davy Graham) – 6:19 "Freight Train Blues" (John Lair, Bob Dylan) – 4:04 "Jenra" (Davy Graham) – 3:10 "Electric Chair" (Davy Graham) – 2:45 "Good Morning Blues" (Lead Belly)– 5:23 "Beautiful City" (Davy Graham) – 2:28 "Blue Raga" (Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan) – 5:48 Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Davy Graham and more from Folk View Product Quick View Davy Graham Midnight Man Folk | Bread & Wine | 1LP Released 21st 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