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FINAL Winter Webinar:
Harlem Street Singer-
The Life and Music of Reverend Gary Davis
with Larry Tannenbaum
on Friday, February 23 from 10-11:30 am
Blind from the age of three months, Gary Davis grew up in poverty in the Jim Crow South. At the age of seven, he began playing a homemade guitar. Gary quickly became a guitar virtuoso and great Blues musicians in the Carolinas, playing at tobacco warehouses and corners. Gary was ordained as a minister in 1937, moved to New York and for around two decades he was a street corner preacher in Harlem, preaching, singing and playing his guitar. In the late 1950s and into the 1960s, Reverend Davis became a part of the Folk/Blues Revival in Greenwich Village and, later, in Europe. Playing guitar and performing gospel music he wrote himself in a Blues format, Reverend Davis gained popularity in Europe and on American college campuses. From his residence in Harlem, Reverend Davis was also a teacher, instructing many young musicians, some of whom later became great musicians. We will explore the life and music of Reverend Davis in a documentary prepared lovingly by several of his students. We will also play a few of the songs of Reverend Davis and discuss the man and his music.
Larry Tannenbaum, OLLI at DU Senior Facilitator, was a practicing attorney in Colorado for 43 years, 27 of those as a Senior Assistant Attorney General in the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. From his earliest years, when he watched double features every Saturday afternoon at Denver’s long departed Federal Theatre, Larry has had a passion for motion pictures. Larry also has a passion for music and history and has presented a number of OLLI classes that are music (and history) related.
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