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Cedell Davis (Ellis CeDell Davis) was born on 9 June, 1926 in Helena, Arkansas, U.S., is an American blues guitarist and singer. Discover Cedell Davis's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

Popular As Ellis CeDell Davis
Occupation Musician, songwriter
Age 91 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 9 June, 1926
Birthday 9 June
Birthplace Helena, Arkansas, U.S.
Date of death 27 September, 2017
Died Place Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.
Nationality AR

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1926

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".

Davis was born in Helena, Arkansas, United States, where his family worked on a local plantation.

He enjoyed music from a young age, playing harmonica and guitar with his childhood friends.

When he was 10, he suffered from severe polio which gave him little control over his left hand and restricted use of his right.

He 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.

Once he sufficiently mastered his variation on slide guitar playing, Davis began playing in various nightclubs across the Mississippi Delta area.

1953

He played with Robert Nighthawk for a ten-year period from 1953 to 1963.

1957

While playing in a club in 1957, a police raid caused the crowd to stampede over Davis.

Both of his legs were broken in this incident and he was forced to use a wheelchair from that time onwards.

The hardships resulting from his physical handicaps were a major influence on his lyrics and style of blues playing.

1960

Davis moved to Pine Bluff, Arkansas in the early 1960s and continued his artistic work.

In recent times, Davis' music has been released by the Fat Possum Records label to much critical acclaim.

1994

His 1994 album, produced by Robert Palmer, Feel Like Doin' Something Wrong, received a 9.0 from Pitchfork Media, which called it "timeless."

1995

The Best Of CeDell Davis (1995) was also released, with help from Col. Bruce Hampton and The Aquarium Rescue Unit.

1998

The Horror of It All followed in 1998.

2002

His album When Lightnin' Struck the Pine, released in 2002, included work by musicians Peter Buck, Barrett Martin, Scott McCaughey, and Alex Veley.

2017

Davis died on September 27, 2017, from complications of a heart attack in Hot Springs, Arkansas, at the age of 91.

The Tedeschi Trucks Band album, Signs, was dedicated to Davis as a nod to Col. Bruce Hampton and his love of the man's music.