Cyril Davies began his career in the early 1950s first within Steve Lane´s Southern Stompers, then as part of an acoustic skiffle and blues group with
Alexis Korner He began as a banjo and 12-string guitar player before becoming Britain's first Chicago-style blues harmonica player. In 1962, Davies and Korner opened a club called the Ealing Club in London, adding bassist
Jack Bruce, saxophonist
Dick Heckstall-Smith and drummer
Charlie Watts, to form the electric band
Blues Incorporated. The album R&B from the Marquee features both Davies and Korner. Many young musicians visi…
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