CeDell Davis

(1927-2017)

American blues guitarist and singer

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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".

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Born	9 June 1927 Helena, Arkansas, United States
Died	27 September 2017 (aged 90) Hot Springs, Arkansas, U.S.
Zodiac	Gemini
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