Guitarist Stefan Grossman studied with blues and gospel singer Rev. Gary Davis in the 1960s. Now, he’s spreading Davis’ teachings. 'I want to pass on the joy of playing this music to others, just as Rev. Davis passed it on to me.'
Stefan Grossman sees himself as a"bridge." In the early 1960s, Grossman studied with blues and gospel singer Rev. Gary Davis, who sang on the streets of Harlem and taught at his home in the Bronx. Davis' fingerpicking style influenced guitarists, some of whom went on to major careers in American roots music.
Grossman has made it his life's work to pass on Rev. Davis' teachings."I want to pass on the joy of playing this music to others, just as Rev. Davis passed it on to me," he says. Grossman was 15 years old when he started making the trek from Brooklyn to the Bronx to study with Rev. Davis. When he first called Davis, he got the same reminder that all of the blind Baptist minister's students received:"Bring your money, honey."Sometimes Grossman's lessons lasted all day. He often brought a tape recorder with him and over several years recorded Davis at home, in church and at Gerde's Folk City, a Greenwich Village nightclub.
"Besides being a master musician, he was a master teacher," says Grossman."He taught music in the way that all great traditional music is taught – by imitation."Davis' song"Death Don't Have No Mercy" was covered by Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead. Another tune from Davis' repertoire,"Samson and Delilah," was recorded by Peter, Paul and Mary.
"There was a handful of us that really spent time with Rev. Davis – personal time," Grossman explains."We were like grandchildren to him and he treated us with such warmth and care. You couldn't ask for anything more."was one of those students. He recalled that at the time he studied with the reverend, the blind musician's guitar was"continually stolen.
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