By Rosalind Cummings-Yeates
A BLUES LOSS
A
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New Year's Eve
with
B ecca Kauffman Orchestra
rmed with standout charisma and
dynamic guitar chops gleaned
from blues masters, at 41-yearsold, Eric "Guitar" Davis represented the
next generation of Chicago blues. He
avoided blues stereotypes and tired classics, preferring to stay true to his own bandana-wearing, tattoo-flashing sensibilities.
Influenced by hip hop as well as traditional blues, he played on the upbeat
instead of the downbeat, creating an excit-
young children who he had been grooming in the blues as his father, noted drummer Bobby "Top Hat" Davis had done
with him. "I nearly raised Eric, I knew his
daddy, Bobby Davis, well. He came from a
family of musicians, he was well educated
in the blues," says legendary Chicago
bluesman Eddie Shaw. "It's tragic to lose
him at this point. It takes 20-25 years to
mold a blues musician. You can't just jump
up and be a blues musician. You can't be
Photo: Monaghan Photography
T H U R S D AY, J A N 2
Eric "Guitar" Davis
The Salty Dogs, The Fat Babies
F R I & S AT , J A N 3 & 4 T H
FitzGerald's 33rd Anniversary shows
Marcia Ball
Band
F R I D AY, J A N 1 0
Jonas Friddle & The Majority, The
Howlin' Brothers, Michele McGuire
T U E S D AY, J A N 1 4
VoiceBox with
Cathy Richardson
Stories Inspired By Songs Inspired By Stories!
F R I D AY, J A N 1 7
Tributosaurus
Becomes Bob Dylan...
plus
Terry White & Pat Brennan
F R I D AY, J A N 2 4
8pm
9:45 pm
Dolly Varden
Phil Angotti Band
S AT U R D AY, J A N 2 5
Willie Nile plus Jefferson Gizzard
F R I D AY, J A N 3 1
Big Sandy and His
Fly-Rite Boys
S AT U R D AY, F E B 8
Webb Wilder
plus special guests
The B elvederes
Coming Feb 15 : Tommy Castro & The Painkillers
ing "new school" sound that was destined
to make a mark in contemporary blues.
His performances brimmed with energy
and he always interacted with his audience, joking and hopping off stage to g