DAVIS, GARY D.

DAVIS, (BLIND) GARY D. Bluesman (30 April 1896 in Laurens, South Carolina; 5 May 1972 in Hammonton, New Jersey). He lost his sight at an early age and studied at the South Carolina School for the Blind. He taught himself to play blues instruments as a child; at the age of fourteen he organized his own blues band, which toured in the Piedmont area. His early style development was influenced by Willie Walker of Greenville, South Carolina. Later he settled in...