Davey Graham

Davey Graham (originally Davy Graham, b. 22 November 1940) is a virtuoso guitarist who is credited with sparking the folk-rock revolution in the UK in the 1960s. He inspired most of the famous practitioners of the fingerstyle acoust

Davey Graham (originally Davy Graham, b. 22 November 1940) is a virtuoso guitarist who is credited with sparking the folk-rock revolution in the UK in the 1960s. He inspired most of the famous practitioners of the fingerstyle acoustic guitar, such as Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Martin Carthy, Paul Simon and even Jimmy Page, and is best-known for his acoustic instrumental, Anji.

Davy Graham was the son of a Guyanan mother and a Scottish father and he began learning the the guitar at the age of 12. As a teenager, he was strongly influenced by a guitar player called Steve Benbow, who had travelled widely with the army and played a guitar style influenced by Moroccan music. At the age of 19, Graham wrote what is probably his most famous piece, at least for aspiring guitarists: the acoustic solo tune Anji (see below).