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Discography

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Guy's cds can be purchased below using the PayPal shopping cart. Each cd sells for $15.00.  The shipping charge is $4.00 for the first cd and a $1.00 shipping charge for each additional cd.

 

SKUNKMELLO, 2006 Red House Records, Inc. Natural Born Eas' Man Going Down Slow The Chocolate Man It Takes Love to Make a Home Shaky Pudding Po' Boy, Great Long Ways Home Blues in the Midnight Hour Blackberry Ramble Fonza Curry Maggie Campbell Blues Skunkmellow's Dance of the Chickens Hooking Bull at the Landing Shooting Star Uncle Tom is Dead {Milk 'n' Cookies Remix} (Bonus Track)

Guy's latest album, Skunkmellow, with thirteen great new songs will be available for shipping on
April 11, 2006.

 

Legacy, 2004 Red House Records, Inc. Uncle Tom's Dead Payday Run Molly Run Come Back Baby Rolling in My Sweet Baby's Arms I just Can't Help Loving You Drop Down Mama Things About Coming My Way Red Goose Hikin' Jerry I'm Gone See See Rider Long As You Get It Done Cypress Grove We All Need More Kindness in This World

"Uncle Tom's Dead" was chosen as one of the best songs of the year by National Public Radio.

In addition to Uncle Tom's Dead being chosen as one of the best songs of the year, "Legacy"  was chosen by NPR as one of the best albums of the year.

 

Chocolate to the Bone, 2003 Red House Records, Inc. Limetown Tell Me Where the Road Is  Step It Up and Go I Believe I'll Lose My Mind Right On Time Set a Place For Me Shortnin' Bread Drifting Blues Sho 'Nuff Satisfied Matchbox Blues Honey Babe Back Door Man Railroad Story Saturday Blues

This album, "Chocolate to the Bone", was nominated for a
W.C. Handy award as “Best Blues Album”.

 

give in kind, 2002 Red House Records, Inc. Good Liquor Loneliest Road That I Know  Lay Down By My Side (I Love My Job) Layla, Layla I Will Be Your Friend Honeydew Melon Rag Six Cold Feet of Ground Grandma Is Dancing What you Doin' Watch Over Me I Don't Know Don't You Leave Me Here (Joppatowne Intro) Joppatowne God's Unchanging Hand

The "give in kind" album was nominated for a
W.C. Handy award as “Best Blues Album”.

 

Butt Naked Free, 2000 Red House Records, Inc. Talkin' Bout Wings 'N' Brew Waiting on the Cards to Fall  Let me stay awhile  Writing Paper Blues Sometimes I Wish High Flying Rocket Never Met No Woman Me Treats Like You Do Sugarbelle Blue Meet Where the River Turns My Rambling Ways Come on Sally Hitch a Ride Ain't No Bluesman The Place Where I Come From (Butt Naked Free) Raining in My Soul

“Waitin’ On the Cards to Fall” was nominated for a W.C. Handy award as a Best Blues Song of the Year.

This album, "Butt Naked Free" was nominated for a
W.C. Handy award as “Best Blues Album”.

 

You Don't Know My Mind, 1998 Red House Records, Inc. Best I Can Po' Boy If You Love Somebody Grandma's Tea House Your Don't Know My Mind Georgia Flood You Remembered My Name Home Cooked Meal Dorothy Is Harlem Bound Pretty Little Woman If I Could Fly Like An Eagle Marlboro Blues Everything Is Gonna Be Alright

"You Don't Know My Mind" was nominated for a
W.C. Handy award as “Best Blues Album”.

“This album was also nominated as Best Traditional Blues Album.

 

Call Down The Thunder, 1996 Red House Records, Inc. Georgia Jelly Roll I Got the Power When You Got a Good Friend Long Train Run Sinner Run Mama's Gonna Fix It Right Jelly Bone Jelly See Me When You Can Gee the Mule Minglewood Blues Thanksgiving Day The Road is Calling New Shoes

 

Stomp Down Rider, 1995 Red House Records, Inc. (I Believe I'll) Dust My Broom If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day Intro Wintertime Blues Georgia Rag Intro Candy Man Madison & The Pigs Intro Stomp Down Rider Variation (Ft. Worth & Dallas Blues/Stomp Down Rider) Intro Watch Over Me Intro Walkin' Blues Intro Take Me Back, Babe Ramblin' All Over

“Stomp Down Rider” made it onto many Top 10 Album of the Year lists including the "Boston Globe" and “Pulse” magazines.

 

Guy Davis - Live, 1993 Recorded live in concert, The Music Hall This album was self-released and later was re-packaged and edited to become the Red House Records release, "Stomp Down Rider".  It is no longer available and a true 'collector's item as only 1,000 CDs and 500 cassettes were pressed. Cassette Track Listings Tight Like That If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day Wintertime Blues Georgia Rag Candy Man Madison & The Pigs Stomp Down Rider Variation Watch Over Me Walkin' Blues Take Me Back CD Track Listings Dust My Broom Tight Like That If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day Wintertime Blues Georgia Rag Candy Man Georgia Buck Madison & The Pigs Stomp Down Rider Variation Watch Over Me Walkin' Blues Take Me Back Ramblin' All Over

 

To order click here Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Dreams About Life, 1978 Folkways Try to Catch the Colors (Mari's Song) First Day of Spring Dreams About Life When I'm Gone Happy Hair Never Fart in Front of Company Message of the River Wont Be Long Now Friendly Feet

 

Guy Also Appears on the Following Artist's CDs and Compilations

These Times We're Living In:  A Red House Anthology
Red House Records 2005
Guy's Track:       "We All Need More Kindness In This World" - from "Legacy"
Other Artists Include:  The Wailin' Jennys, Jimmy LaFave, Ray Bonneville, David Francey, Bill Staines

Bakelite Radio Volume III

Head Records (Australia) 2005

The Bakelite Boys

Cover of Guy's Song:  Sugarbelle Blue

Friends by Eric Bibb
Telarc  2004
Guy's track:        "99˝ Won't Do" - recorded for project
Other Artists Include: Odetta, Mamadou Diabate, Djelimady Toukara

At This Stage: 30 Years at the Wheatland Music Festival
Wtene Music  2004
Guy's track:        "Home-Cooked Meal" - recorded live for project
Other Artists Include:  The Mammals, Robin & Linda Williams and their Fine Group, Johnny Gimble and Texas Swing, Tim & Mollie O'Brien with Jerry Douglas, Dewey Balfa, Dixie Hummingbirds

Sing Along With Putumayo
Putumayo World Music  2004
Guy's track:        "I Will Be Your Friend" - recorded for project
Other Artists Include:  Rhonda Vincent, Rufus Thomas, Rosie Flores, Dan Zanes and Friends

Small Town News by Amy Fradon
Amy Fradon  2002
Guy's tracks:        "Hambone" and "Nevessa" - recorded for project

The Blues Tribute To the Grateful Dead
Cmh Records  2001
Guy's track:        "Little Red Rooster" - recorded for project
Other Artists Include:  Michael Hill, Langhorne Slim, Amy Helm, Anders Osborne, Charles Butler

Labour of Love - The Music of Nick Lowe
Telarc Records  2001
Guy's track:        "Soulful Wind" - recorded for project
Other Artists Include:  Tom Petty, Dar Williams, Marshall Crenshaw, Elvis Costello

Live at the World Cafe Volume 12  
World Cafe Records  2001
Guy's track:        "Waiting On the Cards to Fall" - recorded live in studio
Other Artists Include:  Martin Sexton, Joe Jackson, Ian Anderson, Warren Zevon

Down the Dirt Road - The Songs of Charley Patton  
Telarc Records 2001
Guy's track:        "Some of These Days" - recorded for project
Other Artists Include:  Graham Parker, Charlie Musselwhite, Joe Louis Walker

Folk Scene Collection Volume III    
Red House  2001
Guy's track:        "See Me When You Can" - recorded live in studio
Other Artists Include:  Jackson Browne, Loreena McKennitt, Kate Wolf, Janis Ian

Nod To Bob - An Artists' Tribute To Bob Dylan      
Red House  2001
Guy's track:        "Sweetheart Like You" - recorded for project
Other Artists Include:  Eliza Gilkyson, Suzy & Maggie Roche, John Gorka

Screamin' and Hollerin' the Blues       
Shanachie Records  2000
Guy's track:        "Motherless Children" - recorded for project
Other Artists Include:  John Hammond, Duke Robillard, Eric Bibb, Paul Geremia

Dealin' With the Devil - Songs of Robert Johnson       
Cannonball Records  2000
Guy's track:        "Stones In My Passway" - recorded for project

Other Artists Include:  Kenny Neal, Eddie Kirkland, Debbie Davies, Pinetop Perkins

Every Road I Take - The Best of Contemporary Acoustic Blues        
Shanachie  1999

Guy's track:        "Georgia Jelly Roll" - from "Call Down the Thunder"

Other Artists Include:  Alvin Youngblood Hart, Keb' Mo', R.L. Burnside, Corey Harris

Mali to Memphis - An African American Odyssey              
Putumayo Records  1999

Guy's track:        "You Don't Know My Mind" - from album

Other Artists Include:  Habib Koite, John Lee Hooker, Rokia Traore, Muddy Waters

Where Have All the Flowers Gone - The Songs of Pete Seeger              
Appleseed Recordings  1998

Guy's track:        "False From True" - recorded for project

Other Artists Include:  Ani DiFranco, Bruce Springsteen, Indigo Girls, Bonnie Raitt

Root Awakening - An Ear-Opening Roots Music Sampler              
Red House Records 1998

Guy's track:        "Best I Can" - from "You Don't Know My Mind"

Other Artists Include:  Spider John Koerner, Dave Alvin, Martin Simpson, Hart-Rouge

Habits of the Heart               

Acoustic Artists Series (Acoustic Guitar Magazine) 1998

Guy's track:        "If You Love Somebody" - from "You Don't Know My Mind"
Other Artists Include: Dan Bern, Laura Love, Merle Travis, Chris Whiteley, Jim Croce

House On Fire (Volume 2) - An Urban Folk Collection                   

Red House Records 1997

Guy's track:        "Long Train" - from "Call Down the Thunder"

Other Artists Include:  Greg Brown, Lucy Kaplansky, Archie Fisher, Jack Elliott

Voices: A Contemporary Choral Collection                   

Windham Hill Records 1996

Guy's track:        "Interlude #2 (Grass Roots)"  - Recorded for project

Other Artists Include:  The Northwest Girl's Choir, The St. Olaf Choir, The Moses Hogan Chorale, The Philadelphia Chamber Ensemble

Greenwich Village Folk Festival 1989 - 1990                      

Gadfly Records  1991

Guy's track:        "Walking Blues" (live)

Other Artists Include:  Dave Van Ronk, Cliff Eberhardt, Tom Paxton, Frank Christian

Guy Also Appears on the Following Videos
(Available in VHS or DVD format)

Final
Trimark Home Video 2001
Guy's role:          "Bluesman"
Campbell Scott directs this psychological movie starring Dennis Leary and Hope Davis. Guy's song, "Watch Over Me" is used in the ending credit role. Guy put all his acting abilities to the test by portraying a bluesman performing in a nightclub.

Hellhounds On My Trail: The Afterlife of Robert Johnson
WinStar  2000
Guy's track:         "Walking Blues"
Other Artists: Bob Weir & Rob Wasserman, Keb' Mo', Robert Lockwood, Joe Louis Walker & Billy Branch, Sonny Landreth, Chris Whitley, G. Love & Special Sauce, Tracy Nelson, Marcia Ball & Irma Thomas, Alvin Youngblood Hart, Gov't Mule, David Honeyboy Edwards, Rory Block, Roy Rogers, Henry Townsend, Billy Hector Band, Bill Morrissey, Peter Green & Nigel Watson

Beat Street
Orion Picture Corporation  1984
Guy's role:         "Kenny"
"Beat Street is the highly acclaimed, proud spirited movie/musical of the breakdancing phenomenon. Produced by consummate entertainer, Harry Belafonte and veteran film producer, David Picker." (Orion Pictures, 1984)   Guy co-stars with Rae Dawn Chong in this groundbreaking film.

Guy Also Appeared on the Following Television Programs

One Life To Live  1968 - Present
ABC
Guy's role:         "Dr. Joshua 'Josh' Hall #3" (1985 - 1986)

Law and Order 1990 - Present
NBC
Guest Appearance
Episode:             "American Dream" (episode # 4.8) 
Guy's role:          "Russell Bobbit" (11/9/1993)