Apparently yesterday was the biggest day for Honey ever. Over 6 gigs of mp3s downloaded, though that number seems very high for no real reason, has Honey been in the news recently? Or maybe the lure of Alice Moore was just so strong.

Walter Davis was a prolific performer in the pre-war era though he is very under-rated these days. While granted he isn’t the most impressive piano player around (especially compared to Wesley Wallace who is a few posts down) he’s solid and he has one of the best voices around. It’s sleepy, but also very sharp - he is very witty, but not as obvious most other blues artists. Two tracks from him today, the first is one of his best written songs “I Did Everything I Could” which contains some bizarre sexual references and is just weird all around. It feature some light guitar work by Yank Rachel also. The second track is “Love Will Kill You” which is one of my favorite tracks by him though it doesn’t really show off his talents nearly as much as “I Did Everything I Could.”

Walter Davis - I Did Everything I Could
Walter Davis - Love Will Kill You

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