Large as Life & Twice as Natural

by Davy Graham

Overview

With the exception of 1964's Folk, Blues & Beyond, this is Graham's finest non-compilation album. It's also his most fully arranged and rock-influenced effort, with backing by a meaty ensemble featuring Danny Thompson (of Pentangle) on bass and British blues stalwarts Jon Hiseman and Dick Heckstall-Smith (Graham Bond, Colosseum) on drums and sax respectively. Even Graham's singing sounds better than usual. Graham offers some decent blues, but more interesting are his frequent excursions into raga folk-rock of sorts, especially on "Blue Raga" (learned from Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan). The raga-jazz interpretation of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now," which moves from meditative opening drones into a freewheeling explosion of modal folk-rock is one of the highlights of Graham's career on record and one of the best expressions of his ability to make a standard his own. ~ Richie Unterberger

Product Details

Release Date:	11/03/2017
Label:	Bread & Wine / Creature Music Ltd.
UPC:	5060051334092
Rank:	75780

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Davy Graham   Primary Artist,Vocals,Guitar
Dick Heckstall-Smith   Saxophone
Harold McNair   Flute
Jon Hiseman   Drums

Technical Credits

Bill Price   Engineer
Tim Chacksfield   Research,Project Coordinator
Gus Dudgeon   Engineer
Davy Graham   Liner Notes
Phil Smee   Package Design
Denis Blackham   Digital Remastering
Ray Horricks   Liner Notes,Producer
John Renbourn   Liner Notes
Traditional   Composer