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| Midnight Man | ||||
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| Studio album by Davey Graham | ||||
| Released | 1966 | |||
| Genre | Folk, blues, jazz | |||
| Length | 37:53 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Producer | Ray Horricks | |||
| Davey Graham chronology | ||||
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Midnight Man is an album by British musician Davey Graham, released in 1966.
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
In his Allmusic review, critic Ritchie Unterberger wrote, "Graham went into a somewhat harder-rocking bluesy groove on this record, though a strong jazz feel was always present in the rhythm especially. More than any other Graham LP, this offers proof that the guitarist would have established himself as a major star on the folk circuit in the '60s -- if only his singing was better. As a guitarist, he's simply wonderful, combining folk, jazz, and blues styles into an invigorating, idiosyncratic style that can both swing and attain a delicate sadness. As an interpreter, he's relentlessly imaginative, breathing new vigor into overdone R&B standards, or devising fresh folk arrangements for Beatles and Paul Simon tunes." [1]
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