Cyril Davies & His Rhythm & Blues All Stars - Country Line Special

Cyril Davies was one of the first British blues harmonica players .
In 1962 he formed Blues Incorporated with Alexis Korner along with Charlie Watts , Jack Bruce & Dick Heckstall-Smith & recorded the album R&B from the Marquee.
The band was shortlived and in November 1962 he formed Cyril Davies All Stars and recruited Long John Baldry for vocals. Occasional band members were Jeff Beck , Nicky Hopkins & Micky Waller. They recorded a handful of tracks for Pye including Country Line Special . They released two singles in 1963 -
May '63 Country Line Special/Chicago Calling
Sep '63 Preachin' The Blues/Sweet Mary
Tragically, the band proved to be short-lived when Davies succumbed to leukemia and died in January 1964 at the age of only 31.

Image at 0,41 features Davies far right with a young Mick Jagger on vocals.

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[jsilence418]

Just am reading about this in the Nicky Hopkins bio, recommended btw thank providence for YouTube, what a learning resource, and of course thanks 45rpmSINGLES !!

[mulligan4u]

@JeffAtStrange Carlo Little on drums.

[JeffAtStrange]

Damn who's on drums?

[MrFlasher666]

Not quite up to Little Walter in his hay day. Hey was that a young Dick Heckstall-Smith I saw in one of those pictures?

[MrTimBranston]

Fantastic. I bought this record when I was 15. Still got it of course!

[dandelion1967]

God bless you Nicky, what a piano player

[meekrob]

WTF? It's too short! I want more!!!

[IsaacRnR]

que destructores xD

[helsybub]

You forgot another founder member of Blues Inc- Keith Scott playing honky tonk piano... Sorry couldn't let you miss him out as he's my father! He also played harmonica.

[Freshguy31]

@Diddleywah I believe he got Jimmy Page to do the Session. If my facts are straight.