cocaine blues davey graham

learnt this version of the song this afternoon so its a bit rough!.heard of davey graham for a while but never got into him, wish i had sooner he's unbelievable. pls leave a comment if ur a fan

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• davey
• graham
• cocaine
• blues
• classic
• acoustic
• folk
• guitar
• johni2bad
• lyndon
• fingerpicking
• davy
• cocain
• john
• martyn

[Kals33]

In case anyone is wondering, John's tuned down a full step and is using the capo on the FIFTH fret. If you were tuned up to 'Standard' you'd put yours on the third.

[johni2bad]

@Kals33 Hey thanks for that. Are u sure JM plays in standard tuning? I thought maybe he use an open G or C tuning

[domhar543]

Mate, this is really helpful, I've just got into Davey Graham (late I know), found him through Graham Coxon, I'm seeing why Coxon finds him so inspiring. Cocaine is my fave tune so far and I'm learning it right now thanks to your video! Thanks!

[johni2bad]

@domhar543, glad it helps buddy. its one of those tunes u can't help playin every time u pick a guitar! this, girl from the north country and may you never!

[ionnit]

beautiful dood anuva i want the tab for lol.... wqurr u learn these songs? u pik them off man?

[johni2bad]

thx alot lol. i just try and play stuff i like. started off playin dylan and went from there. don't do tabs tho, lifes too short......

[sockenfrank]

Great playing.

[shankaboom]

the only contradiction to that is the very similar song "take a whiff on me" which was a leadbelly song recorded by one of the Lomaxs' in 1935.

Finally, one strange thing is the credit for cocaine blues on rev. gary davis' version. it is to rev. gary davis, and T.J. "Red" Arnall, (strange because T.J. "Red" Arnall wrote the song that johnny cash does about the desperado who shoots his old lady down in a haze of wiskey and cocaine!) - check cocaine blues on wiki.

[shankaboom]

me too, I like Fred Neils bitter-sweet cocaine, Freds stuff is always so beautifully simple - but what I wanted to mention was the similarity with another artists song, namely Elizabeth Cotten, I think its her Freight Train that has a few bars that almost match the Graham version (at about 28-35 seconds). Other than that, the original is Rev gary davis - dave van ronk learnt it off him, btw, Davis says he learnt it in 1905 from a carnival musician porter irving.

[kttunstallator]

sooo wicked! love this tune! have the tabs for it? plllleeeaaseee! you did a great awesome job; and to me it's far from rough. :)