By all rights, Geater Davis should have been a star -- the man had a strong and emotionally eloquent voice, he was a solid songwriter, and also a fine guitar player. But Davis never connected with a record label that had the muscle to make him heard outside of a few markets in the South and West, and his smooth but bluesy style was not what radio was looking for during the early 1970s. Davis enjoyed his greatest success working with producer Allen Orange for his House of Orange label, and I'll Play the Blues for You features 16 selections from Davis' tenure with Orange. Davis clearly owed a debt to Bobby "Blue" Bland in his vocal style, but there was a rough edge and an understated but potent emotional urgency in Davis' delivery that set him apart from his influences, and when he was allowed the space for a grand scale performance, like the extended versions of "Cry Cry Cry" and "For Your Precious Love" that appear on this set, Davis made it clear he was a performer with the talent and ambition to make it to the top. Sadly, his record label didn't quite have the juice to take him there, and the story in Jeff Kuhn's fine liner notes is one of missed opportunity following missed opportunity until 1984, when heart failure claimed Davis' life at the age of 38. A cross-licensed compilation of material from the various labels that David worked with during his abbreviated career would be welcome, but I'll Play the Blues for You is a fine sampler from his most creatively fruitful period, and fans of classic Southern-style soul will find this to be very satisfying stuff. (Mark Deming, Allmusic)
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01 Sweet Woman's Love 02 Don't Marry A Fool 03 My Love Is So Strong For You 04 I Can Hold My Own 05 For Your Precious Love (Album version.) 06 Wrapped Up In You 07 Cry, Cry, Cry 08 I Love You 09 St. James Infirmary 10 I Know (My Baby Loves Me) 11 Best of Luck To You 12 I'll Play The Blues For You 13 Cold Love (Long version) 14 I'll Play The Blues For You (Second version) 15 Breath Taking Girl 16 I'll Get By
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GEATER DAVIS "I'll Play the Blues for You"
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Wow, nice, thanks a lot.
Yes Yes Yes - I love to wake up and find this kind of shit haha Thanx-a-lot thou kings!
Unbelievable good taste you have Mr T Zone! You deserve the highest praise for presenting such great music to us, Joe and Jane Sixpack. The world is a better place because of your blog. Thank you so much.
Super nice. Thank you so much :)
Never even heard of Geater before, but he's great. Thanks so much!
Oooh, oooh, oooh!! Thank you!
- d.
In 1998, West Side Records released Sadder Shades of Blue: The Southern Soul Sessions 1971-76, a compilation covering most of his recordings other than those for House of Orange
Chaz
Thank you so much for sharing this! Was really looking forward to listening to this record and now it's a definite buy along with "Sadder Shades..." Had no idea who Geater was until I stumbled upon him on a Tarantino compilation.
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