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Walter Davis (March 1, 1911 – October 22, 1963) 〔Eagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues - A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara: Praeger Publishers. p. 221. ISBN 978-0313344237〕 was an African American blues singer and pianist. Born in Grenada, Mississippi, United States, he died in St. Louis, Missouri. Davis had a rich singing voice that was as expressive as the best of the Delta blues vocalists. His best-known recording, a version of the train blues standard "Sunnyland Blues", which he released in 1931, is more notable for the warmth and poignancy of his singing than for his piano playing.〔Barlow, William (1989). ''"Looking Up At Down": The Emergence of Blues Culture'', pp. 257-58. Philadelphia: Temple University Press. ISBN 0-87722-583-4.〕 Two more of his best known songs were "Ashes In My Whiskey" and "Blue Blues".〔 He was also billed as 'Hooker Joe'.〔 ==Career== Davis was born on a farm in Grenada, Mississippi, United States,〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Birthplaces of Mississippi Blues Artists )〕 and ran away from home at about 13 years of age, landing in St. Louis, Missouri. During the period from the late 1920s through the early 1950s he played club dates in the South and the lower Midwest, often with guitarist Henry Townsend and fellow pianist Peetie Wheatstraw, and recorded prolifically. He was accompanied by Roosevelt Sykes on his first recordings (1930–33). He recorded around 180 singles between 1930 and 1952. In 1940, he had a hit with his recording of "Come Back Baby". Some of his material has been covered by other performers.〔 Davis appears to have stopped performing professionally around 1953. Suffering from health problems, primarily a stroke, he settled in St. Louis, Missouri, supporting himself as a night clerk at a hotel and as a preacher. He died in St. Louis in 1963, aged 52.〔 He was posthumously inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame in 2005. In October 2012, the Killer Blues Headstone Project, a nonprofit organization, placed a headstone on Davis's unmarked grave at Greenwood Cemetery in Hillsdale, Missouri.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=https://www.stlbeacon.org/#!/content/27100/bluesman_walter_davis_091912 )〕 The stone was unveiled at the 2012 Big Muddy Blues Festival in St. Louis, Missouri. Davis is no relation to the jazz pianist, Walter Davis, Jr. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Walter Davis (blues)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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