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CeDell Davis (born Ellis Davis; June 9, 1927 –September 27, 2017) was an American blues guitarist and singer.
Davis was most notable for his distinctive style of guitar playing. Davis played guitar using a table knife in his fretting hand in a manner similar to slide guitar, resulting in a welter of metal-stress harmonic transients and a singular tonal plasticity. He used this style out of necessity. When he was 10, he suffered from severe polio which left him little control…
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