Rev. Gary Davis "Twelve Gate To The City" (biographical information & sound file)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part III of a four part pancocojams series about Spiritual and Gospel versions of "Twelve Gates To The City" (also known as "Oh What A Beautiful City").

Part III showcases a sound file of Rev. Gary Davis singing "Twelve Gates To The City".

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/03/information-about-early-spiritualgospel.html for Part I of this series. Part I provides information about the Biblical inspiration for "Twelve Gates To The City" and cites some early recordings of this song.

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/03/several-lyric-versions-of-twelve-gates.html for Part II of this series. Part II showcases several lyric versions of the song "Twelve Gates To The City" (also known as "Oh What A Beautiful City" and "Meet Me In The City").

Click https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-famous-davis-sisters-african.html for Part IV showcases several YouTube examples of the Famous Davis Sisters singing "Twelve Gates To The City" / "Meet Me In The City". Biographical information about the Famous Davis Sisters is also included in that post along with selected comments from two of the discussion threads for those featured examples.

Thanks to Rev. Gary Davis for his musical legacy. Thanks also to the unknown original composers of "Twelve Gates To The City", thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this sound file on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE RECORDING: 'Twelve Gates To The City' REVEREND GARY DAVIS, Blues Guitar Legend



RagtimeDorianHenry, Published on Mar 29, 2009

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INFORMATION ABOUT REVEREND GARY DAVIS
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