Larry Davis

Singer + Musician + Guitarist

Male

Born Dec 4, 1936

Died Apr 19, 1994

Larry Davis was an American electric Texas blues and soul blues musician. He is best known for co-composing the song "Texas Flood", later recorded to greater commercial success by Stevie Ray Vaughan.

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LaKisha Jones
Married 1995
Kim Cattrall
Fling 1975 - 1990

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Apples Thrive, Corn Takes Dive Worcester Telegram
Google News - Aug 30, 2011

Sweet corn may be a top priority for corn lovers, but for Larry Davis in Sterling, it's the sturdier variety of corn that creates the Davis Farm MegaMaze each season that had his attention. “Fortunately, we had minimal damage to the maze and with some
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Holmes High Shows Off Renovations Wkrc Tv Cincinnati
Google News - Aug 29, 2011

Local 12 Reporter Larry Davis was there as they got their first look. "From the outside, Holmes High School still maintains its character. It's on the inside where all the changes have been made." "Some of the areas were becoming pretty dated,
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We applaud Worcester City Manager Michael O'Brien and his commitment to marketing Worcester and all the strategic assets our great city possesses. As the second-largest city in New England, we must focus our marketing
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Ohio Gov. Moves Ahead With Turnpike Lease Plan Transport Topics Online
Google News - Aug 23, 2011

“We don't think it's a good idea,” Larry Davis, president of the Ohio Trucking Association, told Transport Topics. Kasich hopes a consultant could help the state to collect bids for the highway and have a deal in place by spring 2013, he told the Plain
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Timeline

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CHILDHOOD

1936 Birth Born on December 4, 1936.

THIRTIES

1972 35 Years Old Several single releases on the Virgo and Kent labels followed, but in 1972 a motorcycle accident temporarily paralyzed Davis' left side. … Read More

FORTIES

1982 45 Years Old He won four W.C. Handy Awards in 1982, yet a decade on he was known only to blues specialists.

FIFTIES

1987 50 Years Old His 1987 Pulsar LP, I Ain't Beggin' Nobody, proved difficult even for blues enthusiasts to locate.

1992 55 Years Old In 1992, Bullseye Blues issued another Davis offering, Sooner or Later, that highlighted his booming vocals and Albert King influenced guitar work.

1994 57 Years Old Fate then came calling again and Davis died of cancer in April 1994, at the age of 57.

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