David Michael Gordon Graham, known as Davey Graham (originally Davy Graham), (26 November 1940–15 December 2008), was a British guitarist and one of the most influential figures in the 1960s British folk revival. He inspired many famous practitioners of the fingerstyle acoustic guitar such as Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Martin Carthy, John Martyn, Paul Simon and Jimmy Page, who based his solo "White Summer" on Graham's "She moved thru' the Bizarre/Blue Raga" and "Mustapha". Graham is probably best-known for his acoustic instrumental, "Anji" and for his pioneering use of DADGAD tuning, later widely adopted by acoustic guitarists.[2]

It was not in Graham's nature to pursue fame and fortune and he retired to relative obscurity for many years, when he engaged in charity work and teaching as well as protracted periods of drug use, before beginning to tour again in the years before his death. His childlike, almost obsessive, enthusiasm for music never left him, however, and he would gladly give a free private concert to any chance acquaintance.

The Guitar Player is an album by British guitarist Davey Graham (then Davy Graham), released in 1963. It was his first LP after releasing the EP 3/4 A.D. two years earlier.[1]

In his Allmusic review, critic Thom Jurek stated, "The Guitar Player is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, instrumental acoustic guitar record of the 1960s and 1970s British folk scene."

It was reissued in 2003 on CD by Sanctuary Records with eight bonus tracks. It was also released as The Guitar Player... Plus.



"Don't Stop the Carnival" (Sonny Rollins) – 1:54 
"Sermonette" (Cannonball Adderley) – 2:45 
"Take Five" (Paul Desmond) – 1:55 
"How Long, How Long Blues" (Leroy Carr) – 2:25 
"Sunset Eyes" (Teddy Edwards) – 1:53 
"Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) – 2:19 
"The Ruby & the Pearl" (Bill Evans, Jay Livingston) – 2:27 
"Buffalo" (Horace Silver) – 2:17 
"Exodus" (Ernest Gold) – 1:57 
"Yellow Bird" (Alan Bergman, Michael Keith, Norman Luboff) – 2:19 
"Blues for Betty" (Davey Graham) – 3:27 
"Hallelujah, I Love Her So" (Ray Charles) – 2:00 
2003 reissue bonus tracks: 
"She Moved Thru' the Bizarre/Blue Raga" (Colum, Traditional) – 7:43 
"Misirlou" (Nick Roubanis, S. Russell, N. Wise, M. Leeds) – 3:27 
"Hey! Bud Blues" (Big Bill Broonzy) – 6:15 
"Anji" (Graham) – 1:27 
"Fingerbuster" (Graham) – 1:54 
"La Morena" (Graham) – 3:45 
"Happy Meeting in Glory" (Traditional) – 2:08 
"Suite in D Minor" (DeVisée) – 3:56 

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