''Large as Life and Twice as Natural'' is an album by British musician

Davey Graham David Michael Gordon "Davey" Graham (originally spelled 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 ...

, released in 1968.

Reception

In his

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review, critic

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wrote, "With the exception of 1964's

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, this is Graham's finest non-compilation album... The raga-jazz interpretation of

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's "

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," which moves from meditative opening drones into a freewheeling explosion of modal folk-rock is one of the highlights of Graham's career on record and one of the best expressions of his ability to make a standard his own."

Track listing

#" Both Sides, Now" (

) – 6:02 #"Bad Boy Blues" (Davy Graham) – 2:17 #"Tristano" (Davy Graham) – 4:00 #"Babe, It Ain't No Lie" (

Elizabeth Cotten Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten ( Nevills; January 5, 1893 – June 29, 1987) was an American folk and blues musician. She was a self-taught left-handed guitarist who played a guitar strung for a right-handed player, but played it upside down. This po ...

) – 2:27 #" Bruton Town" (Traditional) – 3:59 #"Sunshine Raga" (Davy Graham) – 6:19 #"Freight Train Blues" (John Lair,

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan, born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Often regarded as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture during a career sp ...

) – 4:04 #"Jenra" (Davy Graham) – 3:10 #"Electric Chair" (Davy Graham) – 2:45 #"Good Morning Blues" (

Lead Belly Huddie William Ledbetter (; January 20, 1888 – December 6, 1949), better known by the stage name Lead Belly, was an American folk music, folk and blues singer notable for his strong vocals, Virtuoso, virtuosity on the twelve-string guita ...

)– 5:23 #"Beautiful City" (Davy Graham) – 2:28 #"Blue Raga" (

Ravi Shankar Ravi Shankar (; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer. A sitar virtuoso, he became the world's best-known export of North Ind ...

, Ali Akbar Khan) – 5:48

Personnel

*Davey Graham – vocals, guitar *

Harold McNair Harold McNair (5 November 1931 – 7 March 1971) was a Jamaican-born saxophonist and flautist. Early life McNair was born in Kingston, Jamaica. He attended the Alpha Boys School under the tutelage of Vincent Tulloch, while playing with Jo ...

– flute * Dick Heckstall-Smith – saxophone *

Jon Hiseman Philip John Albert "Jon" Hiseman (21 June 1944 – 12 June 2018) was an English drummer, recording engineer, record producer, and music publisher. He played with the Graham Bond Organisation, with John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers and later form ...

– drums * Danny Thompson – bass ;Technical * Bill Price - engineer

References

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