Cyril Davies was one of the first British

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 blues

Blues

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 harmonica

Harmonica

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 players and blues musician

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Born at St Mildred's, 15 Hawthorn Drive, Willowbank, Denham

Denham, Buckinghamshire

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, Buckinghamshire

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, near London

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, he was the son of William Albert Davies, a labourer, and his wife Margaret Mary (née Jones). He had an elder brother named Glyn, and the family is believed to have come from Wales

Wales

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Cyril Davies began his career in the early 1950s first within Steve Lane's Southern Stompers, then in 1955 formed an acoustic skiffle

Skiffle

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 and blues group with Alexis Korner

Alexis Korner

Alexis Korner was a blues musician and radio broadcaster, who has sometimes been referred to as "a Founding Father of British Blues"...

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