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, "Guitar Gabriel" moved with his family to Winston-Salem when he was 5. His family, who grew up sharecropping, shared a talent for music. His great-grandmother, an ex-slave, called set dances and played the banjo; his grandfather played banjo and his grandmother the pump organ; his father and uncle were blues guitarists and singers and his sisters sang blues and gospel.

When the family moved to Durham in 1935, 10-year-old Gabriel took to the streets with his guitar. He claims to have met and learned from blues legends Blind Boy Fuller and the Reverend Gary Davis. Between the ages of 15 and 25, Gabriel traveled the country, making stops in Memphis, Nashville, Detroit, St. Louis, New Orleans, San Francisco and New York, playing his music. Before long he found a steady gig playing his guitar at medicine shows. It was during this period that Gabriel acquired the sheepskin hat that became--and remained--his trademark throughout the rest of his performing career. He also adopted a stage name, "Guitar Gabriel," during a stint where he was playing in a band for the traveling Dixie Classic Fair during the day and at burlesque shows at night.

In 1970, Gabriel went up to Philadelphia and recorded a single, "Welfare Blues," as well as an album My South, My Blues with the Gemini label under the name "Nyles" Jones. The 45 became a hit in Pittsburgh and Cleveland and though the album sold well, Gabriel, as was typical for many African-American blues and R&B artists, never saw any royalties. Disgusted and embittered by the music business, Gabriel returned home to Winston-Salem where he continued playing his music, but expressly for his community: churches, homes, clubs, "drink houses," and even at bus stops when children were returning home from school. That's when he hooked up with Captain Luke and Macavine Hayes. For the next 20 years, the trio comprised the heart of Winston-Salem's traditional blues scene, a scene that also included a 26-year-old, white guitar player and folklorist from Connecticut named Timothy Duffy.

)The Musicians. GUITAR - TERRY OSMOND.

Terry is originally from Adelaide and seems to have been playing guitar since Pontius was a Pilot. He's not quite that old but back in the 60s he was co-founder of 'The Vibrants' who had several singles in the charts. From late 60s to early 80s Terry paid his rhythm and blues and soul dues in bands such as 'The Others' (who recorded a collector's item LP) and 'Ottaway Chumple'. Between 1975 and 1980 he also played in Dick Dawson's quartet and in the 80s did some serious jazz study at the Adelaide University. In 1991 he took over the guitar chair in the 'Penny Rockets' and the reformed 'Cravats'. Now with Terandynol and other jazz based combinations he gets to play cool music in his own style.

BASS - ANDY MORTIMER.

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Liner Notes By Jim PewterIn 1967, Davie Allan and the Arrows were America's number one rock instrumental group. During the "Summer of Love," when The Beatles, The Doors, The Jefferson Airplane, The Mamas and The Papas, The Turtles and The Rascals were singing about love, going to Monterey and getting high, Davie Allan was playing basic instrumental rock with his lead guitar and back-up group, The Arrows. Davie's big hit "Blues' Theme", was featured in Roger Corman's biker film "The Wild Angels", which starred Peter Fonda, Nancy Sinatra, Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd. It was time to grab a little stardom before the summer got away.