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After he traveled to New York with Blind Boy Fuller
in 1935, his Piedmont style blues became the mode that would influence
musicians such as Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry. His most well-known
songs from his first recordings include "I Saw the Light"
and "You Got to Go Down.
Davis married again in 1937 and remained in New York
for the rest of his life. He and his wife, Anne Wright, moved to
Mamaroneck, which was close enough to New York City for Davis to
continue his guitar recording. He recorded for producer Moses Asch,
Folkways and Prestige. Among his most notable songs are "Samson
and Delilah," which was rerecorded by Peter, Paul and Mary
in the 1960s, and "Twelve Gates to the City." Davis integrated
styles of gospel, marches, ragtime, jazz and minstrel hokum into
his own style and was influenced himself by guitarists Willie Walker,
Sam Brooks and Baby Brooks.
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