Davey Graham - She Moved Through The Fair [Hullabaloo 1963]

 Now I found this funny in that a page at YouTube forbade its colourised version of this guest spot by Davey Graham examining the connection between folk and Indian musical influences and frankly my response is GOOD! Don’t want a “colorized”version of it anyway! Shoot yourselves in the foot by all means but frankly blues.in.colour you do yourself no favours in that  . . . .  

Davey Graham  - She moved through the fair (#DADGAD)

Davey Graham introduction by Rory McEwen on the Hullabaloo show back in 1963.

  

This was the first outing for Davey Graham's new DADGAD tuning - in fact CGCFGC, capo on 2 making it DADGAD (slightly sharp of concert).  

Seated behind him, Martin Carthy on the left and Long John Baldry on the right, both regular guests on the show.  The band watching on stage is Cyril Davies' All-Stars, the residents.

Davy (or Davey) Graham (1940–2008) was a central figure in the British folk revival of the 1960s, blending traditional British and Celtic folk music with blues, jazz, and modal elements from North African, Arabic, and Indian music. His innovative style strongly influenced later folk and rock guitarists, including Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Paul Simon, and Jimmy Page.

“She Moved Through the Fair” is a traditional Irish ballad whose lyrics suggest that a dead or vanished lover returns in a dreamlike vision. The version commonly known today first appeared in Herbert Hughes’s 1909 collection of Irish folk songs. Its melody is notable for its haunting, modal character.

Graham’s 1963 guitar arrangement is historically important because it used the alternative 'DADGAD tuning', creating rich resonance through open-string drones. Rather than merely accompanying the folk melody, he transformed it into a meditative and improvisatory guitar piece with qualities reminiscent of Indian raga.