this is an oil painting by Michael J. Bennett, based on a photograph by David Gahr


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photo by John Cohen of the Rev. in a grocery store in Bronx, NY, c. 1952-1954 copyright Alice Ochs/Michael Ochs Archives. The girl in the photo is Megan Ochs, daughter of Alice and Phil Ochs England? This was the promo photo used by Folklore Productions, the Reverend's management
Manchester, UK 1964 by Brian Smith. This great photo was sent to me by Ernie Hawkins, based out of the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area. Ernie studied with the Reverend. His 1996 compact disc, 'Blues Advice' features his versions of the Gary Davis favorites, 'Samson & Delilah' and 'Cocaine' and what is perhaps the only recorded version of 'Penitentiary Blues' as well as cool versions of Blind Blake, Skip James, Son House and Willie McTell songs. an oil painting by Michael J. Bennett, based on a photo by Brain Schuel (Schule?) from the Keele Folk Festival, UK 1966 (also on the back of the 'Blues and Ragtime' cd) an oil painting by Michael J. Bennett, based on a photo This sketch was done by Rory Block (copied without permission from her website www.roryblock.com)


Michael Bennett did several of the oil portraits of the Rev. you see on this page.
Visit his "Peel The Paint" website and see some of the other wonderful work he's done.


Photo copyright The Sylvia Pitcher Photo Library. This is a copy of a postcard sent by Roy Bookbinder to Michael Castle. The back of the card has the address of the nursing home in Queens, NY where Anne Davis was residing at the time. Michael Castle was a student of the Reverend's who was also married by the Reverend- at the Reverend's house in Queens in the late '60s.


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