Book - Oh What a Beautiful City: A Tribute to Reverend Gary Davis (1896-1972)

Robert Tilling was born 1944, in Bristol, England and first became interested in blues and jazz as a teenager and his enthusiasm for Reverend Davis started during the early sixties. For the past thirty nine years he has regularly contributed to various blues and folk magazines in both Britain and the United States. He has lectured at universities, colleges, guitar teaching camps, and at blues festivals on both sides of the Atlantic. Since 1968 he has been living in Jersey, Channel Islands, and is married with two daughters. Robert Tilling is also a member of The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, London, and has held over thirty five solo exhibitions of his paintings, prints and drawings. He was appointed M.B.E. during 2006.