[1] He sang solo and played slide guitar in a blues influenced style similar to that of Blind Willie Johnson.
His material was strictly religious in nature and relied on reworkings of traditional hymns such as "Rock of Ages".
[1] He is noted for his versions of "When the Saints Go Marching In"[1] and "I've Got a Key to the Kingdom", a song previously recorded by Washington Phillips and Bessie Johnson.
[citation needed] Davis' other songs are of a similar nature although at a somewhat slower tempo and less intense pace.
Research done by Gayle Dean Wardlow in 1966 named his home as Bude, Mississippi, a small town in the southwest of the state.