Debbie Davies
Debbie Davies has brought a new sensibility to the blues. The former guitarist for Albert Collins & the Icebreakers, Fingers Taylor & the Ladyfinger Revue, and Maggie Mayall & the Cadillacs, an all-female band led by John Mayall's wife, Davies has continued to attract attention as the leader of her own group since 1993. "I believe my reputation backs up my ability to recognize exceptional blues," explained John Mayall during a early-2000 interview. "Such a one is Debbie Davies."
Davies' 1993 solo album, Picture This, featured a cameo appearance by Collins, who died of cancer shortly afterwards. Her fifth solo outing, Tales from the Austin Hotel, recorded with members of Stevie Ray Vaughan's band, Double Trouble, received a W.C. Handy award nomination. Love the Game, released in 2001, featured members of her touring band and was produced by Duke Robillard.
A native of Los Angeles, Davies inherited her musical skills from her father, who wrote arrangements for Ray Charles and worked in the recording studio with Frank Sinatra and Pearl Bailey. Performing in rock and blues bands in the San Francisco area in the early '80s, she returned to southern California in 1984.
After honing her talents as lead guitarist for Maggie Mayall & the Cadillacs, Davies was recruited to play with Albert Collins & the Icebreakers in 1988. She remained with the group for three years.
Touring with Fingers Taylor & the Ladyfinger Revue during the summer of 1991, Davies opened numerous shows for Taylor's employer, Jimmy Buffett.
Davies continues to play occasional sessions. Her 1997 album, I've Got That Feeling, featured duets with blues guitarists Tab Benoit and Montoya.
To date, Davies had recorded three albums for Blind Pig (Picture This, Loose Tonight and I Got That Feeling), four for Shanachie (Round Every Corner, Tales from the Austin Motel, Love the Game, and her John Mayall tribute, Key to Love), and in 2005 she released All I Found with Telarc Records, followed in 2007 by Blues Blast on the same label.
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Discografia
13 album • Ordinato per Bestseller
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Homesick For The Road
Kenny Neal, Debbie Davies, Tab Benoit
Blues - Pubblicato da Telarc il 23 mar 1999
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Round Every Corner
Blues - Pubblicato da Shanachie il 19 mag 1998
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Love Spin
Rock - Pubblicato da Little Dipper Records - VizzTone il 21 apr 2015
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Holdin' Court
Blues - Pubblicato da Little Dipper - VizzTone il 27 ott 2009
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Key To Love: A Celebration Of The Music Of John Mayall
Blues - Pubblicato da Shanachie il 1 gen 2003
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Grand Union
Otis Grand, Debbie Davies, Anson Funderburgh & The Rockets
Blues - Pubblicato da Westside il 1 mar 1998
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Debbie Davies' Blues Blast
Blues - Pubblicato da Telarc il 28 ago 2007
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Loose Tonight
Blues - Pubblicato da Blind Pig Records il 10 ott 1994
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I Got That Feeling
Blues - Pubblicato da Blind Pig Records il 4 feb 1997
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Picture This
Blues - Pubblicato da Blind Pig Records il 20 mag 1993
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Tales From The Austin Motel
Debbie Davies, CHRIS LAYTON, TOMMY SHANNON
Blues - Pubblicato da Shanachie il 22 giu 1999
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo