Brad Davis - guitar, lead vocals
Greg Davis - banjo, harmony vocals
Tim May - Dobro, mandolin, harmony vocals
Dan Miller - bass
Influences:
New Grass Revival, Sam Bush, John Cowan, Marty Stuart, Clarence White, Earl Scruggs, John Denver, Tony Rice, Doc Watson, Norman Blake, Doobie Brothers, John Jorgenson, Robert Johnson, Bill Monroe, Lester Flatt, Ricky Skaggs, Willie Nelson, Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, Robbie Robinson, Eddie Van Halen, Luther Perkins, Eric Clapton, Bela Fleck, Stevie Ray Vaughn.
Sounds Like:
Brad Davis has played country with Marty Stuart, bluegrass with Earl Scruggs, newgrass with Sam Bush and John Cowan, rock and roll with Billy Bob Thornton, and Gypsy jazz with John Jorgenson. He is also the author of the "Flatpicking the Blues" instruction course. So if you can imagine an acoustic mix of country, bluegrass, newgrass, blues, and rock, then you have Brad Davis music! Its rockin' country folk-grass with a touch of the blues!
Discography
This World Ain't No Child (2004)
Having spent over fifteen years on the road performing as a member of Marty Stuart's road band (1992-2002), playing lead acoustic guitar with Earl Scruggs and Friends (2001 to present), on stage with Sam Bush (2003-2004), and playing lead electric and acoustic guitar with Billy Bob Thornton's rock band (2002 to present), Brad Davis now brings his acoustic guitar and songwriting talent to the forefront with the release of his new solo recording ''This World Ain't No Child."
This album not only presents Brad's unique blend of acoustic blues, rock, country, and bluegrass and highlights his vocal, songwriting, and acoustic guitar, talents, its real excitement is the interaction between Brad and some of the world's most talented musicians from the bluegrass, newgrass, country, and rock genres, including Sam Bush, Bela Fleck, John Cowan, John Jorgenson, Rob Ickes, Billy Bob Thornton, and Tommy Shaw.
I'm Not Gonna Let My Blues Bring Me Down (2003)
Brad Davis highlights his acoustic guitar and songwriting talent with the release of his solo recording "I'm Not Gonna Let My Blues Bring Me Down". Brad laid down the basic tracks on guitar, bass, mandolin, and vocals for 13 of his original songs, plus one traditional tune (Rank Stranger) and then invited some of his talented friends to come into the studio and lend their vocal and instrumental talents.
The artists helping Brad with this CD include: Earl Scruggs, Sam Bush, Bela Fleck,
John Jorgenson, David Grier, Jon Randall,
Greg Davis, Glen Duncan, Rob Ickes,
Billy Bob Thornton, and Tommy Shaw.
After years on the road playing country with Marty Stuart, bluegrass with Earl Scruggs, newgrass with Sam Bush, and rock with Billy Bob Thornton, Brad Davis steps out front to prove that he can hold his own as a solo artist and band leader.
Brad Davis spent ten years (1992-2002) performing on stage as a member of Marty Stuart's road band. For the past six years he has played lead acoustic guitar with Earl Scruggs and Friends, and for the past five years he has played lead electric and acoustic guitar with movie actor Billy Bob Thornton's rock band. He spent two years (2003-2004) as the guitar player for the Sam Bush Band and also performed with John Jorgenson's Gypsy jazz Quintet in 2005. He occasionally performs with an exciting new bluegrass band, calling themselves "Greenbroke," consisting of Brad Davis, John Cowan, John Moore, and Dennis Caplinger.
Brad has worked for, or recorded with, Willie Nelson, Emmy Lou Harris, Pam Tillis, The Forester Sisters, Tommy Shaw (Styx), David Lee Roth (Van Halen), Sheryl Crow, Sam Bush, Warren Zevon, and The Sweethearts of the Rodeo. He is currently the host of Commerce County Line, a singer/songwriter television program on the iTelevision network. Additionally, Brad has recorded two album projects featuring Billy Bob Thornton on Mercury Records and has toured both Europe and the United States as the lead guitar player for Billy Bob Thornton's band. Brad's two solo recordings on FGM Records "I'm Not Gonna Let My Blues Bring Me Down", and "This World Ain't No Child Anymore" were both released to rave reviews. He also appears on an FGM concert DVD video release "Live in Kansas City" with Cody Kilby and Tim May.
A prolific songwriter Brad has had his songs recorded by various country and bluegrass artists, including country star Tim McGraw ("Ain't No Angels"). He has played on Marty Stuart's gold selling album "This Ones Gonna Hurt You", the Marty Stuart "Hit Pack", and Marty's last MCA recording "The Pilgrim". He played on the soundtrack of Steven Seagal's "Fire Down Below", and performed music for Billy Bob Thornton's Miramax releases "Daddy And Them" and "Waking Up In Reno". He also recorded with Sheryl Crow, and others, on the Johnny Cash tribute album "Kindred Spirits", played guitar on Warren Zevon's final Grammy-winning recording, "The Wind", and was on Sam Bush's Sugar Hill release "King of My World".
A talented guitar instructor and writer, Brad has been a columnist for Flatpicking Guitar Magazine since 1996 and is currently Takamine's main guitar clinician, conducting dozens of music store clinics for Takamine each year. He has taught at Steve Kaufman's Flatpick Camp, Nashcamp, Camp Bluegrass, the St. Louis Flatpick Weekend, the Roanoke Bluegrass Weekend, and more. He has also produced four instructional DVDs for Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, "Flatpick Jam", Volumes 1, 2, & 3 and a book/DVD/CD course called "Flatpicking the Blues". Additionally, he has produced several instructional courses for Mel Bay Publications, including the "Blue Book of Speedpicking", and a series of instructional Ear Training Cds.
My your a busy fellow....pretty good picker too! Ha.... Just kiddin' God has really blessed you with your talent. Hope to cross paths someday.
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