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| Debbie Davies Celebrates "All I Found " Debbie Davies, America’s foremost female electric blues guitarist will celebrate her Telarc debut, All I Found , by performing live Thursday, August 25th at Satalla. Showtime is 7:30pm. All I Found , Debbie Davies’ debut Telarc release, is a gutsy, guitar-driven blues tour de force. Honing her chops in the legendary Albert Collins’ band, the Icebreakers, the guitarist, singer, songwriter has been fronting her own powerful blues units over the course of seven critically-acclaimed releases. Due at retail on June 28, 2005, All I Found, her eighth outing as frontwoman, finds Davies at the top of her game on an album of eleven all-original tracks co-written with longtime songwriting partner Don Costagno. One of only a few female guitar players with a Fender endorsement, Davies has been nominated seven times for W. C. Handy Awards and won the Handy Award for Best Contemporary Female Blues Artist in 1997. Davies’ parents were musicians – her father was an arranger and session leader for Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Pearl Bailey – and she grew up playing blues and rock on the West Coast. Attending jam sessions in Los Angeles put her in touch with players such as blues guitarist Coco Montoya. Montoya introduced her to Maggie Mayall – wife of British blues great John Mayall – which led to Davies joining Maggie’s all-woman blues and R&B band, Maggie Mayall & The Cadillacs in 1985. Montoya also facilitated Davies’ next major career break. Montoya had, at one time, been Albert Collins’ drummer, and he introduced Davies to Collins. Collins asked her to join the Icebreakers in 1988. She toured with Collins for four years, leaving to play lead guitar for Jimmy Buffett’s harmonica man, Fingers Taylor, in 1991. Collins and Davies played together again in 1993 on Debbie’s solo debut for Blind Pig Records, Picture This. Davies, one of the top contemporary blues artists on the scene today, injects that same kind of deep, soulful resonance into All I Found. Davies takes Albert Collins’ legacy into a new century. She’s giving the blues everything she’s got. write your comments about the article :: © 2005 Jazz News :: home page |