Debbie Davies
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Debbie Davies | |
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 Davies performing at the Kitchener Blues Festival in 2010 | |
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| Born | August 22, 1952 Los Angeles, California, United States |
| Instrument | Guitar |
| Website | www |
Debbie Davies (born August 22, 1952) is an American blues guitarist.
Davies was born in Los Angeles, California, United States.[1] She has been the featured guitarist in several female based bands including Maggie Mayall and the Cadillacs (led by John Mayall's wife),[2] and Fingers Taylor and the Ladyfinger Revue (who opened for Jimmy Buffett during his 1991 tour).[1] Besides her solo work, Davies is best known for her work with Albert Collins as a member of his band, the Icebreakers, from 1988 to 1991.[1] Over the years she has collaborated with several well-known musicians such as Tommy Shannon and Chris Layton (aka Double Trouble), Coco Montoya, J. Geils and Duke Robillard. She continues to record and tour.
Awards
[edit]Davies won the 1997 W. C. Handy Award for Best Contemporary Female Artist.[2] and the 2010 Blues Music Award for Best Traditional Female Artist.
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- 1993 - Picture This
- 1994 - Loose Tonight
- 1997 - I Got That Feeling
- 1998 - Round Every Corner
- 1998 - Grand Union
- 1999 - Homesick for the Road
- 1999 - Tales from the Austin Motel
- 2001 - Love The Game
- 2003 - Key To Love
- 2005 - All I Found
- 2007 - Blues Blast
- 2009 - Holdin' Court
- 2012 - After The Fall
- 2015 - Love Spin
Compilation albums
[edit]- 2002 - The Blues: From Yesterday's Masters to Today's Cutting Edge Shanachie, American Roots Songbook, as licensed to St. Clair Entertainment. (includes Debbie Davies: "I Just Want To Make Love To You")
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Blues (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 102. ISBN 0-85112-673-1.
- ^ a b Komara, Edward M. (ed.) (2006). Encyclopedia of the Blues, p. 251. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415926997
External links
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