- Davis Deluxe
Davis Deluxe was formed in 1984 in
Nashville, Tennessee by band namesake, Gary Davis who had been a band member and back-up player for numerous well known artists as well as having been an opening act as a solo artist for such musical greats as,Kris Kristofferson , Tim Buckley, Billy Swan, Hoyt Axton, Mickey Newbury, Randy Bachman, Arlo Guthrie, Dave Van Ronk, Lightin' Hopkins,Jesse Winchester ,B.J. Thomas and many others, and drummer Steve Logan who recorded many gold albums in Nashville as a studio session player and toured for years with Johnny Cash.Personnel changes included such highly acclaimed Nashville session players as Kenny Buttrey (
Bob Dylan ,Neil Young ,Jimmy Buffett ,Elvis Presley ,The Pointer Sisters , Bob Seeger, Area Code 615, Barefoot Jerry), Bucky Barrett (Ray Charles ,Neil Young ,Lenny Breau ,Roy Orbison ), Jimmy Johnson (Vince Gill ,Delbert McClinton ), Mike Smoot (Rosanne Cash ,Emmylou Harris ), Steve Carmen (Joe Cocker ,Peter Frampton ,Gladys Knight ), and others.The band released a half dozen singles in the early to mid eighties, all of which were highly reviewed by both regional and national publications including
Billboard Magazine , Nashville's Music Row Magazine,Spin Magazine and many others. The band was pursued byAhmet Ertegün himself, founder of Atlantic Records, as well as by other major labels including EMI and The Beatle's label, Apple.Band founder, Gary Davis, abandoned Nashville and the major label scene and moved to Miami then eventually to
New Orleans . The group continued on with numerous personnel changes through the '90's however no further recordings were released. Davis continues to write and perform as an Americana styled solo/acoustic act and tours mainly in the southern United States.
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