Debbie Davies

For people with a similar name, see Deborah Davis (disambiguation).
Debbie Davies
Davies performing at the Kitchener Blues Festival in 2010
Background information
Born (1952-08-22) August 22, 1952 (age 72)
Los Angeles, California, United States
InstrumentGuitar
Websitewww.debbiedavies.com

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

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

Albums

  • 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

  • 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b Komara, Edward M. (ed.) (2006). Encyclopedia of the Blues, p. 251. Routledge. ISBN 978-0415926997