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Brad Davis solos on 'We're All Riding On The Same Train' w/ Billy Bob Thornton & The Boxmasters

BradDavis — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:28:01 GMT

Brad Davis solos on "We're All Riding on the Same Train", performed with The Boxmasters. Video clip courtesy the wonderful "LiveSteel".

After spending years on the road playing country with Marty Stuart, bluegrass with Earl Scruggs, newgrass with Sam Bush, Gypsy jazz with John Jorgenson, 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 seven years, he has played lead acoustic guitar with Earl Scruggs and Friends, and for the past six 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, 'Greenbroke', which consists of himself, John Cowan, John Moore, and Dennis Caplinger.

Brad has worked for, or recorded with, Willie Nelson, Emmylou 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.. 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 Thorntons 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. He is currently the host of an upcoming television program, "Commerce County Line", a singer/songwriter television program.

A prolific songwriter Brad has had his songs recorded by various country and bluegrass artists, including country star

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Brad Davis and his Six String Deering Banjo

BradDavis — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:14:00 GMT

Check out Deering Banjos at www.deeringbanjo.com .

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Raylee Box Needs Your Help, Viddlers!

BradDavis — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:22:29 GMT

Raylee Box is an eight year old dying of cancer in Sulphur Springs, TX. She is the daughter of Ronda and Darrel Box, both of Sulphur Springs, sister of 10-year-old-North Hopkins fourth grader Ragan Box, and a fourth-generation Hopkins County resident. She was recently diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia, the cancer of the blood-forming tissue within bone marrow and the second most common form of leukemia in children.She has remained in Medical City Hospital in Dallas since the end of January, and in addition to chemotherapy has had blood and and platelet transfusions and replacements, and participated in clinical trials.While Raylee has medical insurance, it does not cover all costs associated with the treatment, nor travel expenses and the hours of work her parents miss to be at the hospital with their daughter, according to her aunt, Pam Aaron.Raylee's family has expressed appreciation for the support they've received in the form of letters, calls and money donated to help them out, especially the many prayers offered up for Raylee.

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