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Brad Davis - Night Moves

BradDavis — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:58:57 GMT

Brad Davis was asked to produce this song for a tribute album to Bob Seger, on CMH Records. Hear Brad's version.

Tags : Brad, Davis, acoustic, bob, flatpicking, guitar, rock, seger

The Gordons - Make Believe

TheGordonsMusic — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 07:53:43 GMT

The Gordons perform "Make Believe". Gary Gordon plays guitar, while Roberta Gordon plays autoharp. Robert Bowlin joins in on fiddle, and Curtis Jay Hiner provides the groove on the upright bass.

By TheGordonsMusic

Tags : Americana, acoustic, autoharp, bluegrass, country, fiddle, flatpicking, folk, guitar, harmony

Brad Davis - Petticoat

BradDavis — Sun, 27 May 2007 04:58:53 GMT

Brad Davis has produced an incredible instructional book/DVD/CD package called "Flatpicking the Blues" where he teaches how to play the blues on the acoustic guitar with the flatpick technique. Here he demonstrates a song he wrote and performs on the DVD to demonstrate the 12-bar blues form. For more information about the "Flatpicking the Blues" package, and some free lessons, go to www.flatpick.com/blues.

By BradDavis

Tags : blues, brad davis, flatpicking, guitar

Wil Maring and Robert Bowlin - Keeper of the Farm

wilmaring — Thu, 10 May 2007 12:30:11 GMT

Wil Maring performs an original composition, "Keeper of the Farm", with frequent musical collaborator and former Bill Monroe Bluegrass Boy, Robert Bowlin.

As Wil Maring sat for long summer hours as a teenager at her family's roadside vegetable stand, picking out self-made tunes on her Sears guitar to pass the time, she never dreamed of the path she would one day follow. Wil has become a highly acclaimed songwriter, a previous winner of the prestigious Chris Austin Songwriting Contest at Merlefest, and has appeared on the Grand Ole Opry with her original music, in addition to touring extensively in Europe and Japan. She honed her songwriting skills playing music professionally in Europe with her group Shady Mix.

Wil Maring and virtuose guitarist and fiddler Robert Bowlin have been recently combining talents to create beautiful original acoustic music which straddles the fence between bluegrass, folk and country music. Wil's beautiful airy vocal style and heartfelt lyrics have raised the eyebrows of the acoustic music world in recent years with the release of her three solo cds and four band cds with her band Shady Mix. Robert, a two-time National Fingerpicking and Flatpicking Guitar contest winner, has been a band member with legendary artists like Bill Monroe, Maura O Connell, Kathy Mattea, the Osborne Brothers, and many more. Their music will leave audiences spellbound long after the show is over. For bigger venues, Wil sometimes appears with whole band, Shady Mix, which includes instrumental lineup of upright bass, fiddle, mandolin, and sometimes banjo.

Mixture of bluegrass, oldtime, folk, country, and even a little pop. Wide variety of influences, and live show includes a heavy emphasis on originals, but also bluegrass and country standards, fiddle tunes, and cowboy and western swing music. Current favorite artists and influences are wide and varied.... Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Martin, James Taylor, John Hartford, John Prine, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Flatt and Scruggs, Bob Wills, Asleep at the

By wilmaring

Tags : americana, bluegrass, bottomlands, bowlin, carpenter, chapin, country, farm, fingerpicking, flatpicking, folk, griffith, kaplansky, lovett, mattea, old-time, prine, songwriter, williams

Brad Davis - California

BradDavis — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 06:23:18 GMT

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 Stuarts road band. For the past six years he has played lead acoustic guitar with Earl Scruggs and Friends, and for the past five years he has played lead electric and acoustic guitar with movie actor Billy Bob Thorntons rock band. He spent two years (2003-2004) as the guitar player for the Sam Bush Band and also performed with John Jorgensons Gypsy jazz Quintet in 2005. He occasionally performs with an exciting new bluegrass band, calling themselves "Greenbroke," consisting of Brad Davis, John Cowan, John Moore, and Dennis Caplinger.

Brad has worked for, or recorded with, Willie Nelson, Emmy Lou 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. He is currently the host of Commerce County Line, a singer/songwriter television program on the iTelevision network (see www.myccl.tv). 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.

A prolific songwriter Brad has had his songs recorded by various country and bluegrass artists, including country star Tim McGraw (Aint No Angels). He has played on Marty Stuarts gold selling album "This Ones Gonna Hurt You", the Marty Stuart "Hit Pack", and Martys last MCA recording "The Pil

By BradDavis

Tags : acoustic, bluegrass, bush, flatpicking, guitar (0:43) , guitar, instrumental, marty, picking, sam, strings, stuart

Wil Maring and Brad Davis - Bottomlands

wilmaring — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 05:26:59 GMT

Wil Maring wrote the Merlefest award winning "Bottomlands". Brad Davis sat down and picked it with her at the Folk Alliance Conference in Memphis.

By wilmaring

Tags : acoustic, bluegrass, bogguss, bowlin, brad, bush, carpenter, chapin, davis, dolly, flatpicking, gretchen, griffith, guitar, kaplansky, kathy, kim, lucy, mandolin, marty, mary, mattea, maura, merlefest, nanci, o'connell, parton, peters, richey, robert, sam, singer, songwriter, stuart, suzy