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| Alternative pop songster Andy Davis returns this fall with his piano and soaring falsetto for his first full-band LP. Recorded in 10 days in Los Angeles with legendary producer Mitchell Froom (Sheryl Crow, Los Lobos, Elvis Costello, Crowded House, Randy Newman), "Let The |
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Thursday, August 28th, 2008
8/20/08- Andy was in USA Today!!
Andy was in USA Today!!
Andy's song, Beautiful Day for Bad News is featured as "Pick of the Week" by USA Today! click below for full article....
USA Today- Pick of the Week: Andy Davis
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| Date |
Time |
Location |
Venue |
| Sep.06.2008 |
9:00 pm |
Greenville, SC |
The Handlebar |
| Sep.08.2008 |
7:30 pm |
Charlottesville, VA |
Gravity Lounge |
| Sep.09.2008 |
7:30 pm |
Philadelphia, PA |
World Cafe Live |
| Sep.10.2008 |
7:30 pm |
Vienna, VA |
Jammin' Java |
| Sep.11.2008 |
8:00 pm |
Boston, MA |
Cafe 939 |
| Sep.12.2008 |
10:00 pm |
Northampton, MA |
Iron Horse Music Hall |
| Sep.13.2008 |
8:00 pm |
Nashville, TN |
Cannery Ballroom |
| Sep.17.2008 |
9:30 pm |
Cleveland, OH |
House of Blues- Cambridge Room |
| Sep.18.2008 |
9:00 pm |
Chicago, IL |
Schuba's |
| Sep.21.2008 |
7:00 pm |
Grand Rapids, MI |
The Intersection |
| Sep.23.2008 |
8:00 pm |
Indianapolis, IN |
Music Mill |
| Sep.25.2008 |
8:00 pm |
Birmingham, AL |
Workplay Theater |
| Nov.07.2008 |
7:00 pm |
Conway, AK |
University of Central Arkansas- Student Center Ballroom |
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Alternative pop songster Andy Davis returns this fall with his piano and soaring falsetto for his first full-band LP. Recorded in 10 days in Los Angeles with legendary producer Mitchell Froom (Sheryl Crow, Los Lobos, Elvis Costello, Crowded House, Randy Newman), "Let The Woman" is a collection of songs that separates Davis from the crowd.
Earning comparisons from Ben Folds to Paul Simon to Badly Drawn Boy, as well as the classic story-centered songwriting of Billy Joel, this Nashville-based 25-year-old embraces a range of times, influences and genres, his distinctive melodies and infectious layered vocals anchored by personal yet universal lyrics.
Andy has recently signed a deal with bigHelium records and Barnes & Noble, who will exclusively release and promote "Let The Woman" this fall in their more than 700 stores located throughout the United States.
Look for Andy Davis on tour through the summer and fall, and pick up a copy of "Let The Woman" -- on sale at Barnes & Noble Booksellers and at www.bn.com. The album also just released to iTunes on February 5th! |
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| Thursday, August 28th, 2008
8/20/08- Andy was in USA Today!!
Andy was in USA Today!!
Andy's song, Beautiful Day for Bad News is featured as "Pick of the Week" by USA Today! click below for full article....
USA Today- Pick of the Week: Andy Davis
Posted By Andy Davis @ 6:58 PM |
| Thursday, August 28th, 2008
8/8/08- TOT tour recap... of sorts
Friday, August 08, 2008
TOT tour.....a recap of sorts.
friends. Ten Out of Tenn tour has come to an end. 15 days in a row, 16 shows....12 people on a bus....
I wanted to make a youtube video from the TOT tour....there was definitely tons and tons of video-able things happening....but I didn't. Basically, to work on editing a video would mean that I'd have to miss out on the fun.....and since the fun was nonstop, there was no time for editing.
Fun such as:
-passing out glowing mouthpieces after the NYC show and having a makeshift rave in the front lounge of the bus, blasting any upbeat Dylan songs we could find.
-trying to insert the phrase "TOT" into any sentence. (For example: "My TOT feels funny today." or "Uh oh....Tyler got some TOT last night!!" or "GO TOT yourself!" None of which make any sense.)
-watching certain non-female TOT tour members get pedicures at a random Walmart
-bribing the owner of a duckpin bowling alley in Indianapolis to stay open late so we could have the place to ourselves (This might be one of the top 3 memories). Duckpin bowling is like bowling from the 20s or something with small pins and bowling balls just bigger than softballs. Kinda like we were in the first Back to the Future, only with beer from 2008, and no clock tower to save.
-ongoing late night billiards tournaments (i owe all success to my billiards partner, butterfly boucher, who may be the best pool shark I've ever seen.)
-late night installments of the BBC series "North and South" during what I like to call TOTea Time. This is where myself, Katie Herzig, Butterfly, and drummer Will Sayles liked to retreat to the back lounge of the tour bus to remind ourselves that we are high-brow, classy individuals, with a taste for the finer things in life.....stories of propriety, historical fiction....and unrequited love. (Granted, we couldn't understand their accents and had to watch it in subtitles....and also I fell asleep a lot.) (Side note, Griffin House also joined TOTea Time occasionally, once being lulled to sleep by the rocking of the bus, his head landing gently on my shoulder for the remainder of the evening. Erm, the memories.)
-playing slide guitar on K.S. Rhoads' "Bayonet". This was probably the highlight of the set list for me every night. That's why people probably saw me dancing like a thug rapper with sunglasses on during that song. I was feelin it.
There are tons of other memories that I'm sure will hit me later.....but these were definitely worth mentioning.
LUCKILY, the entire tour was filmed, from morning til night. Literally 8 hours of footage a day. Special thanks to Jeff Wilson, for carrying around that camera all day long and capturing every embarrassing thing we did during the tour. You will be the richest man in Nashville based on blackmail footage.
So yes, there will be some videos coming out here and there from the tour.....plus eventually a concert documentary, a la The Last Waltz.....or perhaps we'll just save the footage til we're all superstars, and then title the movie, "Before The Were Legends."
Oh, and next time you get a rash on your TOT, don't scratch it.
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Posted By Andy Davis @ 6:55 PM |
| Thursday, August 28th, 2008
7/21/08- Andy's on board for the Ten Out of Tenn Tour!
Posted By Andy Davis @ 6:54 PM |
| Thursday, August 28th, 2008
5/14/08- spring tour is over
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
spring tour is over.....
Just wanted to drop a paragraph or 2 to say hello---
first of all, thank you to all the people who came out to the shows on this past tour---we played 30 shows in 35 days.....pretty grueling to be honest. but it was awesome to have people pumped to hear music all the way through---very awesome.
I'm pretty pumped to be back in Nashville for a while..... I love traveling and playing shows, but it's really hard to write new material when you're in hotel rooms every night and spending most of the day on the interstate....
Right now I'm actually watching teenage mutant ninja turtles 3.....when they go back in time to feudal japan.....nice surprise to see some good shows on TV for a change. maybe i'll put out a ninja record this summer...
ok more soon--just wanted to check in and say thanks for everyone coming out to the shows over the past couple months---goodbye friends
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Posted By Andy Davis @ 6:52 PM |
| Thursday, August 28th, 2008
4/14/08- on tour....new video fun...hello
Monday, April 14, 2008
on tour....new video fun.....hello.
Current mood: adventurous
Category: Music
well, i admit this probably concludes my longest blog silence in my myspace history......thank you guys for being patient---
I'm currently out on tour with my friend Dave Barnes.....we're doing about 30 shows over the course of 35 days.....pretty jam packed. we're about 1/4 of the way into the tour at this point.....I'm sitting in a Hampton Inn Lobby at 2:20am......
I was planning on knocking out the rest of my taxes tonight, but decided to just do the extension thing.......I'm a procrastinator about certain things---taxes is definitely one of them. I welcome any and all emails from CPAs that want to help a brother out.
So let's see---what's new.......
I taught my iPhone how to play drums on one of my songs, so I've been trying that out at my shows.....adding a little techno element to the AD catalog I guess.....I named my phone Charles Douglas Davis, for the sake of having a name......"Give it up for Charlie!" sounds better than "Give it up for phone!"
Also, I built this awesome box/stand for my keyboard to make it look like an actual upright piano when I play shows. Unfortunately, Dave's band voted it out of our trailer, since it was so large and awkward to pack. So when they swung through nashville last week, they dropped it off. So if you saw it on the road on the first few shows of the tour, please tell everyone else how awesome it was.
This past week was my birthday. Yes, I have a week-long birthday---my mother was in labor for an entire week, so I celebrate all week long.
That's not actually true---however, I did weigh 10lbs10.5ounces when I was born. Yikes. when I bowl I usually use the 10pounder, and I can't imagine having that thing inside me.
Weird. Ok, sorry bout that rant
But.......for my bday I got to fulfill a lifelong dream---I went to the Masters!! It was only for the practice round and part 3 tournament, but still, I got to sit right behind Tiger Woods on the practice range, and got to be a few feet away from Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, and Jack Nicklaus as they teed off.....listening over their shoulder as they talked about what they had for dinner last night....about their new grandkids....pretty amazing. I don't really get starstruck with most celebs, but with pro golfers I'm a little bit fluttery inside......
Actually, side note on the Masters.....I played a show in New Orleans on Tuesday night, immediately got into a rental car and drove 10hours through the night to be in Augusta at 8am, ready to walk around the course for 8 hours in the hot sun. Let's just say I slept well that night.
Another side note: when I arrived at Augusta, I had about 30minutes to spare, so I tried to lay back in the driver's seat and take a quick nap. Unfortunately, I kept dreaming that I was falling asleep at the wheel, and would wake up with an intense adrenaline rush grabbing the steering wheel and hitting the brakes. Not a fun feeling.
Well, I'll be checking in more often now---it's good to see a lot of you guys at shows thus far---check the sched and come on out if we're headed near ya---
I'll leave you with a little video from the road. We try to eat really healthy on the road....as much as we can.....but sometimes there are side effects.
Posted By Andy Davis @ 6:51 PM |
| Thursday, August 28th, 2008
2/4/08-back from the dead and the rockboat
Monday, February 04, 2008
back from the dead and the rockboat
Current mood: uuaaaaghhhhhhhh
yall thought i was dead
ok so lots to talk about!!
1. FIRST OF ALL----TODAY "LET THE WOMAN" IS AVAILABLE ON ITUNES!! So yeah. I'm happy about that.
2. ROCKBOAT
the rockboat. yep, it happened. since i can't give every detail, here are a few highlights and setbacks that stuck out to me:
GOOD MEMORIES:
-ice cream cones galore
-waking up at 2pm to eat breakfast, i.e., ice cream cones
-ordering 2 entrees at dinner most nights, plus this "warm chocolate melting cake" thing (so good it makes each of your individual teeth moan and wail for more bites)
-meeting a bunch of new friends, and getting to instantly see people at their craziest....which can be good or bad
-hosting Bingo, with an ice cream cone in my hand
-watching nathan angelo go down the waterslide 7 times in a row, sprinting and cheering between each lap
-on the last morning, watching Miami approach in the distance as the sun came up
BAD MEMORIES:
-seasickness
-on Jamaica day, i forgot to wake up and only had 30 minutes to experience Jamaica, and did so from the back of a cab with a drug-pushing cab driver. in the rain. actually that was kinda fun
-the feeling you get at 4am when you try to eat 3 pieces of pizza from the midnight buffet, thinking it will make you "just right" and ready for bed....but doesn't.
-losing my digital camera. yeah. serious bummer. I actually know where I left it--I think one of the off-duty boat dancers made off with it from inside this piano bar area....BOOOOOO. actually they didn't take it. i just forgot it there. bums magee.
All in all, it was a fun trip---got to know a few artists that i'd only known through myspace and was super impressed----keaton simons, sons of william, alternate routes, brett dennen, kyle riabko.......got to hang with old friends and was still impressed by them---marc broussard guys, jon mclaughlin and gang, aslyn, david ryan harris....
So all was fun. hope to be on there again next year, ice cream in hand.
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3. NORTHEAST TOUR
After the rockboat (literally the morning it ended), I flew my dehydrated, sleep-deprived self from the 80degree weather of Miami to the 20degree weather of NYC to begin a short run of shows throughout the northeast. I have no idea how I stayed healthy through that climate change---gallons of water, mixed with Airborne and preventative flu medicine, along with as much "healthy" food as I could find.
3a--the Living Room show in NYC was awesome--packed house----i wore my new gloves that are kinda like little gray 80s sweatpants for your hands with the fingers cut out---
3b--Paradise Lounge in Boston was awesome; I have to give a special shout out to the girl/woman who was dancing all by herself right in front of the stage (while the rest of the crowd sat listening)---I appreciate your boldness and bravery, and am curious where you learned some of those moves. (you people who were there know what i'm talking about. hey, i'm not hatin'---just sayin'---wow)
3c--RamsHead in Annapolis---I opened this show for these guys Lowen and Navarro---they're this legendary songwriting team that had some super big hits back in the 80s and 90s. They were seriously some of the warmest, most welcoming people i've ever done a show with. They asked me to come out and sing with them at the end of their set on their "claim to fame" song, "We Belong Together" (made famous by Pat Benatar). I was honored, but, embarrassingly didn't know all the lyrics----So I made some panicky phone calls, and downloaded the song from iTunes to make sure I knew it-------THEN, they end up singing half the song in Spanish. haha. Oh well, I was faking it as hard as I could......but it was awesome. The words that I knew, I sang with all my heart. Seriously, though, they were quality individuals---much respect to them
3d--Pittsburgh at the Club Cafe: fun show---good times exploring the local bar and late night gyro selections of the Steel city.....wanted to go to the andy warhol museum the next morning, but needed beauty rest even more.
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4. Back home for a week----
So it feels pretty great to be sitting in my living room right now after a long few weeks away from home, with a violently changing set of surroundings. I'm pretty bad about procrastinating sometimes, and I'm doing my best to avoid tackling the pile of papers and emails that I returned to a couple days ago......the word "taxes" seriously makes me want to do ANYTHING except for taxes. i found myself researching herbal digestive cleanse programs, searching for video examples of all 40 snare drum rudiments online.... i even physically sawed apart an old organ to try and build something with its frame. i go to great lengths to avoid certain responsibilities, as you can see.
But I'm going to get on it tomorrow.
Well, I leave you folks with a video
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