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:: Release Info:
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:: Artist......> Debbie Davies
:: Title.......> All I Found
:: Label.......> Telarc
:: Genre.......> Blues
:: Rip.Date....> 07.01.2005
:: Street.Date.> 06.28.2005
:: Source......> CDDA
:: Quality.....> VBRkbps - Joint-Stereo
:: Play Time...> 52:04 min
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:: Track Listing:
::
:: 01. Made Right in the Usa
:: 02. One More Time
:: 03. Evidence
:: 04. All I Found
:: 05. Troughin'
:: 06. I Won't Be Our Boddy Too Long
:: 07. So What
:: 08. Comfort Zone
:: 09. Every Reath I Take
:: 10. Trying to Keep it Real
:: 11. What Do You See in that Girl
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:: Release Notes:
::
::
:: All I Found, Debbie Davies' debut Telarc release, is a gutsy,
:: guitar-driven blues tour de force. Honing her chops in the
:: legendary Albert Collins' band, the Icebreakers, the
:: guitarist/singer/songwriter has been fronting her own
:: powerful blues units over the course of seven
:: critically-acclaimed releases. All I Found, her eighth outing
:: as frontwoman, finds Davies at the top of her game on an
:: album of eleven all-original tracks co-written with longtime
:: songwriting partner Don Costagno.
::
::
:: The backing unit, featuring an all-star cast of Arthur
:: Neilson (second guitar), Bruce Katz (keyboards) and the
:: quintessential blues rhythm section of Noel Neal (bass) and
:: Per Hanson (drums), provides the perfect foundation for
:: DaviesÆ distinctive and articulate guitar playing and the
:: most emotive vocals of her career.
::
:: "Fortunately for me, Shemekia Copeland and her band were
:: taking some down time, and I was able to borrow Arthur
:: Neilson for the project," Davies says in her liner notes.
:: "Arthur is a guitar player's guitar player. He can do it all,
:: from down and dirty Delta blues to uptown funky R&B. But most
:: important of all, he's a great guy with a great attitude and
:: he loves to jam."
::
:: One of only a few female guitar players with a Fender
:: endorsement, Davies has been nominated seven times for W. C.
:: Handy Awards and won the Handy Award for Best Contemporary
:: Female Blues Artist in 1997.
::
:: DaviesÆ parents were musicians--her father was an arranger
:: and session leader for Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Pearl
:: Bailey--and she grew up playing blues and rock on the West
:: Coast. Attending jam sessions in Los Angeles put her in touch
:: with players such as blues guitarist Coco Montoya. Montoya
:: introduced her to Maggie Mayall--wife of British blues great
:: John Mayall--which led to Davies joining MaggieÆs all-woman
:: blues and R&B band, Maggie Mayall & the Cadillacs in 1985.
::
:: Montoya also facilitated Davies' next major career break.
:: Montoya had, at one time, been Albert CollinsÆ drummer, and
:: he introduced Davies to Collins. Collins asked her to join
:: the Icebreakers in 1988. She toured with Collins for four
:: years, leaving to play lead guitar for Jimmy BuffettÆs
:: harmonica man, Fingers Taylor, in 1991. Collins and Davies
:: played together again in 1993 on DebbieÆs solo debut for
:: Blind Pig Records, Picture This. Later that year, Collins
:: died of cancer at age 61.
::
:: "There will never be another Albert," Davies says of her
:: mentor. "He had such a specific style. What I learned from
:: him is that everything that comes out has to be totally wired
:: to your soul--no matter what. I saw how much Albert could go
:: through on the road--the headaches, the setbacks, the
:: breakdowns--and still reach inside his soul each night and
:: just give."
::
:: Davies, one of the top contemporary blues artists on the
:: scene today, injects that same kind of deep, soulful
:: resonance into All I Found. Whether performing live or in the
:: studio, Davies takes Albert CollinsÆ legacy into a new
:: century. She's giving the blues everything sheÆs got.
::
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:: RiP iN PeACe!
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