Chalked full of styles and textures from large, rockin’ ensembles (“Mystery Woman”) to stripped-down acoustic (“The Cardinal”), alt-country (“Still Drinkin’ Your Whiskey”) and rippin’ slide guitar (“1937”), the 12-track disc is a ride through roots-based Americana. Push play and you’ll hear folk, rock, blues, country, jazz and bluegrass.
Always trying to reach the senses through lyrical groove and an expressive arsenal of sounds, his live show continues to create a buzz. While guitar is his bread and butter, Davis often layers his solo acoustic sound with a harmonica around his neck, and the occasional mandolin, banjo, kazoogle and foot percussion. Many have commented on Davis’s organic-sounding bottleneck slide and his uncanny use of alternate tunings.
In addition to vocals, Davis plays multiple instruments on the disc, including acoustic, electric, and pedal steel guitars, harmonica, bass, mandolin, washboard, jaw harp, kalimba, and an assortment of household percussion.
Tracklist
1937
Pappa Hemmi’s Hideout
Mystery Woman
Still Drinkin’ Your Whiskey
Leavin’ the 9 to 5
Pass It On
For Your Own Good
Looking Back
What the Hell, Grandpa
GP
Day the River Died
The Cardinal