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Rear View Mirror
$9.99
2008
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Aaron Davis is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. A full-time performer and writer who plays over 200 shows a year, his eclectic song craft spans folk, alt-country, blues, rock, jazz, and bluegrass--all contributing to a personal brand of Americana and roots music.Davis' tune "1937," the lead song on his new release "Rear View Mirror," received runner up honors at the 2008 Dreams Acres Music Festival Singer-Songwriter Contest in North Carolina. Alongside Brett Dennon and Xavier Rudd, Aaron also had one of his songs selected for the television series Road Trip Nation, which was featured online at MSN.com. He has also performed live on Wyoming Public Radio (NPR), KMTN, and KHOL in Wyoming, Revolution 91.7 in Kentucky.Past performances have included opening slots and show bills with Wilco, Willie Nelson, Yonder Mountain String Band, Medeski Martin & Wood, Brian Wilson, James McMurtry, Grace Potter & The Nocturnals, Kaki King, Reckless Kelly, Ben Winship, Blue Turtle Seduction, Mickey and the Motorcars, The Woodbox Gang and Anne & Pete Sibley.He maintains a busy performance schedule, which includes local residencies during the summer and winter and consistent East and West coast tours in the fall and spring. Aaron was also selected to headline the 'Soundcheck' Concert Series hosted by the Pinedale Fine Arts Council in summer 2008.Always trying to reach the senses through lyrical groove and an eclectic arsenal of sounds, his live show continues to create a buzz. While guitar is his bread and butter, Davis layers the 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.“Open tunings can create an entirely different energy for specific songs,” says Davis. “I use the slide to add an element of edge to the mix, and there’s more room for experimenting with pitch and raw sounds.”He is also the founder and producer of Songwriter's Alley, a regional songwriter concert series in Jackson Hole. The series aims to put acoustic songwriters in front of a listening audience of all ages.Aaron combines his crafty originals with creative arrangements of tunes by Dylan, Greg Brown, Woody Guthrie, The Rolling Stones, Townes Van Zandt, Neil Young, Wilco and old bluesmen such as Rev. Gary Davis, among others.In addition to his solo work, Davis can be heard through a number of other music projects including his quartet Boondocks (www.myspace.com/boondocksband)."His music--the lyrics, the arrangements, the subjects--they do not fit neatly into any one box; they're as varied as human experience, and Davis explores this richness in his songs; Davis breathes new life into acoustic roots music by keeping his rear view mirror tilted towards the greats of the past while progressing into his own realm of Americana," said Ryan Allen, songwriter, radio personality, and author of "Catch the Wind."InstrumentationAaron Davis solo- vocal, guitar, slide, harmonica, foot percussion, kazoogle, mandolin, banjo,Aaron Davis & The Docks (quartet) - electric and acousic guitars, mandolin, bass, drums, rippin' harmonicaDiscographySolo:Rear View Mirror (Yella Dog Records/2008)"Livin'" EP (2002)As frontman/songwriter of Boondocks:"Live at the Silver Dollar" (Gros Ventre River Records/2007)As frontman/songwriter of Global Review:"Transcend" - Global Review (2006)All of the above receive airplay at Revolution 91.7 in Kentucky, KMTN, KHOL and Wyoming Public Radio (NPR) in Wyoming
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