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fave it Country Rock | Traditional Country
11 tracks | 43 minutes
Released Sep 2004
on Bullnettle Records
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- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 03:04 I Thought, She'd Think lyrics BUY MP3 03:04 I Thought, She'd Think lyrics "GIFT MP3" 03:04 I Thought, She'd Think
- sample lyrics "DOWNLOAD" 04:57 Magnolia lyrics BUY MP3 04:57 Magnolia lyrics "GIFT MP3" 04:57 Magnolia
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Davin James' third release, "Magnolia" reaches the top with traditional country, southern rock, Dixieland, and a little jazz.
Editorial review
Davin James possesses a deep, rich voice that is pitched somewhere between John Hammond, Jr.'s blues pipes and Waylon Jennings' outlaw country vocals, and he uses it to evocative effect on this release. He's also a formidable guitar talent. Magnolia's roving muse swings through Gulf Coast blues stylings, straight-up country, and country-rock. The album starts with the ringing guitar leads of "I Thought, She'd Think," which is a melodic slab of upbeat country-rock. The title track, meanwhile, is dusty country blues, while "The One That Got Away" hunkers down into heart-rending traditional country. "N'Awlins Night" has to be James' <i>pi?ce de r?sistance</i>, however, with his jazzy crooning and nimble fingerpicking sounding as aged and colorful as the city to which he's paying tribute. In a genre populated with too many "all hat and no country" talents, this Texas artist proves on Magnolia that he's in a league with such fellow "real deals" as Dallas Wayne and Redd Volkaert. ~ Erik Hage, All Music Guide
Bio / Background
Davin James is bigger than life, but not big enough to contain the music that explodes out of him every time he picks up a guitar.
He's a showman through and through. James figures there's no point in getting up on that stage if you're not willing to strut your stuff - that's guitar playing that rivals the likes of B.B. King, Toy Caldwell, and Stevie Ray Vaughn; and powerhouse vocals tailor-made for music that stretches from Cajun and Gulf blues to rock and traditional country. He tops it off with showmanship that grabs an audience and never lets go. James is an entertainer right down to the tips of his flashy handmade boots.
Born in Jackson, Mississippi, he grew up in Louisiana and Arkansas, and landed in South Texas when he was twelve. James soaked up the music around him along the way; especially the country music he picked up from hanging around his dad.
↓ more ↓When James was just knee-high, his father would take him on hunting and fishing trips, and at night, after cooking their catch, they'd sit by the fire and Dad would play his guitar. Those times made a real impression on James, and when he was thirteen, he started playing the guitar himself. The first song he learned was Merle Haggard's "Ramlin Fever". "I knew when I hit that first chord, I wanted to play music for a living." He says.
James was deeply influenced by his father, who passed along his love for the music of the South and a passion for playing. Other early influences included Merle Haggard, George Jones, and Bob Wills, as well as Southern rockers like Lynyrd Skynyrd. But James' world stopped when he heard Hank Williams, Jr.'s "Whisky Bent and Hell Bound". "He put all that stuff together," James says. "Hardcore honky-tonk, blues, gospel, Dixieland, Southern rock. Like Williams, James is unwilling to confine himself to a single genre. With echoes of the greats of southern country, rock, and blues in his heart, he puts his unique stamp on the rich musical heritage of Texas and the South.
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