Mark Davis
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| Member Since | 9/13/2006 | | Band Website | myspace.com/markwdavis | | Band Members | currently: michael oren silverman (drums, arrangements), dawn, jen, owen (saved by radio / saved by vinyl). sometime collaborators: robin hunter, jay crocker, marek tyler, jody johnson, shuyler jansen, darrek anderson, romi mayes, sarah wheeler, gavin dunn, scott franchuk / also see these sites... old reliable, shuyler jansen, the swiftys, saved by radio, saved by vinyl, dub vulture, and choir and marching band. | | Influences | the wombles, the foggy duo, the rolling stones, the beatles, abba, the kinks, wings, roger whitaker, simon and garfunkel, trooper, fleetwood mac, gordon lightfoot, the monks, blondie, split enz, pink floyd, the clash, the who, the doors, the police, led zeppelin, motorhead, iron maiden, the specials, the pretenders, the smiths, the cure, the english beat, new order, the jam, black sabbath, jr. gone wild, idyl tea, the mighty lemondrops, the smithereens, the undertones, the buzzcocks, echo and the bunnymen, r.e.m., john coltrane, the psychedelic furs, the style council, the jesus and mary chain, miles davis, neil young, bob dylan, tom waits, woody guthrie, townes van zandt, norman blake, tim buckley, nick drake, phil ochs, john lennon, fairport convention, stan rogers, sandy denny, pentangle, john fahey, television, wire, ornette coleman, david bowie, billy bragg, lucinda williams, van morrison, pere ubu, galaxie 500, young marble giants, the go betweens, charles mingus, big star, velvet underground, sonic youth, bruce springsteen, the band, richard thompson, husker du, sebadoh, big star, mudhoney, dinosaur jr., nirvana, the wedding present, pavement, superchunk, teenage fanclub, the lemonheads, flaming lips, the screaming trees, keith jarrett, the imagineers, the naked and the dead, s.n.f.u., the smalls, the doughboys, fugazi, the nils, big drill car, deadbeat backbone, eric satie, vic chesnutt, yo la tengo, giant sand, meat puppets, guided by voices, uncle tupelo, red red meat, gram parsons, kris kristofferson, palace brothers, johnny cash, waylon jennings, blind willie mctell, joe henry, the jayhawks, fred eaglesmith, rex, alejandro escovedo, emmylou harris, willie nelson, merle haggard, george jones, wilco, richard buckner, billy joe shaver, guy clark, butch hancock, joe ely, jimmie dale gilmore, the rachels, calexico, the swiftys, queens of the stoneage, pan american, pole, bonnie prince billy, karen dalton, arab strap, sun kil moon, cat power, smog, sparklehorse, pajo, great lake swimmers, the hobotron, my morning jacket, pink mountaintops, magnolia electric co., iron and wine, low, chad vangaalen, thurston moore, bon iver, and other such things | | Sounds Like | 1/144 th of the above x 144 ish | | Record Label | Saved By Radio | | Type of Label | Major |
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The Library Theatre (guest at Robin Hunter cd release) |
Edmonton, Alberta |
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The Velvet Underground - wcma saved by radio showcase |
Edmonton, Alberta |
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The Pawn Shop - wcma mint / saved by radio showcase (w/ Old Reliable) |
Edmonton, Alberta |
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Kaffe 1870 w/ Shuyler Jansen |
Wakefield, Quebec |
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L’Hemisphere Gauche w/ Shuyler Jansen and Luther Wright |
Montreal, Quebec |
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The Living Room w/ Shuyler Jansen and Luther Wright |
Kingston, Ontario |
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The Boathouse w/ Shuyler Jansen and Luther Wright |
Kitchener, Ontario |
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The Elmdale Tavern w/ Doug Paisley |
Ottawa, Ontario |
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The Dakota Tavern w/ Doug Paisley |
Toronto, Ontario |
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The Urban Lounge - songwriter series |
Edmonton, Alberta |
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| About Mark Davis |
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*CBC GALAXIE SATELITE RADIO, MOST-PLAYED HIGH-ROTATION FOLK / ROOTS ARTIST (CANADIAN) 2007*
*EXCLAIM MAGAZINE, TOP 10 FOLK / ROOTS RELEASES 2007*
*EARSHOT, NATIONAL CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY RADIO TOP 10 FOLK / ROOTS RELEASES 2007*
*EDMONTON JOURNAL, TOP 10 ALBUM RELEASES 2007*
*EARSHOT, NUMBER 1 FOLK / ROOTS RELEASE, MAY & JUNE 2007* *RED DEER ADVOCATE, TOP 10 FOLK / ROOTS RELEASES 2007*
*EXCLAIM MAGAZINE, TOP 10 FOLK / ROOTS RELEASES 2005 (w. OLD RELIABLE)*
*EARSHOT, NCCR TOP 50, 6 WEEKS 2005 (w. OLD RELIABLE)*
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ COMMENTS: "stunning" (UNCUT aug 07); "a two album tour de force" (Penguin Eggs); 5/5 - "each easily qualifies as the roots release of the year" (Eye); "truly a work of genius" (monkeybiz.ca); "stunning tours de force...there is simply no denying the poetic power of this double whammy. Critics are promiscuously dishing out four- and five-star ratings for them but you can safely believe the hype" (Exclaim!); "one of the most beautiful songs of the century" (Le Cri Du Coyote on "By the Time"): "tough, intense, introspective and impossible to ignore" (Uptown Magazine); "two stunning solo albums" (Edmonton Journal); "deliciously doomy" (UNCUT nov 05); "the louis l'amour of troubadours" (The Manitoban); "a gifted songwriter...profoundly moving and genuinely soul stirring" (FFWD); "a low key triumph" (Americana UK); "a minor sensation...one of those surprises that make you so happy when they occaisionally hit you" (Trots Allt); "an impressive and moving achievement...in the same ballpark as lou reed and john cale's brilliant and insightful tribute to andy warhol, songs for drella" (the Georgia Strait); "a glorious life-affirming musical and lyrical statement...proof that the deeply personal can be magically universal" (Exclaim!); "a thoroughly modern piece of folk music" (See); 8/10 - "showcases a lyrical talent...the articulate product of an interesting man" (Americana UK) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MARK WILLIAM DAVIS: b. 1968, bristol, england. thirty-three years an albertan. /// solo (songs, guitars, percussion, keyboards, harmonica...); often augmented by michael oren silverman (drums, arrangements). by turns, uplifted by a brood of others. /// from father's turntable-abbey road-infant fascination, through hellfire-music lesson-small child-traumatization, soundtrack-fuelled foolhardy juvenile infatuations, to downhome-deadend-dogged-midlife (de)termination.... /// twelve years co-fronting old reliable (four albums to date, more to come); two solo cds and lp released june 07. touring ongoing. all albums by way of saved by radio / saved by vinyl (calgary, ab.), publicity by killbeat music (vancouver, bc), distribution by scratch (vancouver, b.c.). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DISCOGRAPHY: gone are the days (old reliable, 1999, independent - with guest howe gelb); the gradual moment (old reliable, 2001, independent - with guests giant sand, corby lund, bob egan); pulse of light / dark landscape (old reliable, 2002, independent - with guests mike caldwell, shannon johnson; photos by elliot landy); the burning truth (old reliable 2005, saved by radio); don't you think we should be closer? (solo, 2007, saved by radio - with help from robin hunter, romi mayes, marek tyler, shuyler jansen, jody johnson, darrek anderson, sarah wheeler, mike silverman, and scott franchuk); mistakes i meant to make (solo, 2007, saved by radio - with help from jay crocker, j.c. jones, and dave alcock); parts 1&2 lp (solo, 2007, saved by vinyl); fifteen compilations (old reliable and solo, variuos illustrious imprints); guest appearances on other's releases (tanyss nixi, everett laroi, jen kraatz, and thea vs. loki). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SHARED STAGES, BILLINGS: guy clark, alejandro escovedo, fred eaglesmith, ray condo, giant sand, howe gelb, the sadies, richard buckner, pieta brown, bo ramsey, john d. graham, terry allen, kathleen edwards, the smalls, k'naan, the corb lund band, chad van gaalen, the great lake swimmers, deadbolt, the d. rangers, patty griffin, gord downie (the tragically hip), mike mcdonald, oh susanna, carolyn mark, bob egan (blue rodeo, wilco, freakwater), mike plume, christine fellows, jay crocker, romi mayes, zubot and dawson, doug paisley, shuyler jansen, luther wright and the wrongs, the swiftys, whitey houston, vailhalen, sarah wheeler, lorrie matheson, aa soundsystem, rodney decroo, rae spoon, danny michel, darrek anderson and the guarenteed, cuff the duke, ghostkeeper, gordie tentrees, ann vriend, the wailin' jennys, amy seely, po' girl, the great outdoors, samantha king.... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FESTIVALS/SHOWCASES/WIERD THINGS: edmonton folk fest., dawson city music fest., yellowknife folk on the rocks, calgary folk fest., sxsw (austin, tx), nxne (toronto), north country fair (n. alberta), ottawa blues fest., calgary blues and roots, waynefest (the badlands), new music west (vancouver), juno fest (edmonton), alberta scene (ottawa), western canadian music awards (calgary, edmonton), ckua alberta sessions (calgary), big valley jamboree (camrose, alberta), north american folk alliance (the beaver suite, austin, tx).... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LOCATIONS PLAYED: appleton, ashcroft, austin, burnaby, calgary (night gallery, karma, ironwood, broken city, hifi, folk fest, marquee room, ship and anchor, a bar named sue, bowness hall, engineered air theatre, mcmahon stadium), camrose, canmore, cassidy, comox, courteney, cranbrook, dauphin, dawson city, dawson creek (klondike hotel), deluth, edmonton (winspear centre, rev, blue chair, black dog, the empress, blackbyrd, new city likwid lounge, myer horowitz, dan and jen's, suburbs, the yard, katie's, masonic hall, mickey finn's, rosebowl, rosebowl south, sugarbowl, fort edmonton, dark camel, city media club, sidetrack, hilltop pub, folk fest, starlite, bonnie doon hall, the velvet underground, the pawn shop, full moon, power plant, library theatre, nest), enderby, fernie (arts station), grand prarie (bj's), guelph, hamilton, hope, invermere (bobby's), jasper (downstream) , joussard, kelowna, kingston (the living room), kitchener (the boathouse), lacombe, lethbridge (tongue n groove, the slice), london, madison, minneapolis, montreal (barfly), nanaimo, nelson (civic), northfield, ottawa (the elmdale tavern, barrymore's, manx), red deer (billy's, vat), regina (the club), revelstoke, salmo, saskatoon (lydia's, amigo's), sault st marie, sherwood park (caffrey's, festival place), sudbury, thunder bay, toronto (the dakota tavern, horseshoe, cadillac lounge, communist's daughter, 360), vancouver (sugar refinery, backstage lounge, railway club, marine club, main), vernon, victoria (lucky, logan's, solstice cafe, thursday's), wakefield (kaffe 1870, black sheep), waterloo, whistler, whitehorse, windsor, winnipeg (candor, times changed, pyramid), yellowknife. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4
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