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Boo Boo Davis

Raw Sounds from the Delta Combined with Modern Grooves

James 'Boo Boo' Davis was born in Drew, Mississippi in the heart of Delta. Boo Boo Davis' father, Sylvester Davis farmed cotton and played several instruments. Musicians who he played with include John Lee Hooker, Elmore James, Pete Williams and Robert Petway. Boo Boo Davis remembers these and other musicians dropping by and rehearsing at their house. At the age of five Boo Boo Davis was playing the harmonica and singing in church with his mother. By thirteen he was playing guitar, and by eighteen he was playing out with his father and older brothers under the name of The Lard Can Band. This band travelled all throughout the Delta and Boo Boo Davis recalls a Battle of Music between The Lard Can Band and a young B.B. King. In the mid sixties Boo Boo Davis and his brothers moved to East St Louis and started playing real drums. His first gig was with Doc Terry. After he left Doc Terry he started a band with Little Aaron and that band became one of the hottest backup bands in St. Louis and they backed up great blues legends like Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Little Milton and Elmore James. In 1972 Boo Boo Davis formed another Davis family band known as the Davis Brothers Band. It was the weekend house band at a club called Tabby=s Red Room in East St Louis for eighteen years. In the USA Boo Boo performed among others at the KING BISCUIT BLUES FESTIVAL (Helena, AR) and the POCONOS BLUESFESTIVAL. His first European tour took place in April 2000 and he performed in Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France and the UK. In the UK he made recordings for the BBC Radio. Since then Boo Boo Davis is touring Europe at least twice a year and he has played on a lot of prestigious jazz and blues festivals all over Europe. In April 2002 he released his second CD (Can Man) and in February 2004 the third one (The Snake). Both of them have been critically acclaimed.

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