Drink Small, Louisiana Red, Lightnin' Hopkins, John Lee Hooker, Pink Anderson, Johnny Shines damnit!, , Robert Wilkins, Townes Van Zant, Jimmie , Mance Lipscomb, Furry Lewis, Jesse Mae Hemphill, Elizabeth Cotten, Fred MacDowell, Woody Guthrie, Gary Davis, John Hurt, Elmore James, Hank Williams, Bob Willis, Eric Von Schmidt, Willie King, Brownie McGee, Dave Van Ronk, Alton Ellis, Jelly Roll Morton, Louis Armstrong, R.L. Burnside, Willie McTell, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Big Bill Broonzy.
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Clapton with bullet wounds. Interests include watching television and attending gospel church.
Blues circuit guitarist/singer Davis Coen's most recent accomplishments have included original music on the DVD release of Martin Scorsese's PBS special 'The Blues'; and a couple of performances on the DVD documentary about Hillcountry Blues and the music of the late-great Jesse Mae Hemphill, entitled 'Dare You To Do It Again'. He also often receives up to 9 plays daily on XM Satellite Radio; achieving the No. 1 position on the XM Blues play chart for his last two CD releases. In addition DC's music gets sporatic airplay on Sirius & Musak satellite radio as well as numerous other blues programs in the U.S. and internationally.
Coen has been touring the U.S. since his teens, often as a solo acoustic guitar and vocal act during the quieter weekdays, then accompanied by bass and drums performing hard blues with an electric trio on weekends.
Davis commonly plays at clubs, bars, and festivals throughout the Southeast and mid-south, being out of Charleston, South Carolina. He has also enjoyed a dozen tours of Europe, promoting his 4 album releases, Cryin the Blues '95, Blues From the Get-go '99, Can't Get There From Here '06, & Ill Disposition '07, which has recently made the nominating ballot for the "Best Traditional Blues" album category for the 2008 Grammy music awards.
He has shared a bill or opened for many classic blues artists such as James Cotton, Junior Wells, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Koko Taylor, Big Jack Johnson, T-Model Ford, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, Eddie Kirkland, Earl King, Nappy Brown, and John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers. He has also shared bills with such non-blues performers as Richie Havens, Mountain, Eric Burdon, Branford Marsalis, Kool & The Gang, Tito Puente and Toots & The Maytals.
These past two years Davis has played at a clean-up kickoffs in Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi for Katrina victims, performing before the Mayor of both Cities and was honored with an achievement award for his conglomerate MS Coast relief efforts.
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thanks for the shout out bro thanks for spreading all the good music! much respect best wishes w/ gigs I take off for 3 week Europe tour back around first part of Aug- more later peace
hah! no but brika is my "name" where as "lauren" is the name i was given at birth. don't be confused, i'm still the same old briks! just... dealing with some split-personality issues. :)
Thank you very much for the friendship! Go straight to the top and be yourself no matter what they say! Best wishes!!! From Russia with love... KATHERINE'S FAVORITES
Damn...i dropped the conversational ball. Sorry 'bout that. I'm living in DC now, and missing the mountains. But I'm learning to play the mandolin. So mostly just singing and relaxing when not at work. Listening to "Long Lost Friend" right this minute. You ever tour up this way?
Hey bud, I broadcasted two of your songs over the Radio UDEM station last week, it is a university down in Monterrey, it was cool, those guys sure did like your music. Cheers... Jorge
