Davis Raines

Bio:

Davis Raines is now touring in support of his new CD, Going To Montgomery (national release date: January 21, 2008), available now at CDBaby.com and other fine retailers. When Davis Raines sings a song about one of life's drifters who ran afoul of the law, it's no pose. The singer-songwriter didn't get around to a music career until his mid-30s, after he decided to leave behind his job as a captain of a maximum security prison in Alabama, where, for a time, he was in charge of Death Row. Raines doesn't get completely bogged down in prison songs, though. The music on his critically acclaimed 1998 debut, Big Shiny Cars includes hardcore tunes like Working Homicide, Hell for Breakfast and Last Hard Man in Elmore County. 2003's Parts Unknown found Raines further developing a broader cross-section of country-tinged singer-songwriter fare with a storyteller's gift for metaphor. As a songwriter he has a cut on the Grammy nominated album Wave On Wave by Pat Green. The album was recently certified Gold. He's also had songs recorded by Kenny Rogers, Pinmonkey, Pam Tillis, and Walt Wilkins & The Mystiqueros. Raines' newest CD, Going To Montgomery, is scheduled for release in late 2007..   I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace..   I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)..   I edited my profile with Thomas Myspace Editor V4.4 (www.strikefile.com/myspace)~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Going to Montgomery continues the great arc of work by one of the world's last true poet-storytellers. . . . Davis Raines is one of the few real treasures left in ‘Music City,’ or anywhere.” --WALT WILKINS~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Songs like ‘Bad Habits’ and ‘Pocketful of Jack’ make it easy to understand what’s wrong with most of the skin deep music that’s being made today. These are songs that go far beyond the standard 5 minutes of fame approach, and reach into the heart and soul of anybody who’s lived a full life. Davis’s soulful voice only adds to the depth of his illustrative skills at writing. . . . Simple, direct and beautifully raw.” --NANCY MONTGOMERY, MUSIC NEWS NASHVILLE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Going To Montgomery should elevate Davis Raines to a level reserved for our greatest songwriters, written from the same soulful place that brought us the Williamses: Hank and Lucinda.” --REX MILLER, WFHB-FM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “The imagery, subject matter and seamless craftsmanship of his songs makes one think of fabled Texas-based songwriters such as Guy Clark and Townes Van Zant.” –MIKE LEONARD, BLOOMINGTON (IN) HERALD-TIMES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Going to Montgomery [is] a journey from the black desert of the soul to the gleaming halls of redemption. It’s emotionally rich and, like the human spirit, often surprising.” –TED DROZDOWSKI~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Davis Raines takes his place in the lineage of Cash, Kristofferson, Willie and Waylon on Going To Montgomery. Davis is the missing link to the past and present of country music.” --BILLY BLOCK, HOST/PRODUCER, THE BILLY BLOCK SHOW

Member Since:

October 05, 2007

Members:

Mark Robinson; Don Kerce

Influences:

American Roots Music; Hank Williams; Muddy Waters; AM Radio, Sam Phillips and Sun Records; Ernest Hemingway, George Gordon, Lord Byron; Bruce Springsteen; Mack Rawlinson; The ABB and Capricorn Records; The Outlaw Movement and Texas songwriters; The Muscle Shoals Sound.

Record Label:

APS