Big Al Davies Guitar, Bass, Mandolin, Ukulele, Banjoele, Keyboards, Harmonica.
Pete Six: Plays Guitar and sings backing vocals sometimes and produces tracks sometimes.
Influences
Bonzo Dog Band, Tiny Tim, Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain, R Stevie Moore, XTC, Martin Newell, Brotherhood Of Lizards, Cleaners From Venus, Andy Partridge, Lounge, Easy, Beatles, Kinks, Rolling Stones, The Who, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett, Ramones, Tom Waits, Holly Golightly, The Family Mahone, The Pogues, Christy Moore.
Big Al Davies started as a drummer with a band called Pyjama Souffle in 1985, he moved onto Keyboards with Caerphilly Punky-pop band the B Days and sang a couple of songs each set which gave him the taste for singing live.
He left Doc Savage in 1987 after forming it with Pete six who was the B Days manager at the time, but he did sing live with them in Caerphilly a couple or three times until he fell off stage after a small slip and some brandy.
He formed his own band as a singer-guitarist with Dave Grayland and Neil Williams and they had no fixed name and a couple of gigs before he left to rejoin himself as a solo singer songwriter (for want of a better description), he is a singer that writes songs, but doesn't sound like James Taylor.
Along the way Al has played bass with Doc Savage in Caerphilly and the Sheds in Rudry, keyboards and Vocals with The Caerphillybillies and mandolin with the Wickhams (a fake paddy band band of Welshmen) he also plays mandolin with a yet un-named act called either the Pikes or the Mainwarings or the Beer Kats or the House of Lords.
He released a cassette on Brainwash tapes in 1988 called "God and Fish" another called "Guts For Garters" in 1990, in 2000 he appeared on the Martin Newell tribute album Re:Newell playing the Brotherhood of Lizards tune "Rusty Iron Sun", he then had his first worldwide album release last year with "Feztastic" which includes two songs produced by Pete from Doc Savage and the crowd pleaser "Landlubber".
He is currently trying to complete his next album called "The Ploughman's Lunch" and is working on a project with Roger Radio and Ron Bookless along with mail artist Michael Leigh.
Big Al has written nearly 300 songs and is a close personal friend of Emperor Rhubarb with whom he shares a birthday and a mistress.
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Just stopping by to say hello and give you some news. The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website. You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
The new album 'Coolgilly and the Freakshow' from Centascope is now available worldwide from CD Baby and directly from the merchandise page of the official website.
You can also get the album from Apple iTunes, MSN Music, Rhapsody, Napster, Amazon and many more.
Saturday 17th January sees The Legendary Doc Savage kick off 2009 in style by returning to one of the best, if not THE best venue in South Wales, The Rhondda Hotel.
Thanks for finding me and for the kind words. Great tunes and great sound. Well, what should any one expect from Great Britain? "The Money's All Gone" ..... typical musician (if there was any in the first place!)! Any relation to Ray and Dave?
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