Lori Davidson & Ken Embrey

Bio:

Hi, I'm Lori Davidson, and I am a singer/songwriter from San Francisco.  I have songs on this space from my first CD that my band toured with in the 90's and early 2000's.  We were a blue collar working blues band playing 6 to 7 nights a week and paying the rent.  The CD features tunes by myself and partner Ken Embrey, and from a magnificent artist, singer/songwriter from Santa Cruz by the name of John Morris.  We have come off the road, and out of the business for a time, and I have been writing a lot more.  I plan to release my second CD of all my own material, influenced by the roots music I cut my teeth on, and the eclectic mixture I grew up with.  It's acoustic guitar based melodic rock/pop/folk....I think XM calls it modern,adult,alternative?  Whatever.  The title track is the one playing first on this site, and I will post more of the new songs as they become completed.  We are shooting for early 2010.   The first CD did very well on the unsigned blues artist page of Amazon.com, and we still have a few laying around if anyone gets interested in aquiring one.  I should mention that my husband and I worked with John Lee Hooker, and I also sang for Harvey Mandel in the 90's.  That's Harvey, not Howie.  Ken Embrey is a proffessional musician of many years. He plays bass and trumpet and has performed with Janice Joplin, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Pete Sears, to name a few.  Right now we're cruising the Sea of Cortez in our 30 Ft. Catalina, writing some new tunes, and having the time of our lives. I hope to build a little network through MySpace and connect with other writers as well, of lyrics or prose, as I graduated with a creative writing BA back in the day.  Hope you enjoy the tunes! 

Member Since:

July 21, 2008

Influences:

My influences are so varied it's hard to pin down.  I was imbued with the spirit to want to absorb any good music that I could find.  Early rock, Beatles, Stones, CSNY, Neil Young definitely.  David Bowie, Elvis Costello, Brian Eno.  Blues...everyone.  John Lee Hooker gave me life lessons in humanity, let alone vocals, Etta James was a big inspiration for vocals, but I was greatly influenced by local and national artists, uh, Tommy Castro, Ms. Dee, Johnny Nitro.  I learned a lot of performance technique from watching them, and didn't even know I had a west coast feel until I left the west coast.  Oh, oh oh Tom Waits!  He and Elvis C. two amazing wordsmiths.  Jazz vocals probably Ella, Sarah, and Blossom Dearie. The list would go on and on if you let it.

Record Label:

Unsigned