Honey Davis, Prince of the Blues

click HERE for slide guitar clip on mp3

Live video, click HERE

It's a windows media video 25 minutes long, shot at Palm Springs. Good for DSL.

For dial up users, try these short clips from BB King's in Los Angeles Clip 1 ,

Honey Davis is currently playing with surviving members of the Drifters and the Coasters. The band has horns from Bobby Womack and Little Milton Campbell. The bassist is from Mavin Gaye's band, and the drummer from the Dells. PHOTO

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JOHNNY WINTER FANS ADVISED TO PICK UP HONEY DAVIS LATEST RECORDING ONE OF THE GREAT CHARMS OF INDEPENDENT RECORDING LABELS IS THAT THEY FIND GOOD CLUB ACTS AND LET THEM RECORD WITHOUT A LOT OF INTERFERENCE FROM SLICK PRODUCTION. LIFE AND DEATH RECORDS P.O.BOX 4322, COSTA MESA, CALIF 92628. PUT L.A. CLUB VETERAN HONEY DAVIS INTO THE STUDIO TO RECORD '"MY HEART ATTACKED ME" A RAW BLUES PACKED CD. THIS EFFORT IS ABOUT AS BASIC AS IT CAN GET. AND IT WORKS. THE OPENING SONG, AND TITLE CUT CATCHES YOU WITH ITS JOHNNY WINTERESQUE SOUND AND REFUSES TO LET YOU GO UNTIL IT ENDS WITH "BLUE CHRISTMAS'. ONCE YOU CATCH YOUR BREATH FROM THE IMPRESSION OF THE FIRST FEW SONGS YOU JUST CONTINUE TO BE IMPRESSED WITH THE ENTIRE CD. "YOU NEVER SEEN NOTHING" CATCHES dAVIS IN A HEART-RENDERING BLUES MODE. FOLLOWING CLOSELY BY SOME GREAT GUITAR WORK ON THE CHIGAGO BLUES-SUONDING "EVER SINCE I MET YOU" FOR A CHANGE OF PACE. DAVIS COVERS SIMON AND GARFUNKEL'S "BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATERS" INSTUMENTALLY, WHICH ALSO FEATURES THE LATE MARY CHRISTMAS ON HAMMOND ORGAN. DAVIS ONCE AGAIN DISPLAYS HIS DEFT FINGERWORK ON GUITAR. THE CD CLOSES WITH "HARD BARGAIN" LEAVING A SATISFYING HUM IN THE EARS. YOU CAN FIND HONEY DAVIS CD "MY HEART ATTACKED ME" ON THIS WEBSITE, JUST CLICK ON THE CATALOG PAGE TO ORDER. ARTICLE BY BRUCE BECK AMARILLO DAILY NEWS, AMARILLO,TEXAS

HONEY DAVIS EINER DER DIENSALTESTEN KLUBMUSIKER DER AMERIKANISCHEN WESTKUSTE, UND SEINE INDEPENDENT PRODUZIETE LP "MYHEART ATTACKED ME"(RU BEZIEBEN UBER LIFE AND DEATH RECORDS" P.O. BOX 3654, HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA, USA) PRASENTIT EINEN VOM BEBEN GEZEICHNETEN WEIBEN MUNKER, DER MIT SEINER BAND EINE RAUBE, SCHOROFFE, ROCKGE BLUES-GITARRE SPIELT UND DESSEN GESANG ETWAS AN JOHNNY WINTER ARINNRT DAS IST BLUES PUROHN MATZCHEN, MIT EINFACHSTEN MITTELN SUFGENOMMENUD GENAU DESBALB SO KRAFTVOL UND EBRICH. ARTICLE BY PEM BERLINER MORGENPOST

CASH BOX - HONEY DAVIS IS THE GUITARIST FOR THE L.A. PSYCHO-METAL- GRUNGE BAND ELECTRIC PEACE. BOTH DAVIS AND HIS BAND HAVE SUFFERED GENUINE TRAGEDIES IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO, THE BAND LOSING A MEMBER TO A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT, DAVIS LOSING HIS WIFE TO DEGENARATIVE DISEASE. DEATH IS LL OVER BOTH OF THESE RECORDS, BUT IF THAT STARE THAT ULTIMATE REALITY STRAIGHT IN TGHE FACE AND COME TO SOME KIND OF TERMS WITH IT . FOR THAT THEY SHOULD BE LAUDED. DESPITE THEIR NAME, ELECTRIC PEACE PLAYS A SIXTYS TYPE OF FLOWER-CHILD KIND OF MUSIC. ELECTRIC PEACE HAS THEME'S THAT GO WAY BEYOND THE ARENA ROCK FANTASIES OF THEIR PREDECESSORS. WHETHER IT'S GORE FOR THE SAKE OF GORE, OR SOME KIND OF IRONY,THERE'S DEFINATELY SOMETHING BLEAK AND BLOOD-CURDLING IN TUNES LIKE "EVERY NIGHT I PRAY TO GOD I DIE" "SCAR FOR LIFE" AND "MOTORCYCLIST DOWN" THE PACE IS RELENTLESS, THE MOOD AS DARK AS TRUTH ITSELF.

Jack Jordon writes:
HOLLYROCK; HOLLYROCK//LP

Big sound fuzz-rock and blues-rock form an
excellent power trio, proving once again that a
guitar/bass/drums lineup can burn, especially with a
talented singer like Mr. Honey Davis at the mike. On
the down side, the first two tracks, "Tag Along" and
"I Might Run Away," are killer material and most of
the rest of the disc therefore seems to pale a bit by
comparison. But not too big a bit.

Strangeloves' "I Want Candy" gets a respectable
exended hard-rock workout. Interesting images here--
a cute Alice Cooper long hair with companion band
members a modish uban cowboy and athletic black guy
respectively. The synthesis works. In summary, these
grooves jump out of the speakers at ya, so stand back
and catch em. (Life And Death Records. P.O.B. 3654,
Hollywood,Ca.90078
ROCK; L.A. WEEKLY REPORTS: ALBUM ELECTRIC PEACE BY
HONEY DAVIS: Think of Rock and you get Electric Peace,
who sport a newly revamped line-up featuring possibly
the best slide guitarist in town, Honey Davis. Sat
Nov. 29th Thrill to a hiair raising side work wherein
Johnny Winter joins Cream for a night, Hollyrock, one
of the heaviest three pieces in town. Commander Cory.

Mon. June 9th Phychedellic Monday with Insulin
reaction: Personal faves in the local singer/psych
sweepstakes. Electric Peace, who recently added the
amazing Honey Davis, slide player extraordinaire to
their act.

L. A ROCKS



HELLO: I work in the music-scene in Switzerland
in the company MEDIA CONTROL in Basel. We make the
charts and some other things around the music
business.


Today I have got the single "Blue Christmas" /"You Got
a Friend" by your musician Honey Davis and this single
is the music I love. My question to you is: if this
guitarist/singer has an LP or long player, could you
please send me this one? Maybe I could arrange some
airplay for him, because he is a fine guitarist in the
blues, blues-rock tradition. Media Control Fan Club in
Basel Switzerland

JULY AUGUST 87 OPTION SOUND CHOICE

HOLLYROCK; Legalize Freedom LP:

The brainchild of guitarst/vocalist Honey Davis. this
Hollywood band sets out to re-establish the power trio
concept and comes up with a houseful of rockin' blues.
This is like the embryo of your sixties "progressive
rock" band before they turned into tierd cliiches of
boogie overload. Are they masters of noise? Maybe
so.There is an echo in the voice a la Hendrix on a few
selections, and the instrumental prowess discloses
years of development--as does the wailing blues shout.
Two numbers recorded live were straight ahead, gritty
blues. While somewhat obligatory, the essence was
captured intimately. Most of the lyrics were of a
positive nature. with "Catch a Dream" a stand out
example. Not quite as focused yet as Electric Peace
(Davis other Band) but certainly more ambitious in
their diversity-(Life & Death, box 3654, Hollywood,
Calif 90078) Frank Beeson Sound Choice

NEWS FROM ITLAY ALBUM ELECTRIC PEACE "INSECTICIDE'
Barred records by Claudio Sorge
Non crediamo che Brian Kild protebe essere
importunato, se si trovasse in una remota cittadina
della California a fare la fila de verde " Colors" Il
tipo e di quelli che ti invitano appena lo vede, a
firar al largo. Non piu' giovanissimo, ma aldi sotto
dei trentanni, Iegger ad un mente stempiato, baffi
alla mongola, jeans stinti e strappati, stivaloni di
cuoio da motociclista, Brian Kild assomiglia piu ad un
Burt Reynolds d'annata (diciamo un tranquillo weekend
di paura") che ad un musicissta rock. Problabilmente
per lui la musica e solo un'inportante attivita. La
principale non sappiamo quale sia perche' di sicuro di
musica non campa; la seconda e'corre in moto lungo le
freeways con una importante Tri
umph....

ELECRTIC PEACE BY CLADIO SORGE INSECTICIDE BARRED REC

Dunque, ELECTRIC PEACE capitilo quarto. Vivere e
morire a Los
Angeles. Nessuno megilo di Brian Kild ha saputo
materializzare gli incubi della citta' degi Angeli
intensamente la parte piu' oscura di Los Angeles e ne
sa e ne sa trarre materia a oisa per le sue vivide
rappresentazioni in musica. C'e una canzone, in quest
album,chamata "Motorcyclist Down", che e' l'avviso
connvenzionale della polizia di un incidente
motociclistio. Tutto viene riprodotto con il massimo
rea
lismo, dalla voce metallica dello speaker che annuncia
l'incidente in apertua (Jill Angle della California
highway Patrol) ad un testo che sembra un resconnto di
cronaca glomalistica, con ampio uso di particolari,
non propriamente da consigliare ai deboli di stomaco.
ELECTRIC PEACE INSECTICIDE
BY CLAUDIO SORGE

Ancora ritorna il tema della ve uno dei migliori brani
dell'intera raccolta, Prince of Death of the Freeway.
uno dei migliori brani dell'intera raccolta o "Scar of
Life" con la slide Johnny Winteriana di Davis che fa
meraviglie e sembra proprio creare un senso di
accelerazione e velocita' spasmodico, L'uso presente
dell'organo hammond di Jim Hawkinson fa addirittura
pensare a primi Deep Purple di "Book of Talyesin" o ai
migliori Bloodrock. Se me lo avessero deto in
anticipo, non ne sarei rimasto cosi eccitato come
quando l'ho sentito per la prima volta. Increible. Ma
chi suona piu'
con questo feeling, oggi? Sentite "Ding dong the
witch is dead" puro Doors-Riders on the Storm-feeling!
Los Angeles come meta fora della violenza
capitalistica ed Electric Peace come ultima pattuglia
di angeli motorizzati che impongono il proprio
anachico modo di vivere. Guardateli, all'interno della
copertina, guardeate la copertina, forse una deli piu'
crude e disturbanti che io abbia mai visto.
Sapete, C'e stato un attimo, in cui mi e venuto in
mente il primo disco degli X Los Angeles, Recordate le
immagini di quel diso, quelle croci infuocate, la
terra polverosa, i candelabri, John Doe e Brokebrake
con stivali e giacche di pelle? Nel disco degli
ELECTRIC PEACE TROVATO SENGNI ICONICI DELLO STESSO
TIPO, CAMUFFATI IN UNA REALTA MUSICALE COMUNQUE
DIVERSA, MOLTO PIU CRUDA E NICHILISTA. CERTO MOLTO
MENO ROMANTICA DI QUELLA DEGLI X. MA QUALCOSA IN
COMMUNE CE E NON VIGLIO ANALIZZARE OLTRE.

REMANETE SINTONIZZATI DA QUESTE PARTI, BRIAN KILD
PRESTO PARLERA DI SE STESSO E DEL SUO INFERNO.

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Phone (323) 465-9622

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