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Billy Davis
Billy Davis was born in Chicago
Illinois as the youngest of 5 children. He moved to Arizona at the age of 10. His beginnings in country music started then as his parents managed and owned several Country and Western Bars. Billy didn't realize that
country music was going to become his passion as his beginnings in music began at 18 years of age when his dad bought him his first guitar. In his "Rebellious Period" Billy started as a "Heavy Metal" lead guitarist.
Billy's conversion to Country and Western didn't come easy, Coaxed by his mother Billy tried Country and realized that Country Music had heart and soul to it and spoke of life, love, good times and hard ones. Billy's first
country job was a country lead guitar player. One night the lead singer failed to show up to a gig and Billy was pressed into service in order to save the gig and the bands paycheck so he began his singing career right then
and there. At that same time Billy began writing songs and has currently written over 100 songs. Billy's favorite country singers are Waylon Jennings, Merle Haggard, George Jones and Johnny Cash. His writing influences
came from the likes of Dwight Yoakim, George Strait's simple ness with story and Conway Twitty's ability to paint a picture in a song.Billy Davis played first at his current gig as the house band at the Gallopin Goose Saloon in
Coolidge Arizona in 1997 and returned in 2005 as the temporary lead singer for the house band. He impressed the other band members so much that a permanent change was made and Billy became the front man and has remained at "the
Goose" ever since. On the CD "On the Brink Live at that Gallopin Goose" Billy is the featured lead singer and writer of four of the songs. Billy recently completed his first full length CD featuring 10 original songs. It is in the
mixing stage and will be released soon. Billy Davis lives in Coolidge with his wife Teresa and daughter Katherine. |
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