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Andy Davis
Pop-Rock from Nashville, TN [US]
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Formed: 2003

Official Site: www.andydavisonline.com
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Biography
Alternative pop songster Andy Davis returns this fall with his piano and soaring falsetto for his first full-band LP. Recorded in 10 days in Los Angeles with legendary producer Mitchell Froom (Sheryl Crow, Los Lobos, Elvis Costello, Crowded House, Randy Newman), "Let The
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Friday, December 26th, 2008
12/22/08- TOT recap...hap happiest season of all
I'd like to let out a big "WHEW!!"

I'm loving being back in my own place right now---this past season of touring has been great and very adventurous, but there truly is NO place like home. (except chickfila. that's kinda like home to me)

Today I've been rearranging all my furniture, stray papers, sweeping....i feel like mary poppins or something. it feels good to know that I'm going to be in one place for a while.....I get to buy groceries for the whole week, put my clothes in my drawers instead of keeping them in a suitcase.....re-meet my new neighbor (who may actually not remember what my face looks like, since, during our first encounter, he carried on the entire conversation while thumbing through his blackberry. how rude.)

ANYWAY, The Ten Out of Tenn Tour was amazing, and deserves a true recap. Great memories were once again created....friendships deepened....sleep patterns abused....

Here are a few of my personal highlights from the TOT Christmas tour:

1. the chicago show---8 inches of snow outside, wreaths and lights covering a venue that kinda looks like a giant fireplace....wintry cab rides to random post-show dance club....

2. MAFIA--on our day off in cleveland, it was too cold to go outside, so the entire TOT crew played the game "Mafia" in 1 hotel room. I'd played this game before with friends....but never with 10 lead singers with personalities through the roof. Cheap wine and pizza helped turn characters into caricatures.....it was truly hilarious. My strategy was to be stone-faced the entire time....The game requires you to tell believable lies.....but also when you're telling the truth, other people get suspicious of who is lying, etc.....Can't tell the good guys from the bad guys. My award for best acting performance by a covert Mafia member goes to Will Sayles, TOT's drummer, who had me second guessing that I was actually telling the truth. Kudos, Sayles.

3. NYC day off--N.O. Jazz--We all got a day off in NYC after the show there---I had to fly solo to get to a few meetings, so after the meetings were done, I was kind of on my own til after dinner. I decided to treat myself to a nice dinner, so I went to Sushi Samba in the east village area, sat at the sushi bar, and ordered Chilean Sea Bass. dat was some good bass. seriously. So then, I walked across the intersection to this tavern/pub...(Arthur's Tavern, I believe?)---and MUCH to my delight, I walked in on some legit New Orleans jazz music.....clarinet, cornet, trombone, piano, drums, bass.....all being played by these 70-year old guys. Apparently they've been doing this gig every monday night for 30 years. There were actually newspaper clippings there from 30 years ago about these guys. I ordered a Guinness and sat waiting for the rest of the TOT crew......probably my favorite moment of the tour. In the bar, all these 65+ gray-headed kids were bopping and smiling and dancing like the charlie brown cartoons. pretty magical

4. Lost my sunglasses in GA.....at least that's where I think they got lost. If anyone finds a pair of black ray bans, they're mine.

5. Knoxville---I think the knoxville crowd might get the spirit award---that was an amazing night---The Square Room gets the hospitality award for treating us like royalty. I may try to play there 35 times this next year if I can get a steak dinner every time.

6. Secret Santa--so we decided to do secret santa amongst the TOT crew. the plan was to get your secret person something every day, then something bigger at the end. I forgot to buy something the first day, but then I found a volume knob that broke off an amp at a club and thought it would make a cool necklace. then i couldn't find a string to put it on, so I just hid the volume knob in my secret santa person's bunk. but i think i hid it too well. So they probably felt sad that day. maybe i was just trying to teach him a life lesson---start off disappointed and everything seems awesome after that. (tim, don't believe that). eventually we found out who our secret santa person was.....mine ended up being katie herzig....who secretly gave me a smorgasbord of thoughtful items....a fish pen, gum, a men's health magazine, a music box, snacks from whole foods, and one of my favorite things in the world, a moleskin journal. I seriously have trouble not buying one every time i'm in a borders or barnes and noble. thank you katie.


7. concerts---all the shows were really a blast. i got to play french horn which was fun. although i don't think there's a cool way to hold a french horn. you always feel like a band nerd. plus the way you have to purse your lips makes you look like a member of parliament. (not the funkadelic kind--the british kind) i tried dancing a bit or kinda hunching over to "put out the vibe" while playing.......anyway, we'll see if french horn catches on now in the indie circles....



so thanks for coming to shows if you came to a show---there are rumors of a West coast TOT run this spring.....


I'm excited to be home finishing songs and recording some new stuff--i visited a friend over at blackbird studios in nashville yesterday---walking around the studio.....I felt like a grizzly bear on an empty stomach, taking a tour of a......meat...plant....or a place where they make food that bears love. YOU KNOW. I'm ready to get back into that environment pronto. hoping to put out some new music early in 09


ok folks......enjoy your holidays---more updates after christmas---peace and goodwill to all


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