Davee Bryan's Page

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www.daveebryan.com
www.myspace.com/daveebryan (Tunage Posted Here)

Left home in the Great North Woods of New Hampshire in '77. Moved to Kentucky pursuing the 'Runaway American Rock n Roll Dream'. Began his schoolin' there with Wayne Roberts and The Misfit Band. Spent time in the Florida Keys with the Seaweed Cowboy (the late Steve Robbins). Played the starving artist during a few stints with The Token Eskimo Blues Band. Toured the 'gravy circuit' with a Detroit area top 40 act which pretty much ate, smoked, drank and partied its way through the Mid West, Europe and The Mediterranean. Well, that's pretty much how it got started...

Spent most of the 80s in the San Francisco Bay Area, worked with Blues journeyman, B-3 wizard, Deacon Jones. While with Deacon, Davee worked on stage with Grammy winner John Lee Hooker, Elvin Bishop, Larry “Arkansas” Davis and others. After leaving Jones’ band in late ’88, Davee engaged the Davee Bryan Band. During this period, he balanced changing diapers, solo shows, fronting the band and performing onstage with other artists including Greg Allman, Tommy Castro and Coco Montoya.

Following the Muse to Texas in ’93, Davee performd live with a wide range of acts including The Legendary Bama Band (Hank Jr’s touring unit), Mark May, Chris Duarte and Texas Blues great Joe “Guitar” Hughes. With Hughes, Davee played several concert events. He has also appeared with Pete Mayes, Shemekia Copeland, W.C. Handy Award nominee Trudy Lynn and Blaggards members Paddy Devlin and Chad Smalley. Live radio spots included the syndicated Stevens and Pruett Morning Show and Pacifica Radio-KPFT.

Two European-Mediterranean tours in the early ‘80s preceded two mid-'90s outings to the Middle East, where articles appeared in two major Arabian Peninsular publications: Kaleej Times and Gulf News. On the same tour, material that would be included on “IS ANYONE DRIVING THIS BUS? “ was introduced at Dave Murphy’s Songwriter Showcase in Dublin, Ireland.

Davee has opened for a variety of National Acts including: Jerry Jeff Walker, Little Charlie & the Nightcats, Cajun fiddle sensation Doug Kershaw, Tommy Castro, David Allan Coe, Johnny Paycheck, slide guitar virtuoso Roy Rogers, Gary P Nunn, Dale Watson, Hubert Sumlin, Pinetop Perkins, Marcia Ball, Lou Ann Barton & Angela Strehli with Antone’s Houseband, Chicagoland fave Michael McDermott, Corey Harris, Womens’ Music Pioneer June Millington and more.

With Texas singer/songwriter Ken Gaines, Davee contributed scoring and soundtrack material to independent director Jennifer Payson’s debut “Blue Days Lost”. On the other side of the camera, Davee appeared in the indie flick “Going Independent”.

Currently in South Florida, it's mostly solo acoustic shows along with a few one-off shows with the ever freelancing 'Rockin' Little Unit', allowing Davee to make music a full time life style once again. See vids...Thanks for dropping by. Play Hard. Travel Safe.