Big Timber
Grammy
award winning artist Brad Davis spent ten years (1992-2002) performing on stage
as a member of Marty Stuart’s road band. For the past six years he has played
lead acoustic guitar with Earl Scruggs and Friends, and for the past five years
he has played lead electric and acoustic guitar with movie actor Billy Bob
Thornton’s rock band. He spent two years (2003-2004) as the guitar player for
the Sam Bush Band and also performed with John Jorgenson’s Gypsy jazz Quintet in
2005. He occasionally performs with an exciting new bluegrass band, calling
themselves "Greenbroke," consisting of Brad Davis, John Cowan, John Moore, and
Dennis Caplinger.Brad has worked for, or recorded with, Willie Nelson, Emmy Lou Harris, Pam Tillis, The Forester Sisters, Tommy Shaw (Styx), David Lee Roth (Van Halen), Sheryl Crow, Sam Bush, Warren Zevon, and The Sweethearts of the Rodeo. He is currently the host of Commerce County Line, a singer/songwriter television program on the iTelevision network (see www.myccl.tv). Additionally, Brad has recorded two album projects featuring Billy Bob Thornton on Mercury Records and has toured both Europe and the United States as the lead guitar player for Billy Bob Thornton’s band.
A prolific songwriter Brad has had his songs recorded by various country and bluegrass artists, including country star Tim McGraw (“Ain’t No Angels”). He has played on Marty Stuart’s gold selling album "This Ones Gonna Hurt You", the Marty Stuart "Hit Pack", and Marty’s last MCA recording "The Pilgrim". He played on the soundtrack of Steven Seagal’s "Fire Down Below", and performed music for Billy Bob Thornton’s Miramax releases "Daddy And Them" and "Waking Up In Reno". He also recorded with Sheryl Crow, and others, on the Johnny Cash tribute album "Kindred Spirits", played guitar on Warren Zevon’s final Grammy-winning recording, "The Wind", and was on Sam Bush's Sugar Hill release "King of My World".
http://www.braddavismusic.com