With a career that has spanned four decades and traversed more than a million miles, versatile singer-songwriter Jimmy Davis is the embodiment of the much too often used term “troubadour.” This Memphis native, who first graced local stages at the age of nine, brings an infectious enthusiasm to every performance.
Jimmy Davis’s songs have been recorded by Martina McBride, Restless Heart, Tommy Alverson, Reba Russell, Walt Wilkins and many other recording artists. As a backing vocalist, Davis has lent his extensive vocal talents to projects by numerous recording artists including, “The North Mississippi Allstars,” Jim Dickinson, Johnny Lang, Bernie Leadon, Keith Sykes, Michael Hearne, Toy Caldwell, Susan Marshall, Mark Collie and William Lee Golden. Davis’s warmth, charisma and talent as a writer-performer has endeared him to his well known peers.
In the early 1980s, Davis began touring with the country recording artist, Charly McClain, as a rhythm guitar player and backing vocalist. In 1987, “Jimmy Davis and Junction” signed with MTV’s QMI/MCA record label. The band’s first release “Kick the Wall” yielded a top 40 AOR hit and a hit MTV Video. Junction was renowned for their live performances and their songs took the band on a wild rock and roll ride around the world.
Aching to get back to his roots, Davis returned to Memphis in 1995 and had the pleasure of hooking up with some of his old buddies, “The Riverbluff Clan,” a rocking bluegrass outfit from the ‘70s. With Davis on lead vocals and guitar, the band released two critically-acclaimed independent albums in 1996, “One Night In a Month of Sundays” and in 1998, “Two Quarts Low,” an Americana Top 20 record. Davis was named “Premier Male Vocalist” five times by the Memphis chapter of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences and was well loved by local audiences.
In 2001, he recorded a solo album with all original music and lyrics titled “Jimmy Daddy’s Acoustic Song List.” In 2006, he released his best selling “Campfire Songs,” a 25year collection of songs and ballads written around his travels. The release of his third solo album, “BEAGLES: The Blue Album” in 2008, featured the performer writing, singing, engineering and playing every instrument.
In 2009, he released “Jimmy Daddy’s Acoustic Song List Volume II.” 2015 brought another round of home demos with “BEAGLES: In The Country.”
In 2011, Davis joined the respected Texas group, Walt Wilkins and the Mystiqueros. He relocated permanently to the Texas Hill Country in 2012. When not playing or recording with the Mystiqueros, Jimmy tours playing for fans at festivals, sold out venues and house concerts.
The Jimmie Davis performance is part of Susanna’s Kitchen Coffeehouse Concert Series at the Wimberley United Methodist Church located at the corner of RR12 and CR1492. Tickets are $25. Cash or check only. Doors open at 7 and the concert begins at 7:30 pm. Tamales, pizza, pie, coffee and soft drinks are available for purchase. Proceeds benefit the Barnabas Connection, Bright Beginnings Preschool scholarships and other nonprofits. For more information go to wimberleyumc. org.
JIMMY DAVIS IN CONCERT. SUBMITTED PHOTO
