Women have proven time and again that the male dominated music establishment was dead wrong back in the day when they considered women only as 'songbirds' in the Blues.
American Blues guitarist has thoroughly justified her place in the pantheon of super Blues guitar slingers.
But don鈥檛 take my word for it.
"She [Debbie Davies] wields an electric guitar as if it were a wand." 鈥� LOS ANGELES TIMES
"She pulls out all the stops. She can play it all: seductive, soulful material, down-home delta blues, or humorous tales of life on the road." 鈥� BLUES REVIEW MAGAZINE
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Debbie鈥檚 music education started in the home with both of her parents being professional musicians who spent a lot of time at the piano or listening to big band Jazz, vocal harmony groups and pop icons鈥� records. It was her father鈥檚 collection of Ray Charles albums that influenced her the most. By the time Debbie was 12 she had decided the guitar was for her.
Growing up in the 1960s, girls were expected to play only acoustic, but the British Blues/Rock bands of the day captured Davies and she wished to emulate Eric Clapton. So she rebelled against the norms of the day. Thank heaven. It was Clapton鈥檚 work with John Mayall鈥檚 Bluesbreakers that first grabbed Debbie and so it is appropriate that she went on to play with Maggie Mayall.
Debbie considers her time with Albert Collins as her most important formative time. She has said 鈥淚t鈥檚 one thing to listen to the records and pull off the licks, or sit in the audience watching these artists play. But actually going out and touring with one, turned the blues into something completely three-dimensional for me."
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