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His performances draw from a rich tradition of country blues\, as well as his own contemporary songs infuse d with wit and a large dose of humour.\nOriginally from Detroit\, Davis gr ew up listening to a prolific mix of rhythm and blues. The music of Jimmy Reed\, Ike and Tina Turner\, Chuck Berry and Fats Domino was in the air. H e later moved to California with his family\, and then in 1968 left for Ca nada.\nWhile living in Rochdale College\, Toronto’s mecca for the subcultu re of the late 1960’s\, he immersed himself in the study of Delta Blues\, especially the music of Robert Johnson. Toronto’s music scene in the early 1970’s was the perfect place for Davis to cut his teeth as a journeyman\, having the opportunity to see and play with many legendary performers. Bu kka White\, Johnny Shines\, Sunnyland Slim\, Snooky Pryor\, Hubert Sumlin\ , and John Hammond were encouraging supporters.\nDavis hit the road with t he Rhythm Rockets\, The Knights of The Mystic Sea\, and David Wilcox’s fir st band\, eventually forming his own trio. Over the years he has had the p riviledge of opening for Willie Dixon\, John Lee Hooker\, Albert King\, Jo hn Hammond\, Albert Collins\, and Eric Bibb. A highlight of his career was backing the phenomenal Dr.John. Morgan has shared the stage with Colin Li nden\, who also produced his second album\, shared the stage with James Co tton\, Hubert Sumlin\, Sunnyland Slim\, Snooky Pryor\, James Harmon\, Gene Taylor\, Dutch Mason\, Gene Taylor and many other great blues artist over the years.\nDavis’ songwriting talent received international recognition when Colin James covered his searing ballad “Why’d You Lie”. Morgan’s reco rding “Blues Medicine”\, on Electro-Fi records\, garnered critical acclaim as well as awards for songwriting and production. His multi- award winnin g release “Painkiller” won an impressive four awards at the 2004 Maple Blu es Awards and not long after took home Canada’s top music prize…the Juno f or Blues Album of the Year.\nDavis has established a rich career as a solo artist\, and also performs with stellar lineups of musicians as a trio or full band. His most recent recording\, “Drive My Blues Away on Electro-Fi records is his first solo disc. 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For 50 years Morgan Davis has been on the road travelling across Canada\, the United States and Europe. His performances draw from a rich tradition of c ountry blues\, as well as his own contemporary songs infused with wit and a large dose of humour.

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Originally from Detroit\, Davis grew up li stening to a prolific mix of rhythm and blues. The music of Jimmy Reed\, I ke and Tina Turner\, Chuck Berry and Fats Domino was in the air. He later moved to Ca lifornia with his family\, and then in 1968 left for Canada.

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While living in Rochdale College\, Toronto’s mecca for the subculture of the la te 1960’s\, he immersed himself in the study of Delta Blues\, especially t he music of Robert Johnson. Toronto’s music scene in the early 1970’s was the perfect place for Davis to cut his teeth as a journeyman\, having the opportunity to see and play with many legendary performers. Bukka White\, Johnny Shines\, Sunnyland Slim\, Snooky Pryor\, Hubert Sumlin\, and John H ammond were encouraging supporters.

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Davis hit the road with the Rh ythm Rockets\, The Knights of The Mystic Sea\, and David Wilcox’s first ba nd\, eventually forming his own trio. Over the years he has had the privil edge of opening for Willie Dixon\, John Lee Hooker\, Albert King\, John Ha mmond\, Albert Collins\, and Eric Bibb. A highlight of his career was back ing the phenomenal Dr.John. Morgan has shared the stage with Colin Linden\ , who also produced his second album\, shared the stage with James Cotton\ , Hubert Sumlin\, Sunnyland Slim\, Snooky Pryor\, James Harmon\, Gene Tayl or\, Dutch Mason\, Gene Taylor and many other great blues artist over the years.

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Davis’ songwriting talent received international recognitio n when Colin James covered his searing ballad “Why’d You Lie”. Morgan’s re cording “Blues Medicine”\, on Electro-Fi records\, garnered critical accla im as well as awards for songwriting and production. His multi- award winn ing release “Painkiller” won an impressive four awards at the 2004 Maple B lues Awards and not long after took home Canada’s top music prize…the Juno for Blues Album of the Year.

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Davis has established a rich career as a solo artist\, and also performs with stellar lineups of musicians as a trio or full band. His most recent recording\, “Drive My Blues Away on E lectro-Fi records is his first solo disc. His previous recording “At Home In Nova Scotia”\, pays homage to Atlantic Canada where he has been a resid ent since 2001.

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Morgan’s passion for the Blues has never wavered…a nd he fully expects to be on the road for the rest of his life.

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