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Geoff Davis - English Singer Songwriter |
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| Location: | Bristol, Southwest |
| Country: |  United Kingdom |
| Last Login: | May 31, 2008 (545 days back) |
About Me |
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| Hello everyone. I’m Geoff Davis who fronted both pop/rock band The Freudian Slippers and acoustic based trio Davis, Edwards & Riley - bands which are now defunct. That wonderful violinist Graham Smith, once of String Driven Thing and then Van Der Graaf Generator, often guested with the latter outfit and he plays on 2 of the tracks here - ’Somebody’s Leaving’ & ’Psychotic’s Lament’. We played numerous gigs in the Bristol area from about 1991 with a set which was considered extremely eclectic. Sometimes my songs were described in local press outlets as "lyrically incisive" which was pleasing because I always put a lot of effort into the lyrical side of my songwriting. Hope you enjoy what you hear on MySpace. If you do you can hear a lot more of my songs at SoundClick (see the widgets at the end of this profile) where the song Stay Around is available as a downloadable single. It is also available to download at my Indiestore along with all the other tracks here and five other songs. Click here to read a review of my album ’Ancient Wisdom Modern World’ courtesy of Bryan Anthony at wickmanmusic.com . The album is available to buy at iTunes and at CDBaby . I am also a published poet, (you can read my most recent unpublished poems here ) having had three smallpress collections published by Outposts and more of my work published in various magazines and anthologies. In addition, I’m very keen on art (I painted the picture illustrating the song ’Leaving This City Too Soon’) and have created some pages dedicated to the memory of my father who was a very talented artist Bob Davis And His Art . Of special interest to some will be the paintings he did of scenes in Sierra Leone and Gambia - he was stationed in the two West African countries whilst on service with the RAF in the Second World War. Also, any Bristolians amongst you, or those of you familiar with North Bristol, might recognise Blaise Castle House from his painting of it. (The Blaise Castle Estate is just a short distance from the part of North Bristol where I grew up and where I returned to live in April 2003.) Here is a slide show of a sample of my father’s work. (Click on the link above to see larger versions of these and more of his paintings.) Get Your Own! | View Slideshow This is fun - it maps all my recent visitors! This is a cartoon that dad did of the band ’Davis, Edwards & Riley’ (featuring guest Graham Smith). From left: me, Syd Riley, Graham Smith & Dave Edwards. Now playing: Geoff Davis |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 6/16/2005Band Website: soundclick.com/geoffdavis Influences: Beatles, Kinks, Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Al Stewart, Leonard Cohen, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, Incredible String Band, Beach Boys, 10CC, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Lou Reed, Pink Floyd, Spencer Davis, Small Faces, Jeff Lynne, Kate Bush, Prefab Sprout, Mary Chapin-Carpenter, Siegfried Sasoon, Louis MacNiece, T.S.Eliot, Thom Gunn, Krishnamurti, Gurdjieff, Jung and many, many more! Sounds Like: Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Nick Drake Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Acoustic / Pop / Folk) |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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The Woods - Great little Bristol Band & My Return To Live Music |
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| Earlier today I went out to see The Woods, a great little Bristol band who were playing in The John Cabot pub in Horfield, Bristol. Jon their guitarist and singer guested a couple of times as rhy... Posted by Geoff Davis on Mon, 26 May 2008 04:06:00 PST |
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China, Tibet, the Dalai Lama and the Olympics |
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| Many years ago I co-wrote and appeared in a pantomime entitled Robinson Crusoe In Tibet and I played the part of the Dalai Lama. The show was very much influenced by Monty Python style humour and... Posted by Geoff Davis on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 12:51:00 PST |
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Off To Rome For Christmas |
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| I'm off to Rome today to spend Christmas with my brother and two nieces, one of whom is studying Italian at Uni. In the last few weeks, in addition to taking evening classes, I have been trying t... Posted by Geoff Davis on Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:18:00 PST |
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My Grandmother Mary Clark’s Diary in 1895 (aged 13) |
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| In my last blog I wrote about how I had come across this extraordinary family album that my mother had put together. Contained within that was a diary that my maternal grandmother (who I rem... Posted by Geoff Davis on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:50:00 PST |
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My Mother’s Family Album - Photos, Writing, Letters & Documents from the late 1800s to 1995 |
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| Following on from the discovery of an autograph book kept by my late paternal grandmother Ethel Chugg (see earlier blog), I discovered another remarkable family record yesterday. Inside an old suitcas... Posted by Geoff Davis on Tue, 13 Nov 2007 04:41:00 PST |
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My Music On The Essence on BBS Radio This Weekend |
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| I have just been informed by Kara Johnstad (see her in my top friends), who hosts 'The Essence' Radio show on BBS Radio, that my music will be featured on the show this weekend (the show goes out on B... Posted by Geoff Davis on Sat, 25 Aug 2007 03:15:00 PST |
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My Rock And Blues Tracks |
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| I thought it might be an idea to create a profile for the rock and blues tracks I've recorded in the past with a full band backing. I am more at home with the gentler singer/songwriter style of m... Posted by Geoff Davis on Fri, 03 Aug 2007 09:00:00 PST |
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My Grandmother Ethel Chugg's 100 Year Old Autograph Book |
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| Since my mother died I found an extraordinary document in the family home - a century old autograph book belonging to my paternal grandmother Ethel Chugg. She died when I was two years old a... Posted by Geoff Davis on Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:43:00 PST |
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A Long Life And A Good Life |
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| Anyone who has read my last two blogs will have been aware of my concerns about the ill health of my elderly mother and the difficulties surrounding the future of her long term care. She died yes... Posted by Geoff Davis on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 01:25:00 PST |
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Recent BBC Panorama Programmes On The National Homes Swindle |
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| Well, normally at 1AM after an evening in I would be sound asleep by now, but the meetings I had with healthcare and social workers this week, regarding my mother's long term care plans following her ... Posted by Geoff Davis on Sat, 19 May 2007 05:17:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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