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Folk duo
blends
eclectic
genres
By JASON AXELROD
The Red & Buck
Benjy Davis is an anomaly
he writes and sings songs
about normal things, yet his
sound does not fit into any
single genre.
The songs played by The
Bei\jy Davis Project, Davis’s
band that has existed in some
form or another since 2001, are
simple everyman-styled songs
about everyday life.
“When someone sees my
show, I hope they draw some
sort of similarities to their own
life, you know?” said the
26-year-old Baton Rouge
native. “I kind of keep the
songs within the realm of pos
sibility as far as boring, every
day life, trying to take a differ
ent approach to how you per
ceive it and look at it.”
As far as genre goes, The
Beryy Davis Project fits into
no category.
Think country music minus
a heavy Southern accent.
Add some Southern rock
stylings ala The Allman
Brothers Band, throw in a few
folk rock influences such as
the Eagles and add just a hint
of Cajun.
However, with such a
unique and diverse style, an
inevitable double-edged sword
comes into the picture.
“It can be both a good
thing and a bad thing,” Davis
said. “Our sound is constantly
changing; I guess it’s just what
crops up in the old noodle."
Like its sound, the project
has also had an eclectic histo
ry-
Davis started out playing
piano but soon switched to
guitar when he was 12 years
old.
“In my family, we had to
play something, so I started
out on piano but I think I had
a mean teacher so I was like
OK, guitar it is’,” he said. “I
fell in love with it and became
obsessed.”
It was at this point that he
decided to pursue music pro
fessionally.
The seeds for The Beryy
Davis Project had been sown.
“We started as a folk duo.
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their unique blend of Southern folk rock and Cajun.
then we added some harmo
nies, and then we decided we
wanted to crank it up a little
bit and play some bigger ven
ues, so we invited all our
friends to join and it ended up
being a six-piece, which we
toured with for six years,” .
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“It’s awesome that they
give us a chance to play in
front of their audiences,”
Davis said. “Sister Hazel has
been real cool everyone
ended up being really nice.”
“Lost Souls Like Us,” The
Benjy Davis Project’s latest
album, finds Ber\jy and Mic
working with seasoned studio
musicians who have worked
with such acts as 38 Special,
Lynyrd Skynyrd and Lady
Antebellum.
“Our A&R guy with our
label right now, Bobby Capps,
he stumbled into a bar we
were playing in Little Rock
and told the record label
about us,” Davis said. “He has
friends in the national arena
and he got to draw us other
talent, which is cool because
we learned a lot, It’s great
working with people without
egos, just playing to the song
and t rying to make the best
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On Wednesday, The Benjy
Davis Project will be playing a
show in Athens at The Melting
Point.
. Davis has many fond mem
ories of Athens.
“We played The Georgia
Theatre a couple weeks before
it burned, so that was one of
the notable experiences I’ve
had there," Davis said. “We
played Tasty World before it
got turned into Magnolia’s
[Bari. The bars are great I
love the scene there. I always
go to The Taco Stand it’s
my place. We always have a
good time when we’re there.”
So when he’s not in the stu
dio or on the road, how does
Bei\jy Davis spend his spare
time?
True to form, he does what
everyone else does he works
and hangs out.
“I built panels for a while,
and I tend to pressure-wash,”
Davis said. “When I’m off the
road, I try to keep myself busy.
Otherwise I Just hang out with
friends and go out to bars. A
lot of times I’ll just be sitting
around, playing with my dog,
reading, or going fishing.”
Nevertheless, Benjy Davis is
living the dream —with no
plan in sight.
“My ultimate goal is just to
continue to play, take it where
it goes and pay the bills,” he
said.
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