2/2/2010
Ryan Davis & Bob Schneider live in Nacogdoches!
Saturday Feb 13th @ The Annex - 1507 N. Street. Call (936)
568-9999 for details/ticket information.
12/11/2009
Benefit for residents of local house fire
Ryan will be performing along with Clint Alford of the Kid
Icarus Project at XLN on 5th in Tyler, TX on Dec 26th in a
benefit to support house fire victims in Tyler. Call (903)
535-7956 for advance tickets and more info. Click here for a
map to XLN on 5th.
12/01/2009
Ryan featured on Stacey Steger's newest track!
Ryan is currently playing guitar on Stacey Steger's latest
studio project. Visit www.myspace.com/staceysteger and
listen to "Fighter Pilot" for a preview of the recordings.
09/14/2009
October Tour Dates!
Ryan and Stacey Steger have scheduled a full follow-up tour
in October. 23 dates have been confirmed. See tour page
for details.
07/20/2009
August Tour Dates posted!
Dates have been confirmed for Ryan's tour with Stacey
Steger in August. Both will perform solo in about 18
locations across the South. See tour page for details.
06/01/2009
Ryan Davis, Bob Schneider, and Adam Lamar live in East
Texas July 17th!
For tickets and more information contact The Hotel Fredonia
at 936-564-1234.
03/28/09
"What I Cause" Available Now!
More than anything else, the best
reason to hear Ryan Davis' new
record is to be reminded that
there is real musical diversity
coming from independent East
Texas songwriters.
With brooding lyrics and extremes of tempo and volume, the
emotionally-fraught songs are not intended for easy
listening, background, or driving music. The lead track,
"Drown Again" starts slow and builds up slower, with a
melancholy blues riff that repeats and multiplies and
evolves into a gritty melody in counterpoint with an
austere cello bass line.
And so it goes for the rest of the album. Stomp boards,
electric cellos, mandolins and piano lines add complicated
textures to an already moody soundscape. Each listen
offers something new to notice and
pay attention to.
One thing you can't help paying attention to is Davis's
singing, which at times could pass for Kurt Cobain's
wrenching wails and, at other times, hovers softly above a
whisper. Davis exacts fine control over his raspyness and
the precise pitches at which his vocals crack. His
chameleonic vocals are a kind of barometer for the intensity
of the music, indicating upcoming storms of intensity.
The 11 tracks follow each other in a carefully considered
order, resisting the increasingly popular tendency to hear
single tracks on customized playlists. The record boasts a
brief cello-only interlude dividing the record into rough
halves, whose semantic distinctions are best left for the
listener to determine.
In short, the record sounds like little else you might hear.
And even as the themes and motivations for his songs are
universal (sadness, longing, boredom, restlessness), the
images of Nacogdoches and Austin that pepper the album
art suggest a local hue to colorize the sound.
Davis is a Nacogdoches-based artist who did most of the
work on this moving album by himself, as the liner notes
proudly exclaim. And for that, the locals ought to be proud
themselves.
By MATTHEW STOFF
The Daily Sentinel
Nacogdoches, TX
02/23/09
"What I Cause" Album Release March 28th!
Live performance, champagne, and light refreshments
available at The Hotel Fredonia in Nacogdoches, TX.
Call 936-564-1234 for reservations.
01/07/09
Ryan Davis - Ian Moore live in Concert Feb 22nd!
Ryan Davis & Bob Schneider live in Nacogdoches!
Saturday Feb 13th @ The Annex - 1507 N. Street. Call (936)
568-9999 for details/ticket information.
12/11/2009
Benefit for residents of local house fire
Ryan will be performing along with Clint Alford of the Kid
Icarus Project at XLN on 5th in Tyler, TX on Dec 26th in a
benefit to support house fire victims in Tyler. Call (903)
535-7956 for advance tickets and more info. Click here for a
map to XLN on 5th.
12/01/2009
Ryan featured on Stacey Steger's newest track!
Ryan is currently playing guitar on Stacey Steger's latest
studio project. Visit www.myspace.com/staceysteger and
listen to "Fighter Pilot" for a preview of the recordings.
09/14/2009
October Tour Dates!
Ryan and Stacey Steger have scheduled a full follow-up tour
in October. 23 dates have been confirmed. See tour page
for details.
07/20/2009
August Tour Dates posted!
Dates have been confirmed for Ryan's tour with Stacey
Steger in August. Both will perform solo in about 18
locations across the South. See tour page for details.
06/01/2009
Ryan Davis, Bob Schneider, and Adam Lamar live in East
Texas July 17th!
For tickets and more information contact The Hotel Fredonia
at 936-564-1234.
03/28/09
"What I Cause" Available Now!
More than anything else, the best
reason to hear Ryan Davis' new
record is to be reminded that
there is real musical diversity
coming from independent East
Texas songwriters.
With brooding lyrics and extremes of tempo and volume, the
emotionally-fraught songs are not intended for easy
listening, background, or driving music. The lead track,
"Drown Again" starts slow and builds up slower, with a
melancholy blues riff that repeats and multiplies and
evolves into a gritty melody in counterpoint with an
austere cello bass line.
And so it goes for the rest of the album. Stomp boards,
electric cellos, mandolins and piano lines add complicated
textures to an already moody soundscape. Each listen
offers something new to notice and
pay attention to.
One thing you can't help paying attention to is Davis's
singing, which at times could pass for Kurt Cobain's
wrenching wails and, at other times, hovers softly above a
whisper. Davis exacts fine control over his raspyness and
the precise pitches at which his vocals crack. His
chameleonic vocals are a kind of barometer for the intensity
of the music, indicating upcoming storms of intensity.
The 11 tracks follow each other in a carefully considered
order, resisting the increasingly popular tendency to hear
single tracks on customized playlists. The record boasts a
brief cello-only interlude dividing the record into rough
halves, whose semantic distinctions are best left for the
listener to determine.
In short, the record sounds like little else you might hear.
And even as the themes and motivations for his songs are
universal (sadness, longing, boredom, restlessness), the
images of Nacogdoches and Austin that pepper the album
art suggest a local hue to colorize the sound.
Davis is a Nacogdoches-based artist who did most of the
work on this moving album by himself, as the liner notes
proudly exclaim. And for that, the locals ought to be proud
themselves.
By MATTHEW STOFF
The Daily Sentinel
Nacogdoches, TX
02/23/09
"What I Cause" Album Release March 28th!
Live performance, champagne, and light refreshments
available at The Hotel Fredonia in Nacogdoches, TX.
Call 936-564-1234 for reservations.
01/07/09
Ryan Davis - Ian Moore live in Concert Feb 22nd!
