Bman's Blues Report

Robin Davey (born 29 December 1975, St Austell, Cornwall, England) is an English musician, record producer, musical director and photographer. Davey was a founding member of the British blues band, The Hoax, who were signed to East West Records in 1994 and released their debut album Sounds Like This to critical acclaim. Q magazine likened the band to the Yardbirds and The Rolling Stones and gave the album a 4 star review. The album was produced by Mike Vernon whose early work included Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall's Blues Breakers (with Eric Clapton). The Hoax split in 1999 having released four albums and shortly after Davey formed the Davey Brothers, a blues rock outfit with his older brother Jesse. The duo signed to Interscope records via David A. Stewart's Weapons Of Mass Entertainment Label. The Davey Brothers' song "Heart Go Faster" was featured over the closing credits in the film Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life and featured on the soundtrack ...

The Robin Davey Blues Mob is the latest project from the award winning British Blues musician and inductee into the British Blues Hall of Fame. Davey has built an illustrious career on both sides of the atlantic and been fortunate to work with some of the most famous names in the international blues scene. Fusing his incendiary guitar techniques into a powerhouse 3 piece, the new line-up recalls the heady days of a Brit Blues-Rock scene where Hendrix and Cream where the order of the day. Robin Davey was born in the UK during the late 70's and started his career in music touring the world with his band The Hoax, a highly acclaimed and multi award winning British Blues outfit. The Hoax played over 2000 shows and shared the stage with BB King, Buddy Guy and Jimmie Vaughan. In Europe the band would headline festivals alongside artists like Matchbox Twenty and the Dave Mathews Band. After The Hoax split in 1999, Davey went on to produce the 2003 eponymous album by native Blues-Rocke...