1. Davy Knowles was born on 30 April 1987 and is a Manx blues guitarist and singer.
26 Facts About Davy Knowles
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Davy Knowles toured with Joe Satriani and Chickenfoot in the United States through December 2009.
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Davy Knowles released his first solo album, The Outsider, in 2014.
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Davy Knowles released his second solo album, Three Miles From Avalon, in 2016, while his third, What Happens Next, was issued in October 2021.
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Davy Knowles is currently based out of Chicago, Illinois, and continues to tour in the United States regularly.
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At age 11, Davy Knowles first became interested in music when he heard Dire Straits's "Sultans of Swing" during a car ride with his father.
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Davy Knowles attended Castle Rushen High School in Castletown, Isle of Man, where he met future bandmates Brian Garvey, Ross Doyle, Adam Jones, and Jamie Armstrong.
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Shortly after, Armstrong quit the band to attend college in England, so Davy Knowles brought in bassist and high school friend Adam Jones to replace him.
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In 2006, the band began to write their first record, with Davy Knowles writing every song on the album with the exception of their cover of Blind Joe Reynolds' "Outside Woman Blues".
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Davy Knowles played lead guitar and sang the lead throughout the whole album.
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Early in 2009, Davy Knowles unexpectedly released a statement from the band, stating that they had split up, and each of the band's members were going to begin to pursue their own separate careers in music.
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Davy Knowles's new backing band contained Fritz Lewak at drums, Kevin McCormick at bass, and Benmont Tench of the Heartbreakers at keyboards.
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Davy Knowles said in an interview that he had got much stronger and comfortable with singing and songwriting during the time that he began to write his first solo album.
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On 16 June 2009, Davy Knowles released his first solo album, entitled Coming Up For Air.
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In December 2009, Davy Knowles performed the song "Come Home", at BETA Records TV Studios in Hollywood, California.
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Davy Knowles was touring as Davy Knowles and Back Door Slam, with PK, Steven Barci and Ty Bailie.
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Davy Knowles continued to tour in support of the new album before turning his attention to documenting his musical influences in the documentary Island Bound, which was released as part of the Isle of Man Film Festival in 2014.
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Davy Knowles released his second solo album, The Outsider in 2014.
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The album featured two singles and lyric videos that Davy Knowles released to his YouTube channel.
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In 2017, Davy Knowles joined Band Of Friends, celebrating the music Rory Gallagher, with original Gallagher bandmates Gerry McAvoy and Ted McKenna.
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Davy Knowles toured with the group throughout 2017 and 2018.
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On February 19,2020, it was announced that Davy Knowles had signed to Dutch-based record label Provogue Records.
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Davy Knowles uses a number of different guitars while on stage.
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Davy Knowles uses the reissued Fender Mustang, which is only currently available in Japan.
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Davy Knowles has one acoustic guitar that is used when he performs, a Gibson J-45 Acoustic.
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In mid-2009, Davy Knowles began primarily using Paul Reed Smith guitars and Budda Amps while onstage.