Davis, Brad

BRAD DAVIS

  • From Fort Worth, Texas.
  • Began playing classical guitar at age 5.
  • 1978, he and his brother formed a bluegrass band called Ten Degrees.
  • 1986, moved to Nashville and worked as a fiddle/guitar player at Opryland USA. Later that year, was offered a job working with The Forester Sisters.
  • 1992, joined Marty Stuart’s band.
  • 1994, toured with Sweethearts of the Rodeo. Also formed (with his brother Greg) a band called WhiteWater.
  • 1995, re-joined Marty Stuart’s band “The Rock and Roll Cowboys.”
  • Has also recorded with Willie Nelson, Pam Tillis, Dwight Yokem, Steve Earl, Travis Tritt, Emmy Lou Harris, Sheryl Crow, Warren Zevon, Joe Diffee, Mark Chestnut, Billy Bob Thornton, and many others.
  • 2001, joined the Earl Scruggs Family and Friends tour.
  • 2002, toured with Billy Bob Thornton.
  • 2003, released I’m Not Gonna Let My Blues Get Me Down album (FGM).
  • 2003, released This World Ain’t No Child album (FGM Records) and joined the Sam Bush Band.
  • 2007, joined the Boxmasters, a rockabilly band led by Billy Bob Thornton.
  • 2013, released A Bluegrass Tribute to George Jones album (Bluegrass Valley Records.) He has also done several Bluegrass Tribute albums for CMH Records (The Black Keys, Mumford and Sons, etc.)