At last the Milkmen will deliver again! After a two-year wait, local singer/songwriter Karl W. Davis will host his friends from France for a tour of the Southeast! This creative collaboration has produced many wonderful blues and soul songs that are being enjoyed all over Europe and the U.S. Now they will reunite for a USA/Europe tour beginning February 13th on the First Coast.
The musical and cultural exchange between Fernandina Beach, FL and Nantes, France is as fruitful as ever after nine years. The story began with Karl W. Davis traveling to Nantes in 2000 as a result of placing as a finalist in the International Blues Competition in Memphis, Tennessee. While performing a the Les Rendez-vous de L’Erdre, a World Music and Jazz Festival held each year in Nantes, Karl had the great fortune of meeting a group of very talented and creative musicians. The friendships grew into tours and recording sessions throughout Europe and the United States, which have produced three studio CDs and two live CDs.
Karl sang on Malted Milk’s 2005 release “Easy Baby”, and then the following year released a recording with the Bad Mules, which also included Florida bluesman Josh Miller. In 2007, the collaboration really reached stride when the LP “Karl W. Davis and the Milkmen” was released in France. The tour in support of this recording began in Fernandina Beach, FL and hit every hot spot down to West Palm Beach, Florida. When the tour moved over to Europe, Karl and the guys were playing festivals and packed theaters in Belgium, France and Spain.
Now at long last, the Milkmen will be back in town for a tour before recording another CD with Karl. The songs have been growing from the lives of the musicians, as is natural with this type of very personal art. So, this experience will be different from all others and these live shows will be something that should not be missed by music and art lovers.
KARL W. DAVIS
& THE MILKMEN
USA TOUR 2009
2/13 FRI. J’S BRITISH PUB 9:30PM $5 ST.MARY’S GA 912.882.5280
2/14 SAT. HAMMERHEADS 9PM $5 AMELIA FL 904.415.5503
2/15 SUN. GREEN TURTLE 4PM AMELIA, FL 904.415.5503
2/17 TUE. PORT SOLERNO TBA 904.415.5503
2/18 WED. COTTAGE PUB 9PM COCOA BEACH, FL 904.415.5503
2/20 FRI. FCCJ STARRY NIGHTS 7PM YULEE FL 904.415.5503
2/20 FRI. RAFTERS BLUES 10PM $5 ST.SIMONS GA 912.634.9755
2/21 SAT. RAFTERS BLUES 10PM $5 ST.SIMONS GA 912.634.9755
2/22 SUN. GREEN TURTLE 4PM AMELIA, FL 904.415.5503
KICKING OFF 2 MONTH USA/FRANCE TOUR
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