Robin Davey Biography
At the age of 15, Robin Davey decided that playing 4 nights a week with his inaugural band, a gritty southern english based blues outfit called 'The Hoax', just wasn't compatible with school work. So he left education by negotiating a deal with the headmaster to be on extended 'Work Experience' just as long as he kept quiet about his new vocation to the other school staff. The Hoax started making waves across Europe and in 1994 released their first disc 'Sounds Like This' on East West records in the UK. After an appearance on 'Later With Jools Holland' and critical acclaim in the UK press, including a four star Q magazine review likening the band to early Rolling Stones, the buzz started spreading stateside. Timothy White, the then editor of Billboard dedicated his weekly editorial 'Music To My Ears' to the band, and Atlantic Records secured a deal. THe band went on to tour extensively across 18 different countries, Playing alongside the likes of The Dave Mathews Band, Robbie WIlliams, Paul Weller and blues legends like Buddy Guy, BB King and Jimmie Vaughan. After 4 albums, 5 consecutive Best British Blues Band Awards and 1500 gigs under their belt the hoax played their final show in 1999 to a packed house at the Astoria Theatre in London.
After the hoax split Robin journeyed to the states to produced and co-write an album with American Indian Blues Rockers 'Indigenous' for Silvertone records. The album spawned a top 30 AAA radio hit and debuted at number 3 on the Billboard Blues Album Chart
Robin then formed the Davey Brothers with his older brother Jesse who was also a member of the hoax. Although unsigned the duo were ask to lend their song 'Heart Go Faster' to the closing titles of the movie Tomb Raider 2. Soon after Interscope records mogul Jimmy Iovine, in a joint venture with Eurythmics Guitarist Dave Stewart signed the siblings to the new Weapons Of Mass Entertainment Label.
In 2003 Robin relocated to Los Angeles, with a view to developing not only his band the Davey Brothers but also his directing and photography career. After signing with interscope The Davey Brothers spent 3 years trapped in a failing major label system, however Robin took this time to make his debut documentary feature, 'The Canary Effect' a revealing look into the Genocidal policies towards Native Americans. The film debuted at Robert De Niros Tribeca Film Festival in New York. It went on to recieve honors at festivals across the US including winning 'The Stanley Kubrick Award for Bold and Innovative Film Making' at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival.
During this time Robin also performed on numerous soundtracks including 'Be Cool' and recorded with Mick Jagger, Dave Stewart and Joss Stone on the Alfie soundtrack which won a Golden Globe in 2004.
The Co-Director of The Canary Effect was an American Indian named Yellow Thunder Woman. A talented artist, singer, and the daughter of high ranking american indian activist. Her instant creative affinity with Robin lead to the forming of their latest musical project, The Bastard Fairies.
The duo quickly recorded their debut album 'Memento Mori' and started creating a huge internet buzz. Using their film making savvy they created a series of commercials posted on youtube, one of which caused such a stir in the fox news camp that it ended up featured on The Factor with Bill O'Reilly. The original clip entitled 'The Coolest 8 Year Old' was then featured on the front page of youtube and to date has amassed almost 1.6 million views.
The band continued their internet campaign around the release of the album, and has so far clocked up well over 1 million downloads through their website. |
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ROBIN DAVEY BIOGRRAPHY