Cherubs - The Canadian Premiere on April 1st, 2023
Cherubs - The Canadian Premiere on April 1st, 2023
Sat, Apr 1, 2:00 PM
Northern Lights Performing Arts Pavilion • Haliburton, ON
$33.28
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Morgan Davis - Canadian Blues Legend In Concert
Award winning Canadian Blues Legend Morgan Davis returns to the Dominion Hotel stage.
By Dominion Hotel
When and where
Date and time
Starts on Mon, Jul 11, 2022 7:30 PM EDT
Location
The Dominion Hotel 113 Bobcaygeon Rd Minden, ON K0M 2K0 Canada
Refund Policy
Refunds up to 7 days before event
Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.
About this event
For 50 years Morgan Davis has been playing the blues, travelling across Canada, the U.S. and Europe. His performances draw from a lifelong study of the rich tradition of country blues, re-interpreting songs of the 1920s and 30s on electric instruments. His original compositions are infused with wit and a good dose of humour.
Originally from Detroit MI, Morgan Davis grew up listening to a rich variety of rhythm and blues, rock and roll, and the emergence of the Motown sound. Davis began to play guitar at 16 years of age.
Graduating from high school in 1965, Davis enrolled in Long Beach State College, where he became active in the campus anti-war movement as well as SDS. Being of draft age and refusing his 2-S student deferment, he made the choice to remove himself from the U.S. war machine and move to Canada. He settled in Toronto, which he happily found to be a city on the circuit of the great Chicago blues bands, and a rich musical education began by watching Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf, Buddy Guy and Junior Wells.
Over his five decade career Davis has opened the show for Willie Dixon, Albert King, John Hammond, John Lee Hooker and Albert Collins. He has jammed with Muddy Waters, James Cotton and Johnny Shines. He has backed up Sunnyland Slim, Snooky Pryor, Hubert Sumlin, Willie “Big Eyes” Smith and Dr. John.
Davis has released two 45 RPM records, two LPs, and nine CDs. His songwriting talent received wide recognition when Colin James covered his searing ballad, “Why’d You Lie?”
For the past 20 years he has made his home in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. Davis performs solo, playing traditional and original blues on electric guitars and his three string cigar-box guitar. Still a road-addicted touring musician, Davis averaged 200 days a year on the road…..until the sudden intrusion of the worldwide Coronavirus pandemic.
Awards:
2018 one of the TOP CD’s of 2018 “DOWNBEAT”
2005 SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR “Maple Blues Award”
2004 RECORDING OF THE YEAR Painkiller “Maple Blues Award”
2004 SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR – SOCAN “Maple Blues Award”
2000 ACOUSTIC ARTIST OF THE YEAR “Toronto Blues Society”
1999 SOCAN SONG WRITER OF THE YEAR “Maple Blues Award”
1995 BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR “Jazz Report”
2004 BLUES ALBUM OF THE YEAR Painkiller “JUNO”
2004 MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR “Maple Blues Award”
2004 PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Morgan Davis w/ Alec Fraser “Maple Blues Award”
1999 PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Blues Medicine “Maple Blues Award”
1996 BLUES WITH A FEELING AWARD “Toronto Blues Society”
1994 BLUES ARTIST OF THE YEAR “Jazz Report”
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Dominion HotelThe centre of live entertainment in the Haliburton Highlands, the Dominion Hotel is well known for intimate, high quality shows of various genres including music, spoken word - poetry, and theatre. Our show seating plan changes depending on the style of show, performer preference and number of tickets available. This is a small room and a favourite place to watch a show. Make an evening of it. Come by before the show and enjoy dinner from our menu or one of our delicious specials. Reservations recommended. NOTE: We are an operating inn and have a small number of modern, comfortable suites available for rent. For more information, pictures, or to reserve a suite please go to https://DominionHotelPub.ca