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Brad Davis Right Hand Technique for the Acoustic Guitar BradDavisMusic 6,867 views Brad Davis demonstrates his right hand technique for playing the acoustic guitar. This clip is a companion to a 150 page book (with 157 audio tracks on two CDs) titled The...
Double Down Up Guitar Technique In Detail by Brad Davis BradDavisMusic 23,436 views Brad Davis is famous for his use of the "Double-Down-Up" speed picking technique on the acoustic guitar. In this video, he continues to help guitarists master the right hand.
Brad Davis - Double Down Up Tip BradDavisMusic 9,643 views Brad Davis discusses the Double Down Up technique.
Brad Davis jams on "That Mountain" BradDavisMusic 7,915 views Brad Davis solos on "That Mountain", performed with Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters. Video clip courtesy the wonderful "Blondie". After spending years on the road pla...
Brad Davis solos on "We're All Riding on the Same Train" BradDavisMusic 16,187 views Brad Davis solos on "We're All Riding on the Same Train", performed with The Boxmasters. Video clip courtesy the wonderful "LiveSteel". After spending years on the road ...
Tim May and Brad Davis - Farewell Blues BradDavisMusic 20,578 views Tim May and Brad Davis jam on "Farewell Blues".Tim May is a world-class guitarist, resophonic guitarist, and mandolinist who started out playing banjo in the family band gr...
Pick Tips from Brad Davis BradDavisMusic 20,562 views Brad Davis gives a pick tip: check out Red Bear Picks at www.redbeartrading.com .
Brad on "Mr. Freddie" BradDavisMusic 2,981 views Brad Davis in the Sam Bush Band (2003) solos on Mr. Freddie.
Ripplin' in the Park BradDavisMusic 3,007 views This is just a bunch of ripple.
Open G Tuning BradDavisMusic 38,862 views Brad Davis discusses open tuning on the guitar.

About Brad Davis

After years on the road playing country with Marty Stuart, bluegrass with Earl Scruggs, newgrass with Sam Bush, and rock with Billy Bob Thornton, Brad Davis steps out front to prove that he can hold his own as a solo artist and band leader.

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Brad Davis spent ten years (1992-2002) performing on stage as a member of Marty Stuart's road band. For the past six years he has played lead acoustic guitar with Earl Scruggs and Friends, and for the past five years he has played lead electric and acoustic guitar with movie actor Billy Bob Thornton's rock band. He spent two years (2003-2004) as the guitar player for the Sam Bush Band and also performed with John Jorgenson's Gypsy jazz Quintet in 2005. He occasionally performs with an exciting new bluegrass band, calling themselves "Greenbroke," consisting of Brad Davis, John Cowan, John Moore, and Dennis Caplinger.

Brad has worked for, or recorded with, Willie Nelson, Emmy Lou Harris, Pam Tillis, The Forester Sisters, Tommy Shaw (Styx), David Lee Roth (Van Halen), Sheryl Crow, Sam Bush, Warren Zevon, and The Sweethearts of the Rodeo. He is currently the host of Commerce County Line, a singer/songwriter television program. Additionally, Brad has recorded two album projects featuring Billy Bob Thornton on Mercury Records and has toured both Europe and the United States as the lead guitar player for Billy Bob Thornton's band. Brad's two solo recordings on FGM Records "I'm Not Gonna Let My Blues Bring Me Down", and "This World Ain't No Child Anymore" were both released to rave reviews. He also appears on an FGM concert DVD video release "Live in Kansas City" with Cody Kilby and Tim May. Brad's latest CD project, on CMH Records, is a bluegrass tribute to Tim McGraw titled "Where the Bluegrass Grows."

A prolific songwriter Brad has had his songs recorded by various country and bluegrass artists, including country star Tim McGraw ("Ain't No Angels"). He has played on Marty Stuart's gold selling album "This Ones Gonna Hurt You", the Marty Stuart "Hit Pack", and Marty's last MCA recording "The Pilgrim". He played on the soundtrack of Steven Seagal's "Fire Down Below", and performed music for Billy Bob Thornton's Miramax releases "Daddy And Them" and "Waking Up In Reno". He also recorded with Sheryl Crow, and others, on the Johnny Cash tribute album "Kindred Spirits", played guitar on Warren Zevon's final Grammy-winning recording, "The Wind", and was on Sam Bush's Sugar Hill release "King of My World".

A talented guitar instructor and writer, Brad has been a columnist for Flatpicking Guitar Magazine since 1996 and is currently Takamine's main guitar clinician, conducting dozens of music store clinics for Takamine each year. He has taught at Steve Kaufman's Flatpick Camp, Nashcamp, Camp Bluegrass, the St. Louis Flatpick Weekend, the Roanoke Bluegrass Weekend, and more. He has also produced four instructional DVDs for Flatpicking Guitar Magazine, "Flatpick Jam", Volumes 1, 2, & 3 and a book/DVD/CD course called "Flatpicking the Blues". Additionally, he has produced several instructional courses for Mel Bay Publications, including the "Blue Book of Speedpicking", and a series of instructional Ear Training Cds.

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