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Ron Davies
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
- From Landsman to Lancasters
- Bilston, Bradley and Ladymoor
- From Landsman to Lancasters and Beyond
- One man's war
- George Stephenson
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,297
- Total plays
- 9,737
Tags
folkbluesfolk rockswamp rockSinger/Songwriter
Ron Davies was born in Shreveport, Louisiana during the time his father, a country singer from Texarkana, was performing on the famed Louisiana Hayride. He spent his early years in the Texas/Oklahoma region before moving to Washington state, where his mother remarried. He was given his first guitar at the age of eleven, and immediately began writing his own songs. Influenced by the music of Lavern Baker, Hughey "Piano" Smith, Blind Lemon Jefferson <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Ron+Davies">R
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ron
- Family name
- Davies
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Shreveport
- Place of death
- Nashville
- Sibling
- Gail Davies
- Occupation
- composer
Show 4 more facts
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of death
- 2003-10-30
- date of birth
- 1946-01-15
- manner of death
- natural causes
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