Skip to the content

Clinton Davis

Search for:

Bio
News
Shows
Listen
Store
Online Lessons
Press Kit

Bio
News
Shows
Listen
Store
Online Lessons
Press Kit

Promotional Videos

Two short promotional videos I created in support of The Desperate Characters of Mercer County

Newsletter Signup

* indicates required

Email Address *

First Name

Last Name

clintonrossdavis

Help us spread the word! My stringband is heading

Help us spread the word! My stringband is heading out soon for a California tour to the California Bluegrass Association’s Father’s Day Festival! Tickets and full info via my bio link 🙂

6.10 Jacumba. The Old Bathhouse. Presented by @jacumbahotspringshotel

6.11 Santa Monica. @mccabesguitarshop with @zacsokolow

6.13 San Luis Obispo. Octagon Barn. Presented by @7sistersfolkloresociety

6.14 Locke. @thepearllocke

6.15-16. Grass Valley. @californiabluegrass Father’s Day Festival

6.18 Bishop. Mill Creek Station.

Just got back from the Midwest and already gearing

Just got back from the Midwest and already gearing up for another run with the stringband through California! PLEASE help me spread the word and share widely. Full info and links to tickets are in my bio link.

6.10 Jacumba. @jacumbahotspringshotel Old Bathhouse. 8pm

6.11 Santa Monica. @mccabesguitarshop with @zacsokolow. 8pm

6.13 San Luis Obispo. Historic Octagon Barn Center. 7pm. Presented by @7sistersfolkloresociety

6.14 Locke. @thepearllocke 8pm

6.15-6.16 Grass Valley @californiabluegrass Father’s Day Festival. Nevada County Fairgrounds

6.18 Bishop. Mill Creek Station. 7:30

Space is the place but Midwest is the best. Had a

Space is the place but Midwest is the best. Had a great run of gigs from West Virginia to Missouri. Friends, flowers, waterfalls, mountains, cats, dogs, horses, fiddles, banjos, pianos, guitars. Thanks for everyone who came out!

Excited to return to St Louis for a show at @thefo

Excited to return to St Louis for a show at @thefocalpointstl May 20th with low down piano master Ethan Leinwand and @nicholaspricepence. Tickets on sale at http://thefocalpoint.com

Excited to play a rare show in my home state. Get

Excited to play a rare show in my home state. Get a ticket here: https://www.freshtix.com/events/clintondavisatthechurch?fbclid=IwAR2qQBZOrnmcTfC3_lAXmTUxl67wjLMnXi0S51YNLzXxISUPjQjJlMnV0uI

May is a beautiful time to be in the Midwest. I'm

May is a beautiful time to be in the Midwest. I'm looking forward to playing with and for old friends. And it surely does amuse me to list Ghent, KY as a tour stop.

5.6 Fayetteville WV. Private Event
5.11 Ghent KY. House Concert with John Harrod and Tona Barkley. DM for details
5.12 Frankfort KY. @amaonthecreek with the @possum_queens
5.18 Urbana IL. @rosebowltavern
5.20 St Louis MO. @thefocalpointstl with Ethan Leinwand and Nicholas Pence

Oh didn’t he ramble? Four shows and a photo shoo

Oh didn’t he ramble? Four shows and a photo shoot in Arizona and Jacumba, CA. Thanks to the friends that rambled with me. Thanks to the folks that asked for an encore, who kept up their end of the bargain when I said “ok, but you’ll have to dance.”

Heading inland for a little ramble soon. 3.24 Bisb

Heading inland for a little ramble soon.
3.24 Bisbee, AZ @thebisbeecourtyard with Still Mill Rounders. 7:30
3.25 Prescott, AZ @theravencafe
3.26 Prescott, AZ @foundingfatherscollective 10am
3.26 Jacumba Hot Springs, CA, the old Baththouse across the road from @impossiblerailroadtradingpost 8pm

Photo: @ojocreativo.

March In San Diego 3.3 @blackcatbar619 with @kyle

March In San Diego

3.3 @blackcatbar619 with @kylerj.guitar 10pm
3.8 @parttimelover.hifi DJ Set "Hillbillies of Earth" 8pm-Midnight
3.10 @grandolebbqflinnsprings with stringband 6-8pm
3.12 Jazz Vespers @firstpressd 4:30-6pm
3.13 @sandiegostateuniversity World Music Concert Series, Smith Hall. 6pm

I’m offering 50% off your first month of lessons

I’m offering 50% off your first month of lessons on guitar, banjo, piano, or fiddle if you schedule a free consultation before MARCH 14th. If you’ve been looking for help reaching a new level of musicianship, this is a great opportunity. Lessons offered online anywhere and in-person in San Diego. Full details via the linktree in my bio.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#oldtime #bluegrass #folk #folkmusic #traditionalmusic #banjo #banjoplayer #banjolessons #clawhammerbanjo #clawhammer #dropthumbsnotbombs #deeringbanjos #scruggs #fiddletunes #fiddle #guitar #guitarporn #guitarsdaily #guitarsolo #guitarsofinstagram #acousticguitar #guitarlessons #ragtimeguitar #jazzguitar #onlineguitarlessons #bluesguitar

TICKETS ARE ON SALE for the first Southern Pacific

TICKETS ARE ON SALE for the first Southern Pacific Sessions concert of 2023: Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno, with Elise Leavy. MARCH 11TH, 8PM at @verbatim.books .

TIX via: @southernpacificsessions bio link
--------
Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno play old-soul roots music, fluidly melding a backbone of Appalachian traditional music with fresh iconic melodies and the tightly wound vocal harmonies of indie folk. Both Vivian Leva and Riley Calcagno, now just out of college, grew up steeped in old-time music, Leva in Lexington, Virginia and Calcagno in Seattle, Washington. After meeting in 2016 they soon collaborated on Leva’s debut record Time is Everything which Rolling Stone wrote “shone a light on the past without giving up its place in the present.” In support of the record, they embarked on an extensive tour that stretched to the most northern reaches of Canada and overseas to Europe. Over the course of these varied and occasionally lonesome shows and travels, the pair developed their collaboration into a distinct sound that led to the imagination and writing of their new eponymous record Vivian Leva & Riley Calcagno, out now on Free Dirt Records.
-------
Raised on the central coast of California and currently living in Nashville, TN, Elise Leavy has a distinctly unique voice as a singer and songwriter. Often likened to Joni Mitchell and Judee Sill, Elise says it must be the California seawater getting inside her head and heart from an early age. She has been writing songs since she was 8 years old, and after graduating from the New England Conservatory of Music and living in New York City for three years, she is thrilled to be preparing to release her third solo project, a group of songs written and recorded in Brooklyn, NY with a full band of amazing local musicians.

FRIDAY 10pm! Join me and @kylerj.guitar for anothe

FRIDAY 10pm! Join me and @kylerj.guitar for another night of old blues, jazz, and hillbilly music at @blackcatbar619 . Proud to have special guest @the_hunter_gatherer joining us from New Orleans on tenor banjo and more. EDIT: thanks to @ojocreativo in San Diego for this awesome tintype photo! He’s running a Valentine’s Day sale right now so hit him up for your own photo!

"Old Jake Gillie" based on the playing of Oscar Wr

"Old Jake Gillie" based on the playing of Oscar Wright of Princeton, West Virginia. I'm curious for some input on Wright's style from my fellow banjo nerds on here: Wright uses the drop thumb techniques here in ways I've only ever seen modern "melodic clawhammer" folks play, and in ways I've never seen any other old-timer play (e.g. using his thumb on the fourth string). Are there other old-timers that played with this expanded use of the drop-thumb technique?
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#oldtime #bluegrass #folk #folkmusic #traditionalmusic #oldtimeisagoodtime
#banjo #banjomusic #banjoplayer #banjolessons #clawhammerbanjo #clawhammer #frailing #dropthumbsnotbombs #scruggs

My arrangement of the self-aggrandizing Jelly Roll

My arrangement of the self-aggrandizing Jelly Roll Morton tune. Played on a 1936 Martin 0-17.

Happy to announce that two new volumes of guitar instructional videos are now available on @stefangrossmanguitarworkshop . Both focus on my original solo guitar arrangements of fiddle tunes, and ragtime and jazz piano. To purchase as download or DVD, or for info on online lessons, visit the linktree in my bio.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#guitar #guitarist #thumbpick #thumbpicking #boomchuck #stefangrossman #guitars #guitarplayer #music #guitarporn #guitarsdaily #guitarsolo #guitarsofinstagram #acousticguitar #guitarlessons #ragtimeguitar #jazzguitar #onlineguitarlessons #bluesguitar #bluesguitarist #jellyrollmorton #nolamusic #ragtime #blue #bluesmusic #countryblues

Happy to announce that two new volumes of guitar i

Happy to announce that two new volumes of guitar instructional videos are now available on @stefangrossmanguitarworkshop . Both focus on my original solo guitar arrangements of fiddle tunes, and ragtime and jazz piano. Here's my arrangement of Kentucky fiddle legend Doc Roberts' "Cumberland Blues." Played on a 1936 Martin 0-17. For purchase as download or DVD via my bio linktree.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
#guitar #guitarist #thumbpick #thumbpicking #boomchuck #stefangrossman #guitars #guitarplayer #music #guitarporn #guitarsdaily #guitarsolo #guitarsofinstagram #acousticguitar #guitarlessons #ragtimeguitar #jazzguitar #onlineguitarlessons #bluesguitar #bluesguitarist #jellyrollmorton #nolamusic #ragtime #blue #bluesmusic #countryblues

Thanks to everyone they came out to @grandolebbqfl

Thanks to everyone they came out to @grandolebbqflinnsprings this weekend for the show with @echomountainband Especially all of my students that turned out. Y’all rock! After the show we headed out to Jacumba to my favorite desert hideaway for a great weekend of tunes.

Excited to have my string band join this stellar l

Excited to have my string band join this stellar lineup at the 2023 Father’s Day Festival presented by the California Bluegrass Association. Tickets pre sales just went online for CBA members. Check’em out: @californiabluegrass

264 hours in Lafayette (minus a few in New Orleans

264 hours in Lafayette (minus a few in New Orleans). There is so much life in Louisiana.

GUITAR NERDS: I’ve two new guitar instructional

GUITAR NERDS: I’ve two new guitar instructional videos available through Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop. Both focus on my arrangements of fiddle and piano music for solo guitar. Includes tunes from Fiddlin’ Doc Roberts, Jelly Roll Morton, Scott Joplin, and Charles Cooke. Link in bio for more.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.

#oldtime #bluegrass #oldtimeisagoodtime #jellyrollmorton #ragtimeguitar #jazzguitar #nolamusic #guitarlessons #acousticguitar #guitarsolo #guitarsdaily #ragtime #blue #bluesmusic #bluesguitar #bluesguitarist #countryblues #onlineguitarlessons #guitar #guitarist #thumbpicking #stefangrossman #guitars #guitarplayer #music #guitarporn #guitarsofinstagram

44 hours in Eunice

44 hours in Eunice

Load More Follow on Instagram

Recent Posts

June California Tour
May Midwestern Tour
Arizona Dates
New Guitar Instructional Videos
Brooklyn Folk Fest
Zig Zag Old Time Campout
Berkeley Old Time Music Convention
Subdued Stringband Jamboree!
I am now a Kentucky Colonel
2022 California Festival Dates

© 2023 Clinton Davis

Theme by Anders Noren — Up ↑