About Him
This is the text written by him inside of his CD and the only information I've about him, I hope he won't mind if I put it here in case he ever reads it :-)
When I was quite young I was given a toy guitar from the Emporium in Gibraltar, which I held but never mastered playing. A few years later an old tennis racquet and a broomstick were all I needed, as i sang pop songs of the day to my mother, late at night in the kitchen. Certain songs had an incredible impact on me as I grew up, both through their music and the atmosphere which they evoked, and so it was perhaps an inevitable step forward I bought my first guitar and decided that I wanted to sing and play myself. A few people showed me some basic chords but it was Mary Coulson, whom I had met in the Marble Arch underpass whilst she was singing and playing for passing change, who really showed faith in me and spent endless hours teaching me the intricate songs I longed t play. Shortly afterwards I began to sing in the underpass myself and then the London underground and eventually above ground on the street. Music became the main focus of my life and many time was spent listening to records and performing whenever and wherever I could. I felt I had been born too late and I longed to have been around in the sixties and seventies, as an adult, rather than just as a child. I relived that period in my own fashion, through the music that I listened to and the clothes that I wore and the films that I sought out. Woody Allen, James Taylor, Carly Simon, Donovan, Carole King, Simon&Garfunkel, Neil Young, Crosby, Stills and Nash were my influences at that time, as weel as the continuing influence and utter genius of Joni Mitchell. I remember walking to the underground to sing, wearing rather unfashionable flared trousers,a bright Indian shirt, an old corduroy jacket with a slightly wilting flower in its buttinhole and an old Penguin paperback in my pocket, more for image rather than increasing my literary knowledge. I felt cosy and secure in these clothes and with these songs in my life and even now many years later the memories and experiences from that time are extremely vivid.
The years went by and my skills as a musician develpoed, but it wasn't until I moved to California that I began performing on a daily basis. I performed on the Berkkeley university campus regularly over the next few years and on the streets in and around San Francisco throughout the years that I lived in America. Each year my amplification would get more extensive and finally I started to sell cassettes and now CD's, containing some original and cover songs, performed by me. Time went by and I decided that my chosen lifestyle would be more fuirful in Europe, and so I moved to Florence in Italy where performing really beagn to take off. Due to a lack of legality for this line of work in Italy, I now find m myself in Norway most of the time, where life is peaceful and singing on the streets is allowed.
Over the years I have performed in many countries, both on the streets and in bars and even on live television, but constant work of any kind, even music, can take its toll and one can lose sight of why one started doing it in the first place. I often forget how fortunate I am and have been, as a result of singing in public and it is through making this CD and hopefully beginning to write more of my own songs, that I hope to regain and hold onto the inspiration that first led me to playing music and performing. In my heart I am truly grateful to all the people who have listened to me over the years and have supported this choice of life.
Music is such a powerful medium, let us hope we can use it to help heal ourselves and those around us.
Julian Davies
Julian Davies (JDC3)
All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)
Wonderwall (Oasis)
Father And Son (Cat Stevens)
Runaway Train (Soul Asylum)
Under The Bridge (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Don't Look Back In Anger (Oasis)
Distant Sun (Crowded House)
Jealous Guy (John Lennon)
Wicked Game (Chris Isaac)
You've Got A Friend (Carole King)
�74-'75 (The Connells)
Like A Rolling Stone (Bob Dylan)
What's Up (4 Non Blondes)
No Wasted Love (Julian Davies)
That's Where I'm At (Julian Davies)
Your Eyes Are Alive (Julian Davies)
Guitar and vocals- Julian Davies
Recording, mixing and cover photography- Julian Davies
No wasted love, That's why I'm at and Your eyes are alive are written by Julian Davies, I love all these three songs, they are all very beautiful, I can't chose just one as my favourite :-)
And PLEASE if you've any information about him or do you know where he plays, where to conntact him... please mail me, you will make me extremely happy!
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