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Davis Coen is an American singer-songwriter and contemporary blues musician, born in Charlotte, North Carolina, who gained prominence after relocating to Memphis, TN. His recording career began in 1994 as a teenage country-blues, finger-style guitar picking prodigy, with an album produced by folk music icon Eric Von Schmidt. His last two releases 2009's "Magnolia Land" and 2010's "Jukebox Classic", which were recorded in Memphis outskirt Como, Mississippi's Delta Recording Service, by proprietor and regional Mid-South favorite Jimbo Mathus, represent his transition from the traditional Carolina 'Piedmont' style of guitar picking evident on his earlier recordings to a sound potent with Memphis/Mississippi nuances. Coen's accomplishments have included featured music on Dan Akroyd's 'House Of Blues Radio Hour' and NPR's 'Morning Edition' and 'World Cafe' programs. Also his music appears on the DVD release of Martin Scorsese's PBS special 'The Blues'; and on the DVD documentary about the music of the late-great Hillcountry Mississippi blues matriarch Jesse Mae Hemphill, titled 'Dare You To Do It Again'. Other films with Coen's music include "Fresh Cut Grass" (2004) and "Mental Scars" (2009).

Coen has been touring the U.S. since his teens, either as a solo guitar and vocal act, or commonly accompanied by bass and drums in trio line-up. He commonly appears at clubs, bars, and festivals throughout the Southeast and mid-south. He has also enjoyed a dozen tours of Europe, promoting over a half-a-dozen album releases. He has shared a bill or opened for many of the classic blues artists who influenced his music; including James Cotton, Junior Wells, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Koko Taylor, Big Jack Johnson, T-Model Ford, and David "Honeyboy" Edwards. He has also shared bills with such non-blues performers as Richie Havens, Mountain, Eric Burdon, Tito Puente and Toots & The Maytals.

Davis has recently devoted much of his time to clean-up kickoffs on coastal Mississippi for Hurricane Katrina victims, and was honored with an achievement award for his conglomerate MS Coast relief efforts.

2010 Jukebox Classic (Soundview) 2009 Magnolia Land (Soundview) 2008 Blues Lights For Yours And Mine (Soundview) 2007 Ill Disposition (219 Records) 2006 Can't Get There From Here (219 Records) 2000 Blues From The Get-Go (Soundview) 1996 Cryin' The Blues (Minglewood)

Birth name 	Davis Coen Born 	1974 Charlotte, North Carolina USA Origin 	Memphis, Tennessee USA Genres 	Contemporary Blues, Americana, Blues-rock Soul rock Occupations 	Guitarist Singer-songwriter Instruments 	Guitar Vocals Harmonica Years active 	1994 – present Labels 	219 Soundview Minglewood Website 	www.daviscoen.com