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Jason "Grant" Davis (born March 24, 1977) is an American country singer-songwriter and musician. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as a recording artist, song writer and actor. As a solo artist beginning in his teens, where his talents as a vocalist and musician have placed him in high demand as a guest vocalist, and a duet partner. Grant has recorded more than twenty singles and two studio albums, most of which can be purchased on iTunes, CD Baby and other digital stores. The NASCAR song "NO CAUTION" was made into a music video and can be seen on You Tube. No Caution was written by Grant Davis showing NASCAR from the Drivers point of view. Grant preformed No Caution and other original songs for NASCAR Truck Series Drivers Award Banquet at Bal Harbour, Florida. No Caution was aired for several months on Speed Channel.

Grant Davis Band regularly tours and consists of five band members. Grant Davis (vocals) - Casey Williams (bass) - Mark Fogell (drums) –Reed Schwallie (guitar) – Chris Weiser (guitar).

Early life Jason "Grant" Davis was born in Marietta, Georgia. His father, Billy Davis is a businessman and former Arizona State Senator and is the Executive Producer of Rum Cay Records. Grant's Father and Mother, Billie Jo (Johnson) Davis encouraged Grant to pursue a music career. At the encouragement of his father, Grant was persuaded to wrap his career in county music. Although Grants concerts cover a variety of music, his unique vocal range allows he and his band to entertain just about everyone. Grant has been blessed with a near photographic memory which allows him to recall just about every song, movie, book and other things he has seen and read.

Childhood: Grant would write plays, recruit other children, direct them in their acting, sell tickets and then put on shows for the neighborhood. Nothing has changed as he grew into adulthood, the entertainment bug still bites for him to share his talents with others.

Dialects:	Grant sings with a Baritone voice but has multiple voice dialects including - British, Cockney, Irish, Indian (India), German, Bronx, Spanish, French, Russian, Deep South, Redneck, Dakotas and speaks Spanish.

College: At Kennesaw State University, Grant majored in Principles of Acting, Acting for the Camera, Contemporary Theatre Arts, Acting for the Large Stage, Production, and Tech.

 Personal life  Grant is single. Although he has never made it to the alter Grant has had a number of relationships, from a high school sweetheart to a Miss Georgia Contestant.

Grants Special Interest: Martial Arts, Billiards, EMT Training, Motorcycles, Roller blades, Skateboard, Bicycles, Water sports, Ocean Boating, Swimmer, Scuba Diving and Firearms.

Grant is a very active sports enthusiast, be it his beloved Georgia Bulldogs or any team in the SEC (Southeastern Conference) and actually any college that plays football, baseball, soccer and just about every other sport. And then there's the Atlanta Braves, the Atlanta Falcons, NASCAR, - Grant likes sports.

Deep sea fishing is a passion of Grants, especially in The Bahamas. Grants family have been developers in The Bahamas for (30) thirty years.

Music career 2011 to present

GRANT DAVIS BAND Members

Overview: The Grant Davis Band has a style of music that has a powerful, confident, edgy, contemporary, country style that can rock with the best of the country and southern rockers only to draw you in a new direction with a vulnerable love song.

Grant Davis Band regularly tours and consists of five band members. Grant Davis (vocals) Casey Williams (bass) Mark Fogell (drums) Reed Schwallie (guitar) Chris Weiser (guitar) Grant Davis Band was a featured band recently played at Woodstock, Georgia at the Wing And Rock Fest, an annual city event. http://www.wingandrockfest.com/woodstock-ga-wingfest

Music career Grant owns his record label, Rum Cay Records and made his first album in 2003.

Venues:	Grant Davis plays at Crystal Palace, Cable Beach Nassau, Bahamas with backup vocals by Chris Kirkpatrick from 'NSYNC and Khamelien from Disney, Orlando and Nassau's Finest Junkanoo Performers. City Performances include, Orlando, St. Augustine, Clearwater, Florida; Atlanta, Woodstock, Lilburn, Marietta, Kennesaw, Acworth, Georgia; Nashville, Tennessee; Nassau, Bahamas and others.

WHAT iHeart Radio says about Grant Davis - Grant Davis is from Kennesaw Georgia just outside of Atlanta, and is a proud Georgia boy! His music is sort of like that; Southern-rooted country just outside of a wild rock and roll.

Kirk Boyer of Lyric Street Records (whose parent company is Disney Music Group) is quoted saying, "Grant Davis possesses, a powerful, confident, edgy, contemporary, country vocal style. Grant can rock with the best of the country, southern rockers only to draw you in a new direction with a vulnerable love song.  Furthermore, Grant delivers his material with passion, precision, honesty, attitude and conviction."

In this first album, "No Caution" Grant delivers a variety of styles that all seem to come together as one. From good, rocking modern day country like "No More U in Us" to a NASCAR tribute theme song, "No Caution" to a brand new genre he likes to call Countribbean (Con- TRIB-bean) in the song "Count on Me" with Caribbean star, Khamelien to a classic falling in love song, "I Fell for That. "Grant's "No Caution" has opened the crossover country world to a brand new height."

Grant has spent his life in entertainment from award-winning stage actor to musician to writer. With the help and support of his producer/engineer Joe Smith (who produced or engineered 'NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, She-Daisy, Khamelien, and many more) Grant created this knock out album. He has been visiting the Bahamas all his life and frequents Rum Cay Island the most hence his label's name.

Read more: http://iheartradio.com/new2/artists/i/328928?psid=484947#ixzzl xdhHPR7 u

 Acting career - Theater 

Acting Credits: The Odd Couple		         Acworth Little Theater	Jesus (Spanish) The Grapes of Wrath	         Kennesaw State University	Tom Joad (Principle) My Life as a Cantaloupe	         First Grant Productions	Shan Go Back For Murder	         Stage Door Players		Mr. Turnball A Doll’s House		         Studio Works Productions	Dr. Rank Our Country’s Good		 Studio Works Productions	Captain Watkin Tench Twilight Los Angeles, 1992	 Studio Works Productions	Various lead characters Arabian Nights		         Studio Works Productions	Various lead characters Our Town			 Classic Theatre Works	        Simon Stimson Last Words		         Sunday Night Showcase	        Dominick/Writer Harry’s Place		         Sunday Night Showcase	        Ted The Tempest		         Sunday Night Showcase	        Caliban Shakes			         Sunday Night Showcase	        Villain (actual name) To Choose Eternal Sleep	         Sunday Night Showcase	        Detective Stark Twelve Angry Men		 North Cobb Theatre		Juror no. 6 Babes in Toyland		 Cobb Community Theatre	Bobby Shaftoe Oliver			         Cobb Children’s Theatre	Orphan

Acting career - Film Gunmetal Grey		         Rorschach Productions	        Councilman Atlanta Film Festival Lure			         Aegis Film Productions	Bert Sundance Film Festival Drumline			 Twentieth Century Fox	        Extra

Writing and Directing Credits of produced shows Laced				 Couch Chronicles		Writer/Director Shakes				 Couch Chronicles		Writer/Director Heroes and Heroines		 Couch Chronicles		Writer/Director Who's Dead			 Couch Chronicles		Writer/Director Two From One			 Couch Chronicles		Writer/Director Sleepwalker			 Couch Chronicles 		Writer/Director My Life as a Cantaloupe		 Couch Chronicles 		Writer Harry’s Place			 Couch Chronicles 		Writer Last Words			 Couch Chronicles 		Writer The Dying Fields		 Couch Chronicles 		Writer The Zoo Story			 Couch Chronicles 		Director

In 2001, various plays from Couch Chronicles were performed at the Fourteenth Street Playhouse in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Davis owns Couch Chronicles Productions.

Mr. Davis, a man with many talents is a playwright of over thirty plays and two screenplays. Nine of his plays have been produced. He is a graphics arts producer, a published writer, award winning singer, director and actor.

Philanthropic efforts Grant has followed in the footsteps of his family. Many of his concerts are for Charities. Grant recently performed at Smith's Olde Bar in Atlanta, Georgia for the 500 Songs For Kids Foundation. Grant played for the Cancer Society and Team Logan in Roswell, Georgia.

Other philanthropy Grant and his family donated scholarships for children of The Bahamas in 2008 of Five Million Dollars; with one of the students graduating from Emory University in the Spring of 2012. He has donated money for education.
 * "Students to benefit from $5M donation", The Nassau Guardian, April 18, 2008, KEVA LIGHTBOURNE

Other philanthropy The Davis Family caused a fully equipped ambulance to be donated by AMR of Marietta, Georgia to the island of Abaco, The Bahamas after Hurricane Floyd devastated the island.

Awards and honors Best Actor in a Lead Role for The Grapes of Wrath (Personal meeting with John Malkovich, First Producer at Chicago Theater) Best Director for Heroes and Heroines Best Original Play for Heroes and Heroines State Finalist for National Singing Competition organized by Dick Clark

Published albums and songs from 2003

GRANT DAVIS - NO CAUTION - RUM CAY RECORDS 2003 Special Limited Edition 1- No More U In Us 2-  Bridge Down The Road 3- Bubba’s Body Shop 4- So You Know 5- What It Is, Love Is 6-  No Caution 7- Love By Accident 8- Whatever Happened 9- Who Would’ve Known 10- Rhythm Of Our Hearts 11- I Fell For That 12- Mrs. Someone Else

Band Members - Grant Davis - (Lead Vocal) Lance Price - (Band Leader Lead Guitar Gango – Acoustic Guitar - Background Vocals) Josh Birkhimer - (Drums) Nick McDermott - (Keyboard Accordian - Background Vocals) Daniel (Dan) DiPietro - (Bass) Terry Grant - (Electric Guitar – Acoustic Guitar)

Produced by Joseph C. Smith Vocals Produced by Mark Goff Executive Producer: Billy Davis Recorded at Sound Kitchen/Nashville WEG Productions/Orlando Trans Con Studios/Orlando Engineered by Joseph C. Smith Drew Bowman, and Matthew Lippiate Mixed by Joseph C. Smith at WEG Productions Mastered by Hank Williams at Mastermix Lead Vocals: Grant Davis Drums: Tony 'Bam Bam' Morra Bass: Matt Pierson Organ/Slide Guitar/Accordian: Phil Madiera Electric Guitar: Gary Burnette Electric Guitar/Acoustic Guitars/Mandolin: Dave Cleveland Steel Guitar: Doug Stock Dobro: Forrest Rodgers Piano: Scott Jones Trumpet: Charlie Bertini Trombone: Jon Alred Sax: Terry Meyers Keyboard Programming: Shaun Fisher Background Vocals: Mark Goff/Charlie Allen/Randy Paul Strings: Carol Gorodetzky/Pamela Sixfin/Alan Umstead David Davidson/Catherine Umstead/Davis Angell Mary Kathryn Vanosdale/Chris Farrell/Gary Vanosdale Jim Grosjean/Margret Mason/Carol Rabinowitz Strings Arranged by John Katelenic Art Direction and Package Design by Bert Sumner for Ground Level Design/Nashville

Photography by Derrick Hood for Derrick Hood Photography/Nashville

Hair & Makeup by Nicki Beecher

A Special Thanks to Steve and all the Boys at Pittman's Race Cars for use of the garage and Weldon & Aaron Wells at Classic Muscle Restorations for the kick-ass '67 Chevelle Super Sport

Published albums and songs from 2008

No Caution Remixed and Arranged with new songs.

GRANT DAVIS - NO CAUTION - RUM CAY RECORDS 2008 1- No More U In Us 2-  Bridge Down The Road 3- Who Would’ve Known 4- So You Know 5- What It Is, Love Is 6-  Bubba’s Body Shop 7- No Caution 8- Rhythm Of Our Hearts 9- I Fell For That 10- Count on Me (With Khamelien)

Produced by Joseph C. Smith Vocals Produced by Mark Goff Executive Producer: Billy Davis Recorded at Sound Kitchen/Nashville WEG Productions/Orlando Trans Con Studios/Orlando Catacomb Studios/Orlando Exotic Studios/Nassau Mountain View Studios/Georgia Engineered by Joseph C. Smith Drew Bowman, and Matthew Lippiate Mixed by Joseph C. Smith, Mountain View Studios Mastered by Joseph C. Smith, Mountain View Studios Lead Vocals: Grant Davis Guest Vocals: Khamelien (Courtesy of Goin' Native Records) Drums: Tony 'Bam Bam' Morra Bass: Matt Pierson Percussion: Monk Organ/Slide Guitar/Accordian: Phil Madiera Electric Guitar: Gary Burnette Electric Guitar/Acoustic Guitars/Mandolin: Dave Cleveland Steel Guitar: Doug Stock Additional Guitar: Mike Bosch Dobro: Forrest Rodgers Piano: Scott Jones Trumpet: Charlie Bertini Trombone: Jon Alred Sax: Terry Meyers Keyboard Programming: Shaun Fisher Background Vocals: Mark Goff/Charlie Allen/Randy Paul Strings: Carol Gorodetzky/Pamela Sixfin/Alan Umstead David Davidson/Catherine Umstead/Davis Angell Mary Kathryn Vanosdale/Chris Farrell/Gary Vanosdale Jim Grosjean/Margret Mason/Carol Rabinowitz Strings Arranged by John Katelenic Album Design by JR Graphix, LLC www.jrgraphix.com Photography by Enrique Fux for M and E Image & Design/Orlando