Short overview of Coco Davis
Old Haunts, Coco Davis’s debut LP, subtly dismantles and rearranges a collection of early “revenge blues” classics into a contemporary travelogue of witty and ghoulish tales. Shorn of the musical cliches that beset the blues genre, Old Haunts is one for storytellers, an imaginative realm of runaways, night-owls and bad girls.The lyrics of an old blues tune take on a fresh longing when placed in the languid company of filmic synthesizers, razor sharp slide guitar and sultry baritone sax. “Old Haunts is smart, spooky, funny, and at times, funky as anything”, said Nick Bollinger on Radio New Zealand.

It’s an assured statement of purpose from a singer with a fast-growing reputation on the NZ scene, judiciously reinterpreting the vivid tales of Bessie Smith, Lil’ Green, Ma Rainey and Geechie Wiley. A song-cycle coloured by slide guitar, paired with synthesizer and vibraphone, drenched in classic reverbs, Old Haunts was arranged and produced by “Sheffield’s answer to Lightnin’ Hopkins,” (NME), guitarist Tom Rodwell. Rodwell hails from the calypso-blues notorieties Storehouse, and is also known for his session playing with Don McGlashan on the hit album “Lucky Stars”.

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