Devin Davis is a Chicago-based American

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musician. Growing up in

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, he started playing music when he was five years old; from the piano to the saxophone and guitar, Devin tried his hand at numerous musical styles, soon graduating to first a drumming role in a Marching Band, and later a band called Irving Philharmonic, in

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Career

A chance job engineering at ACME Recording in Chicago gave Devin the opportunity to work on his debut solo record, '' Lonely People of the World, Unite!''. Inspired by the long hours he spent working on the record, mostly alone at night, the album combines pop energy with classic '60s pop song craft, calling to mind Sloan and

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Discography

Albums

*'' Lonely People of the World, Unite!'' (2005)

Compilation appearances

* "When the Angels Lift Our Eyelids in the Morning" on ''

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, 2006

External links

* * AMG Summarybr>Interview with Gearwire.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Devin Living people American male singer-songwriters People from Clinton, Iowa Year of birth missing (living people) Singer-songwriters from Iowa