Robin Davey (born 29 December 1975 in

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, Cornwall, England) is an English musician, record producer, musical director and photographer.

Biography

Davey was a founding member of the British

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band, The Hoax, who were signed to

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in 1994 and released their debut album ''Sounds Like This'' to critical acclaim. '' Q'' magazine likened the band to

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and

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and gave the album a four star review. The album was produced by Mike Vernon whose early work included

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and John Mayall's Blues Breakers (with

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described them as "the great white hope of 1995". The Hoax split in 1999 having released four albums and shortly after Davey formed the Davey Brothers, a blues rock outfit with his older brother Jesse. The duo signed to Interscope records via

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's Weapons of Mass Entertainment Label. The Davey Brothers' song "Heart Go Faster" was featured over the closing credits in the film '' Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life'' and featured on the

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. The Davey Brothers split in 2006 having never released anything through Interscope Records. In 2004, Davey played bass guitar on the ''Alfie'' soundtrack and also performed on tracks for the ''Be Cool'' soundtrack in 2005. In 2006, Davey directed his debut feature documentary '' The Canary Effect'', which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was also awarded the Stanley Kubrick Award for Bold and Innovative Film Making at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival the same year. In 2006, Davey also formed his current band The Bastard Fairies with Native American artist and singer Yellow Thunder Woman. The band released their debut album ''Memento Mori'' for free download late that year and shortly after signed to Adrenaline Records. In 2007, an extended physical version of the album with five bonus tracks was released on CD. In 2009, Davey embarked on a European tour with his former band The Hoax. The band recorded the shows for release of a live album and DVD. In the same year, the track "Bones" from their 1998 album ''Humdinger'' was covered by

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on her debut album ''

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''. Davey recently admitted to being the creator of the Gutbucket Slim's ''Blues Emporium'' album. The album is a mash up of old blues recording featuring artists such as

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mixed with more contemporary artists

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and

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. The album is available as a free download. 2010 saw the release of the ''Wolfbox'' album from The Davey Brothers. In 2010, Davey's band The Bastard Fairies also released the single "DIRTY SEXY KILL KILL" and EP "Man Made Monster. In late 2010, Davey reported through his Facebook page that has teamed up with singer/artist Greta Valenti for a new project called Well Hung Heart. Davey plays simultaneous guitar and bass in the three piece outfit based in Southern California. The band made their European debut in 2011 as part of "Hoaxfest".

Directing work

In 2006, Directed the award-winning documentary, ''The Canary Effect''. In 2008, Davey became a part of GROWvision Studios, a creative development and production company with partner, Greta Valenti. In 2012, Robin Davey began Directing the TV Series, "Live From Daryl's House" Hosted by Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates. Davey has also directed a number of music videos including

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's "Too Drunk...",

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's "37 Stitches" and Jody Raffoul's "Stay (with Me)". In 2009 Davey directed the "Black Hearts (On Fire)" video for Australian band

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Music production

In 2003, Davey produced the eponymous album from native blues rockers

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. He also co-wrote seven tracks including the top 30 AAA radio hit "C'Mon Suzie". The album reached number 3 in the ''Billboard'' Blues Chart.

Photography

He shot the cover of actress

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's debut album as well as the cover for The Bastard Fairies ''Memento Mori'' album, the cover to

's "37 Stitches" single and the UK poster for

's 2007 tour.

Discography

Albums and EPs

1994 The Hoax – ''Sound Like This''
1996 The Hoax – ''Unpossible''
1997 The Hoax – ''Humdinger''
1999 The Hoax – ''Live Forever''
2003 The Davey Brothers – ''Monkey Number 9'' (UK only)
2006 The Bastard Fairies – ''Memento Mori''
2008 The Bastard Fairies – "Man Made Monster"
2010 The Davey Brothers – ''Wolfbox''
2010 The Hoax – ''2010 A Blues Odyssey''
2011 Well Hung Heart – "The State of America" EP
2013 Well Hung Heart – "Young Enough To Know It All"
2013 The Hoax – "Big City Blues"
2014 Well Hung Heart – "Go Forth And Multiply"
2015 Well Hung Heart - "Well Hung Heart" EP
2016 Well Hung Heart - "Live From Hybrid" EP
2017 Beaux Gris Gris - "Appetizer" EP
2018 Beaux Gris Gris - "Love and Murder"

Soundtracks

1995 ''Heaven's Prisoners'' (featured track: The Hoax – "20 Ton Weight")
2003 ''Tomb Raider 2: The Cradle Of Life'' (featured track" The Davey Brothers – "Heart Go Faster")
2004 ''Alfie'' (Bass Guitar – Various Tracks)
2005 ''Be Cool'' (Bass Guitar – Various Tracks)

Producer

1994 The Hoax – ''Sound Like This''
1996 The Hoax – ''Unpossible''
1997 The Hoax – ''Humdinger''
2003 Indigenous – ''Indigenous''
2006 The Bastard Fairies – ''Memento Mori''
2010 The Bastard Fairies – "DIRTY SEXY KILL KILL" (Single)
2011 Well Hung Heart – "The State Of America" EP

Filmography

2000 ''Making an Omelette'' (Short Film) Writer / Actor
2001 ''Finch'' (Short Film) Writer / Director / Actor
2004 Dave Stewart – "Everybody All Over The World" (Music Video) Director
2005 The Davey Brothers – "Sunshine Day" (Music Video) Director
2006 ''The Canary Effect'' – (Feature Documentary) Director / Writer / Producer
2008 Buckcherry – "Too Drunk" (Music Video) Director / Producer
2008 Drowning Pool – "37 Stitches" (Music Video) Director / Producer
2008 Jody Raffoul – "Stay (With Me)" (Music Video) Director / Producer
2008 ''Grabtime'' (Documentary) Writer / Director / Producer
2009 Jet – "Black Hearts (On Fire)" Writer / Director
2011 Papa Roach – "No Matter What (Acoustic)" Writer / Director

Awards

Music

British Blues Connection Best British Blues Band (The Hoax) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998. Inductees into British Blues Connection Hall Of Fame (The Hoax) 1998

Film

''Making An Omelette'' – Winner BT Get Out There Awards 2000
''The Canary Effect'' – Winner Stanley Kubrick Award For Bold and Innovative Film – Making Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival 2006
The Bastard Fairies, "The Greatest Love Song" – Winner Best Music Video – American Indian Motion Picture Awards 2006

References

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