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After Climbing Aussie Country Music Charts, Davisson Brothers Band to Release Album "Fighter"

By Julie Perine on May 20, 2018 via Connect-Bridgeport.com

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
After its debut single “Po’ Boyz” nearly topped the Australian country music charts, “Fighter” - the latest album of the Davisson Brothers Band – will be released here in the U.S. May 25.
“This album is special to us because it’s a very personal album,” said Chris Davisson. “We spent a long time writing, recording and choosing these songs. It represents us, where we come from and where we’re heading. It has a lot of ups and downs on it – the good times and the hard times. We hope everyone enjoys it.”
 
Davisson, his brother Donnie, Aaron Regester and Russ Reppert are riding high after a successful series of live performances with CMC Rocks 2018 music festival in Willowbank, Ipswich, Queensland, Australia; sharing the stage with some of country music’s biggest names; Luke Bryan, Darius Rucker and Luke Combs, to name a few.  
 
Davisson said it was an honor to visit and tour Australia and that the band was proud to represent the United States of America.
 
“Australia brought many of those ‘meant to be’ moments,” he said. “For some reason, we were chosen by Sony Music/Fangate Music/Dreamlined out of every other country act in the USA to be the first American act to break with a hit like we did. It was a reverse Keith Urban. We are honored.”
Things are really kicking in for DBB, said Brian Foyster of the album’s label, Dreamlined Entertainment Group.
 
"They played (at Australia's CMC Rocks) for 30,000 to 40,000 people a show, which is crazy on top of having the No. 2 song on the country charts," he said.
 
Produced by Grammy, CMA and ACM award-winning Keith Stegall – whose claim to fame began with Alan Jackson’s “Don’t Rock the Jukebox” - “Po’ Boyz” hit the Australian airwaves in the fall of 2017.
 
Though the band is riding high on their Aussie success story, it didn’t come without adversity and heartache.        
 
Stegall had worked closely with Australian music promoter and CMC Rocks organizer Rob Potts and thus DBB’s connection with the Land Down Under. Potts was tragically killed Oct. 27 in a motorcycle accident on the west coast of Tasmania.
 
“He was sort of the band’s champion. He really advocated for them,” Foyster said. “Everything was in limbo with Sony Records Australia, his label, as to whether it would still happen, but Sony honored the deal and everything moved forward there and it was decided to release the album in the U.S.”
 
Davisson said the band was fortunate to make the album with legendary producer and engineer team Keith Stegall and John Kelton in Nashville.
 
“They bring tons of creative talent, passion, energy and experience to the table,” he said.
 
“Fighter” features the single causing the international DBB stir, “Po’ Boyz,” a feel-good, up-tempo tune showcasing DBB’s signature rockabilly style, as does “Get Down South,” another fusion of southern rock, country and bluegrass, all blended with backcountry undertones. Other tracks include the inspiring ballad “Breathe,” which combines “rise above” lyrics with 70s-style guitar riffs. The survivor motif continues with “Didn’t Come Here to Leave,” a mid-tempo tune with a bad-boy vibe and the title track “Fighter,” which jams an all-for-one; one-for-all theme in sing-along style through a melody that slows things down and stars some notable musicality. “Appalachian American” delivers what the title implies: Americana, country-style pride. The project is capped off with “Let’s Build a Fire” and “Black Like Cash,” mid-tempo tunes which capture DBB persona and lifestyle, as well as the respective talents of lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist
Donnie Davisson, lead/slide guitarist Chris Davisson, bass guitarist/background vocalist Russ Reppert and drummer Aaron Regester.
 
“We are excited to get ‘Fighter’ out to the world,” Davisson said. “It’s already been a success to us. It’s a mile marker moment. It’s been a long time coming, getting the team in place we have. We planned out as much of it as possible, but a lot of things just happened on their own and fell in place.”
 
The band will promote the album in a series of in-store appearances at Walmart stores throughout West Virginia May 29-June 1. On Tuesday, May 29, DBB will be in Barboursville at 6 p.m., followed by Summersville on Wednesday, May 30, also at 6 p.m. On Thursday, May 31, the band will be in Fairmont at 5:30 p.m., followed by Emily Drive, Clarksburg at 8 p.m. The series concludes Friday, June 1 at University Town Center in Morgantown at 5 p.m.
 
Foyster said the band will likely return to Australia, but not until its festival season in February/March of 2019.
 
Leading up to the Walmart promotion series, the band has a busy touring schedule. After playing the West Virginia Strawberry Festival in Buckhannon Saturday night, DBB will host a “Fighter” CD release party May 25 at the Copper House Grill in Pleasant Valley, followed by an appearance at the West Virginia Dandelion Festival May 26 in White Sulphur Springs. On May 27, the band will host another CD release party at Schmitt’s Saloon in Morgantown and on May 28 will be part of Memorial Day Parade festivities in Grafton.
 
Following the Walmart series, DBB will play The State Fair of West Virginia in Lewisburg June 2, the CMA Fest in Nashville June 7, Burroughs & Chapin Pavilion Place in Myrtle Beach June 8, Bud Fest in Williamsport, Md. June 9 and the Carolina Country Music Fest in Myrtle Beach, SC June 10. See DBB’s entire tour schedule with links to ticket sales HERE.
 
 “Fighter” is available on Amazon Music, Apple Music, iTunes and Spotify. Download HERE at the Davisson Brothers Band Web site. 
 
The band has decided to dedicate the release of “Fighter” to those who have lost their lives serving our country, Davisson said.



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