Morgan Davis is a Canadian blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. He was born and spent his childhood in

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, before relocating to

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, Canada, in 1968. He moved to

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, in 2001. Chris Martin
What's in the air at Bearlys that keeps Morgan Davis coming back

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, May 9, 2012. Retrieved 2015-07-03. His song "Why'd You Lie" was a hit for Colin James and featured on James' 1988 debut album. "Reefer Smokin' Man" was described as a "blues cult classic". Davis' principal major label release, ''Morgan Davis'', on

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, was produced by

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. Davis was the recipient of multiple awards, including a

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, for his 2003 release, ''Painkiller'', on Electro-Fi Records."CARAS Scores A Hit With 2004 Juno Awards"
''Soul Shine''. 2004-04-05

Awards

*2005

Maple Blues Award The Maple Blues Awards are Canada’s blues awards, "honouring the finest in Canadian blues". They are the only comprehensive national best in blues awards program. The program's goal is to promote blues music across Canada, and to recognize outs ...

, Songwriter of the Year *2004

JUNO Award The Juno Awards, more popularly known as the JUNOS, are awards presented annually to Canadian musical artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music. New members of the Canadian Music Hall of ...

, Blues Album of the Year: ''Painkiller'' *2004 Maple Blues Award, Recording of the Year: ''Painkiller'' *2004 Maple Blues Award, Male Vocalist of the Year *2004 Maple Blues Award,

SOCAN The Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN) is a Canadian performance rights organization that represents the performing rights of more than 135,000 songwriters, composers and music publishers. The organization collects ...

Songwriter of the Year *2004 Maple Blues Award, Producer of the Year (with

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): ''Painkiller'' *2000

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, Acoustic Artist of the Year *1999 Maple Blues Award, Producer of the Year: ''Blues Medicine'' *1999 Maple Blues Award, SOCAN Songwriter of the Year *1996 Toronto Blues Society, Blues with a Feeling Award *1995 Jazz Report, Blues Band of the Year *1994 Jazz Report, Blues Artist of the Year

Discography

*2014 ''I Got My Own'' ( Electro-Fi) *2011 ''Drive My Blues Away'' (Electro-Fi) *2007 ''At Home in Nova Scotia'' ( Deep Cove) *2003 ''Painkiller'' (Electro-Fi) *2003 ''Hogtown Years'' (Independent) *1999 ''Blues Medicine'' (Electro-Fi) *1994 ''Morgan Davis Live'' (Independent) *1990 ''Morgan Davis'' ( Stony Plain) *1982 ''I'm Ready to Play!'' ( Bullhead)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Morgan Canadian blues singers Musicians from Detroit Musicians from Toronto Musicians from Halifax, Nova Scotia Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian blues guitarists Canadian male guitarists Juno Award for Blues Album of the Year winners