Bart Davenport

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Erik Carter - erik(((at)))unclebooking(((dot)))com
Uncle Booking

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Paul Koehler - paul(((at)))antennafarmrecords(((dot)))com
Antenna Farm

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He can sell you a bill of love that from anyone else would seem corny and make you believe again - in the long summers of blissful youth, in dancing the night away. Bart Davenport is from Oakland California. You may have seen him fronting the electro future-funk trio called Honeycut. Perhaps you caught his one-man softrock show between the trees and beards of Big Sur or way over yonder in England or Germany. Most of all Bart loves to perform in Spain, where there is a unique appreciation for his melodies and moods – thanks, in part, to an earlier incarnation as a blues howler in The Loved Ones.

Bart’s eclectic style has given him numerous opportunities to share bills with a diverse roster of acts. He has toured with Kings Of Convenience and opened for quite a few of his heroes from Jonathan Richman to John Lee Hooker. In 2002, Bart’s self-titled solo debut firmly established him as a singer-songwriter. He quickly followed that with Game Preserve, released in Fall 2003 on Antenna Farm. This second solo album featured a wide range of guest musicians including members of Call And Response, Cake, Subtle and Dave Gleason's Wasted Days plus, rich vocal harmonies from The Moore Brothers and Nedelle. Jon Erickson's tight, no-nonsense, analogue production made the album both classic and pioneering. Then in 2005 came Maroon Cocoon (and the companion EP, Seal The Deal!). Working with friend and housemate, Sam Flax Keener on an eight-track tape machine, the record was Bart’s most stripped-down, carefully honed work to date.

2006, saw a stint playing bass for Persephone’s Bees. By the end of that year Davenport, along with RV Salters and Tony Sevener had unveiled a new side project, Honeycut. The Day I Turned To Glass met with critical acclaim and an instant popularity that propelled them to the US festival circuit. In late 2007, Bart turned his attention to creating his fourth solo album, Palaces. Released in Fall 2008, it is clearly the result of a lifetime of music making. With production help from psychedelic main man Kelley Stoltz, Palaces has all the trappings of a classic Bart record; West Coast Pop with shades of Philly Soul, Folk, Bossa Nova and 70s AM Gold. These elements however, are merely the backdrop for a poignant and sincere voice of today, what Sylvie Simmons of MOJO calls “a fine example of San Fran’s vinyl and thrift shop culture, turning stuff people throw out into something new”.

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