Steve Dawson

Originally from Vancouver but now a resident of Nashville, Steve Dawson may be a more familiar name to you as a session guitarist and producer. Over the past decade he has accrued an embarrassingly huge array of musical accolades (including a whopping seven Juno awards), working with the likes of Kelly Joe Phelps and John Hammond, so it’s little wonder that Lucky Hand has southern, blues-soaked Americana at its core. Close your eyes and you’ll see a bunch o’ folks playing this music on the front porch of a sturdy oak-framed house somewhere in the dustbowl. Probably.

As one of Canada s most sought after producers, session musicians and guitarists, Steve Dawson spends much of his time helping other songwriters and musicians bring their creative visions to life. As wonderful as these collaborations are, it s when Dawson hunkers down in his Henhouse Studio to record his own music that he truly shines, and the 7 time Juno Award-winning (2 as artist, 5 as producer) artist has come up with something special this time around. Solid States and Loose Ends is a sublime set of new songs that play to all of Dawson s many musical strengths.

This is the record that Steve Dawson's growing number of fans have been waiting for. Rattlesnake Cage finally gives them the opportunity to hear Steve interact with his guitar in a way that has never been captured on record before. These new simple and unadorned recordings hearken back to the American Primitive sound that John Fahey and other artists such as Peter Lang and Leo Kottke recorded on Fahey's iconic Takoma record label in the sixties - instrumental music informed by the deep traditions of blues, ragtime, jazz, and even Hawaiian music, but taking those influences in unexpected directions.

Jazz drummer Steve Davis was born in Santa Barbara, California in 1958. Following the advice of drumset teacher Alan Dawson, Steve moved to New York City in the early 1980s to begin his career as a jazz drummer. Throughout the 1980s Steve built up a reputation in the New York scene, playing and recording with many big names.

Jazz drummer Steve Davis was born in Santa Barbara, California in 1958. Following the advice of drumset teacher Alan Dawson, Steve moved to New York City in the early 1980s to begin his career as a jazz drummer. Throughout the 1980s Steve built up a reputation in the New York scene, playing and recording with many big names.