Jamie Davis is an American country/soul/Southern rock musician. He is best known as lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter of Jamie Davis & Soul Gravy, the band notable for its 2006 single "Mississippi Moonshine".

Personal life

He was born as James Lee Davis III in Booneville, Mississippi

Booneville, Mississippi

Booneville is a city in Prentiss County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 8,625 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Prentiss County....

. He is the son of Angela Cook Hughes (whom was 19 at the time) and James "Jim" Davis II (whom was 16 at the time) and the older brother of Jay Murray, Jessi, Kaylee, Konner and Garrison. He is of Irish

Irish people

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, German

Germans

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, English

English people

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, Belgian

Belgians

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, Jewish, and Choctaw

Choctaw

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 descent. Jamie attended Northeast Community College and Mississippi State University. Davis is a Republican, although he supported then-Congressman Travis Childers

Travis Childers

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 in 2008.

Jamie Davis & Soul Gravy

Davis and Dan Isbell, former member of Christian rock group Wavorly, founded Jamie Davis & Soul Gravy while attending Mississippi State University. The rotating band lineup solidified in 2005 with the addition of highly acclaimed Starkville, MS area musicians John Staggers (drums), Mitch Shurden (bass), and Jerry Carnathan (lead guitar). The band's current members are :

• Jamie Davis, lead vocals, guitar
• Dan Isbell, vocals, guitar, mandolin
• Jerry Carnathan, vocals, lead guitar
• Lee Graham, bass
• John Staggers, drums

Occasionally performing with the band:

• David Duncan, organ/keyboards
• Mark Goldbeck, organ/keyboards
• Jerry Rains, organ/keyboards

Former Members:

• Dustin Childers, current manager/booking agent, lead guitar until 2005
• Josh Mallard, drums until 2005
• Mitch Shurden, bass 2005-2009
• Jason Herndon, bass until 2005

Discography

• 2006 - Mississippi Moonshine
• 2010 - The Blue Album

The band is set to begin recording their third album in the fall of 2011.

External links

• Official site
• "One More Song" music video on YouTube
  YouTube
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• "Louisiana" music video on YouTube
• "Mississippi Moonshine" music video on YouTube