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Seattle’s Davidson Hart Kingsbery was born in Paris, Texas in 1979. His family moved around a lot before settling in Washington State, raising Hart in a devout religious environment where he sang hymns in church. After a bad early divorce, he turned his back on the church, accepting damnation as the payback for a life of barroom debauchery, only to discover that the country songs he’d begun to write told stories of a different sort: that of the damnation of affairs of the heart. His debut album 2 Horses tells the story of it all. Seattle fans can celebrate with the band at Tractor Tavern on June 30th.
The first video, for 'Don't It Sound So Sweet' is out now. View it here:
Penning songs like 'Devil in his Heart' (“Whatever happened to that good Christian boy? I hear he’s a mess, got the devil on his breath.) and 'Tell Me What He Looks Like' (“So I can see him in hell”) came naturally to Kingsbery, though it was his first foray into country songwriting. “It felt like what I should be writing,” he said, “As a kid, my father made belt buckles for the rodeo (as well as Bob Hope and Pavorotti), where they are used as trophies. They are giant and really elaborate. He’d take me with him and I heard a lot of great country music. When I began working on country songs it felt like coming home.” Kingsbery finds inspiration in favorites like Charlie Rich and Doug Sahm as well as soulful artists like Bo Diddley and Al Green.
The band formed in *****2010 and shortly after, they were invited to serve as house band for a series of underground 2-step parties. Playing marathon sets instilled the kind of locked-in musical teamwork that can take some bands years. Building a fanbase from the two steppers, they began playing around Seattle and found that the dance movement was contagious. “You don’t see much dancing at regular shows here, but when we started playing out and our dancers showed up and hit the floor, suddenly all kinds of kids were getting up and jumping around. It’s pretty cool.”
After hooking up with Fin Records, DHK released a translucent yellow/orange 7” with '2 Horses' and 'Stuck in Washington' in March; their full length release (also titled 2 Horses) is available on June 26th. The album was recorded with Martin Feveyear (Mark Lanegan, Presidents of the United States of America, John Wesley Harding) at Jupiter Studios.
The first video, for 'Don't It Sound So Sweet' is out now. View it here:
Penning songs like 'Devil in his Heart' (“Whatever happened to that good Christian boy? I hear he’s a mess, got the devil on his breath.) and 'Tell Me What He Looks Like' (“So I can see him in hell”) came naturally to Kingsbery, though it was his first foray into country songwriting. “It felt like what I should be writing,” he said, “As a kid, my father made belt buckles for the rodeo (as well as Bob Hope and Pavorotti), where they are used as trophies. They are giant and really elaborate. He’d take me with him and I heard a lot of great country music. When I began working on country songs it felt like coming home.” Kingsbery finds inspiration in favorites like Charlie Rich and Doug Sahm as well as soulful artists like Bo Diddley and Al Green.
The band formed in *****2010 and shortly after, they were invited to serve as house band for a series of underground 2-step parties. Playing marathon sets instilled the kind of locked-in musical teamwork that can take some bands years. Building a fanbase from the two steppers, they began playing around Seattle and found that the dance movement was contagious. “You don’t see much dancing at regular shows here, but when we started playing out and our dancers showed up and hit the floor, suddenly all kinds of kids were getting up and jumping around. It’s pretty cool.”
After hooking up with Fin Records, DHK released a translucent yellow/orange 7” with '2 Horses' and 'Stuck in Washington' in March; their full length release (also titled 2 Horses) is available on June 26th. The album was recorded with Martin Feveyear (Mark Lanegan, Presidents of the United States of America, John Wesley Harding) at Jupiter Studios.
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