# Robin Davey

Robin Davey (born 29 December 1975 in St Austell, Cornwall, England) is an English musician, record producer, musical director and photographer.

## Biography

Davey was a founding member of the British blues band, The Hoax, who were signed to East West Records in 1994 and released their debut album Sounds Like This to critical acclaim. Q magazine likened the band to the Yardbirds and the Rolling Stones and gave the album a four star review. The album was produced by Mike Vernon whose early work included Fleetwood Mac and John Mayall's Blues Breakers (with Eric Clapton). Colin Larkin described them as "the great white hope of 1995".
In 2004, Davey played bass guitar on the Alfie soundtrack and also performed on tracks for the Be Cool soundtrack in 2005.
In 2006, Davey directed his debut feature documentary The Canary Effect, which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was also awarded the Stanley Kubrick Award for Bold and Innovative Film Making at Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival the same year.
In 2006, Davey also formed his current band The Bastard Fairies with Native American artist and singer Yellow Thunder Woman. The band released their debut album Memento Mori for free download.
In 2009, Davey embarked on a European tour with his former band The Hoax. The band recorded the shows for release of a live album and DVD. In the same year, the track "Bones" from their 1998 album Humdinger was covered by Joanne Shaw Taylor on her debut album White Sugar.
Davey recently admitted to being the creator of the Gutbucket Slim's Blues Emporium album. The album is a mash up of old blues recording featuring artists such as Lead Belly, Howlin' Wolf mixed with more contemporary artists Mos Def, Christina Aguilera and Charles Bukowski. The album is available as a free download.
2010 saw the release of the Wolfbox album from The Davey Brothers.
In 2010, Davey's band The Bastard Fairies also released the single "DIRTY SEXY KILL KILL" and EP "Man Made Monster.
In late 2010, Davey reported through his Facebook page that has teamed up with singer/artist Greta Valenti for a new project called Well Hung Heart. Davey plays simultaneous guitar and bass in the three piece outfit based in Southern California. The band made their European debut in 2011 as part of "Hoaxfest".

### Directing work

In 2008, Davey became a part of GROWvision Studios, a creative development and production company with partner, Greta Valenti. In 2012, Robin Davey began Directing the TV Series, "Live From Daryl's House" Hosted by Daryl Hall of Hall & Oates.
Davey has also directed a number of music videos including Buckcherry's "Too Drunk...", Drowning Pool's "37 Stitches" and Jody Raffoul's "Stay (with Me)".

## Filmography

2000 Making an Omelette (Short Film) Writer / Actor 2001 Finch (Short Film) Writer / Director / Actor 2004 Dave Stewart – "Everybody All Over The World" (Music Video) Director 2005 The Davey Brothers – "Sunshine Day" (Music Video) Director 2006 The Canary Effect – (Feature Documentary) Director / Writer / Producer 2008 Buckcherry – "Too Drunk" (Music Video) Director / Producer 2008 Drowning Pool – "37 Stitches" (Music Video) Director / Producer 2008 Jody Raffoul – "Stay (With Me)" (Music Video) Director / Producer 2008 Grabtime (Documentary) Writer / Director / Producer
2009 Jet – "Black Hearts (On Fire)" Writer / Director
2011 Papa Roach – "No Matter What (Acoustic)" Writer / Director

## Awards
### Music

British Blues Connection Best British Blues Band (The Hoax) 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998. Inductees into British Blues Connection Hall Of Fame (The Hoax) 1998

### Film

Making An Omelette – Winner BT Get Out There Awards 2000 The Canary Effect – Winner Stanley Kubrick Award For Bold and Innovative Film – Making Michael Moore's Traverse City Film Festival 2006
The Bastard Fairies, "The Greatest Love Song" – Winner Best Music Video – American Indian Motion Picture Awards 2006