DEBBIE DAVIES The Sky is crying

Debbie Davies has brought a new sensibility to the blues. The former guitarist for Albert Collins & the Icebreakers, Fingers Taylor & the Ladyfinger Revue, and Maggie Mayall & the Cadillacs, an all-female band led by John Mayall’s wife, Davies has continued to attract attention as the leader of her own group since 1993. “I believe my reputation backs up my ability to recognize exceptional blues,“ explained John Mayall during a early-2000 interview. “Such a one is Debbie Davies.“ Davies’ 1993 solo album, Picture This, featured a cameo appearance by Collins, who died of cancer shortly afterwards. Her fifth solo outing, Tales from the Austin Hotel, recorded with members of Stevie Ray Vaughan’s band, Double Trouble, received a W.C. Handy award nomination. Love the Game, released in 2001, featured members of her touring band and was produced by Duke Robillard. A native of Los Angeles, Davies inherited her musical skills from her father, who wrote arrangemen