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The Ballad of Aesop Fin<\/em><\/h2>\n

\"\"Born into a family of musicians, Barrett Davis began playing drums at age 11, then switched to strings after breaking his arm when he was 14. Teaching himself guitar chords on the Beatles\u2019 compilation album 1 and learning his father\u2019s original songs by sight led him to songwriting. \u201cMy first original song was a country tune, and I can\u2019t honestly say I remember it, but I remember everyone in the family getting excited and that was helpful for me,\u201d he says. \u201cSongwriting is truly my beginning, thanks to my folks and that fortuitous skating injury.\u201d<\/p>\n

Davis grew up in Lake Toxaway and, though drawn to life as a musician, he started a construction business to support his family. That workaday world and its people gave him rich material for songs, he says. \u201cMy lyrics are mostly influenced by life experience, but I would say that 60 percent of that is based in and around Appalachian culture,\u201d says Davis. \u201c\u2018The Ballad of Aesop Fin\u2019 is based on a mythical character of the Appalachian hills and is an allegorical story of the daily hardships there.\u201d<\/p>\n

His music has roots in indie folk, traditional songs, classic country, bluegrass, folk rock and blues. \u201cI try to keep that tone party raging in a lot of my original songs, gently weaving in and out of my roots and modern musical passion,\u201d Davis says.<\/p>\n

To purchase the album, visit BarrettDavisMusic.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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