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QUESTIONS

KELLY DOW      JULIE DAVIS

Full name?

Kelly Ray Dow Carol Julianne Davis-Dow

Nicknames?

Kell, & there was this one guy I worked with that used to call me "sir calahan" I don't know why and he was the only one to ever call me that.

Juls, (monkey-childhood)

Introvert / Extrovert


introvert
 

extrovert

Where are you from?

Born in Lubbock, Texas- raised in Hobbs, New Mexico

San Angelo, Tx.- raised in Austin, Tx

Where do you live now?

Florida

Florida

Alma mater?

University of North Texas

School of Vinyl

Hobbies?

Working out, Riding my Bike and Audio books

listening to vinyl, scrabble, poker

What is your favorite:

food?

Julie's Chili  and Sublime Restaurant in Ft. Lauderdale

anything vegan

Book?

Fierce Invalids From Hot Climates

Reading Lyrics

Magazine?

National Geographic

Downbeat

Movie?

Sweet & Lowdown and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

All About Eve, and anything Hitchcock

TV Show?

Simpsons, and Weeds I love House, and Dexter

Web Site?

Gypsyjazzguitar.com  click media to watch some great videos Djangobooks.com  click on video archives and audio archives

 Jazzsingers.com, TCM.com

Radio Station?

StephanieMiller.com

NPR-anything that plays jazz

Album?

 Stochelo Rosenberg - Ready and Able

Shirley Horn with Strings, Ella live at Newport

Song?

Tico Tico

Dedicated To You

Artist/musician?

Dr. Lonnie Smith

 Wynton Marsalis, Kurt Elling

Quote?

The water wears down the rock, not by force, but by constant falling"

"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" 

Holiday?

Christmas

Christmas

Vacation? a "working" vacation where we were in Grand Cayman for 2 weeks! Key West

Favorite place(s) you have visited?

New York, Paris, Tokyo and London

Grand Cayman, London

Pets?

same->

2 cats: Sassy & Ella

Pet Peeve? Gum on the sidewalk a closed mind
What does music do to you? Transports me to another place it allows me to feel on a deep level through expression.
What do you like about your spouse? Her quick wit, her natural approach to music and life, and the way she looks at me when she is singing a song like "Dedicated to You" He is extremely impassioned about music and He always lets me be myself

Prized possession?

 My Dell Arte Guitar, and My Eastman 7 string
 

A record of Ella Fitzgerald Live at the Newport Jazz Festival ‘73

Name 3 qualities that best describe you.

quiet, down to earth but a closet crazy 

honest, fun, very open-minded

Favorite childhood memory?

6th grade play where I played the "Prince" in "Rapunzel" and of course my first real kiss

I used to put on little shows for my family with my sister. We wore nightgowns and danced and sang. We even made little tickets.

Name your musical influences.

 Django Reinhardt, Joe Pass, Wes Montgomery Lenny Breau, Tuck Andress

Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Carmen McRae, Billie Holiday

Who do you listen to now?

Stochelo and Jimmy Rosenberg, Jimmy Bruno, Frank Vignola, Jack Wilkins

 Jackie Paris

Name something you would like to do in the near future. Perform in Europe Finish our CD

Describe your sound.

Reckless Percision

"a wry kittenish voice with claws"

Name two things people don’t know about you.

I own 2 banjos, and at one time I could do a decent "Foggy Mountain Break Down" and I can do an impression of Hank Hill I kiss my cats on the nose and I love a good game of twister
if you could have dinner with three musicians, who would they be? Duke Ellington, Gunther Schuller and Wynton Marsalis Peggy Lee, Sarah Vaughan, and Ella

If you could have one wish granted what would it be?

Hit the Lotto!

To travel the world and bring the joy and spirit of jazz to a larger audience.