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Robin Davey (born 29 December 1975 in St Austell, Cornwall, England) is an English musician, record producer, musical director and photographer. 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".The Hoax split in 1999 having released four albums and shortly after Davey formed the Davey Brothers, a blues rock outfit with his older brother Jesse. The duo signed to Interscope records via David A. Stewart's Weapons of Mass Entertainment Label. The Davey Brothers' song "Heart Go Faster" was featured over the closing credits in the film Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life and featured on the soundtrack album. The Davey Brothers split in 2006 having never released anything through Interscope Records.
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 late that year and shortly after signed to Adrenaline Records. In 2007, an extended physical version of the album with five bonus tracks was released on CD.
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".
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