The Davidson Trio – Cougar
The Davidson Trio – Cougar
Format: CD – Digital
Label: Independent
Release 2025
Release date: March 14, 2025
The Davidson Trio is a hard rocking power trio based in Birmingham and the West Midlands in the UK. The band is led by the bass playing and 5 octave vocalist Owen Davidson (formerly with Uli Jon Roth & Rumour). Guitarist Ben Bicknell was Davidson’s fellow band member in the Glenn Hughes tribute called Black Country Community, while the band is powered by exciting new discovery Ellis Brown on drums.
The band’s debut recording ‘Cougar’, is an old school album given a contemporary makeover, with cracking songs, seamless interplay, bursting solos and Davidson soulful vocals.
As Owen explains: “This album is a return to my rock-blues and funk roots. I was always into guitarists like Jeff Beck, while in my early career I supported Trapeze, and I always liked the idea of a power trio. I also was influenced by bass players like Stanley Clarke, Victor Wooten and of course Glenn Hughes. So having met Ben and Ellis, I wanted to write the best possible songs in a power trio format. I’d like to think that with this album we have achieved that.”
‘Cougar’ is a powerhouse rock blues album with sharp riffs, booming solo and catchy hooks.
It’s a restatement of just what made rocking blues power trios so good in the first place.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/thedavidsontrio/
Tracks:
01. Medusa Touch
02. The Deep
03. Cougar
04. Hold On
05. Bad Moon
06. Blue River
07. The Cure
08. Catfish Blues