BILLY DON BURNS w/Mike Davis
BILLY DON BURNS
Billy Don Burns is a true Country Music Warrior. He wears his battle scars with honor, depicting the stories of his life in his songs with brutal and beautiful honesty. He’s respected far and wide for his long career in songwriting and performing, and he’s still out there. He’s lived it and breathed it through lifetimes of country music passion and pain. Carrying the guitar like a sword on his back, he battles for the Poet. He battles for the Artist. He battles for the souls who defy modern convention. And every time he strikes a chord in some smoke-filled honky tonk, he wins. Billy Don Burns started out in this business working with legends, and somewhere along the way he became one himself.
Billy Don Burns is one of the few remaining original Outlaw Country Music singer songwriters. This long and hard road paved with a honky tonk reality has taken him from Stone County, Arkansas and around the world touring for the past forty plus years. He has been described as “The Warrior Poet” who has gained the respect of some of the greatest songwriters including Billy Joe Shaver, David Lynn Jones, Johnny Cash, and Willie Nelson. Some of BDB’s critically acclaimed albums are “Desperate Men” with Hank Cochran, and “Heroes, Friends and Other Troubled Souls” with Hank Cochran, Willie Nelson, and Tanya Tucker. Willie, Connie Smith, Mel Tillis, and Sammy Kershaw have recorded his songs. Some of the artists that have recently recorded his songs are Cody Jinks, Whitey Morgan, and Colter Wall. Billy Don Burns’ new albums; “A Night in Room 8” and “Graveyard in Montgomery” have recently been released and singled out by Rolling Stone, and others. This is a quote from Billy Joe Shaver: “Friend forever! Billy Don is wise beyond his years. Great writer! Great man! A leader in all walks of life. The best man to have on your side, no matter how dangerous the situation.”
MIKE DAVIS
Another Mid-Missouri gem, singer/songwriter, Mike can be found in a plethora of music venues from JTown to Nashville. Soulful and well versed with his way around the strings, Davis brings a performance you appreciate and feel it’s just for you.