DEBBIE DAVIES The Sky is crying

Debbie Davies has brought a new sensibility to the blues. The former guitarist for Albert Collins the Icebreakers, Fingers Taylor the Ladyfinger Revue, and Maggie Mayall the Cadillacs, an allfemale band led by John Mayall s wife, Davies has continued to attract attention as the leader of her own group since 1993. I believe my reputation backs up my ability to recognize exceptional blues, explained John Mayall during a early2000 interview. Such a one is Debbie Davies 1993 solo album, Picture This, featured a cameo appearance by Collins, who died of cancer shortly afterwards. Her fifth solo outing, Tales from the Austin Hotel, recorded with members of Stevie Ray Vaughan s band, Double Trouble, received a W. C. Handy award nomination. Love the Game, released in 2001, featured members of her touring band and was produced by Duke Robillard. A native of Los Angeles, Davies inherited her musical skills from her father, who wrote arrangemen