http://www.daveyo.com/ Singer-songwriter Davey O is a resilient artist with a career that has not been of the skyrocket variety. It's been a slow steady climb, a decade-plus long journey of learning to scrape away anything that smacks of cliché and turn the raw experience of life into songs that cut straight through to a place of sunlight and tears. The struggle has paid off in a collection of songs that are justly earned--no hackneyed storylines, no insincere polish, just an unflinching poet's look at life.

His style is pure Americana--a mix of back porch folk and beer hall rowdy.
You've already met his characters: the home-loving troubadour wondering if it's worth the long miles in an anonymous landscape; the brilliant but wild boy whose heart drowns in life's hurricane; the pretty girl at the bar whose sweet smile looks like a promise of redemption.

Armed with a classic troubadour's Gibson, battered straw hat and a powerful-yet-sensitive voice, Davey O has entertained attentive, diverse audiences throughout the Northeast and Midwest both as a solo artist and in collaboration with his musical partner Jeffrey Mikulski. He has been recognized with seven ASCAPlus Awards, five nominations for the Buffalo Music Award, and in 2004 he won the WNY People's Choice Award.

Davey is currently touring in support of his fifth release "The Long Way Home" and his previous release, "thirtyninedollarview," has received airplay throughout the Northeast and in Europe.

Notable venues and festivals:
All Asia Cafe, Boston, MA
Bluebird Cafe, Nashville, TN
Bull Run Restaurant Concert Series, Shirley, MA
Caffe Lena, Saratoga, Springs, NY
Cellar Stage, Baltimore, MD
Club Cafe, Pittsburgh, PA
Googie's Lounge/The Living Room, New York, NY
Niagara University, Lewiston, NY
Perch Cafe, New York, NY, (featured performer, Catharsis Music Series)
Tralf Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
University at Buffalo Center for the Arts, Amherst, NY
Villa Maria College of Buffalo Recital Hall, Buffalo, NY
Wellsville Creative Arts Center, Wellsville, NY
ARTVOICE Streetfest, (2005)
Elmwood Avenue Festival of the Arts, Buffalo, NY (2003, 2004, 2007)
Music is Art Festival, (2006)
Official Performance Alley Showcase Selection - 2011 International Folk Alliance Conference, Memphis, TN

Selected to showcase for Access Film Music at 2011 Folk Alliance Conference
Selected to showcase for Concerts In Your Home at 2011 Folk Alliance Conference

Notable support slots:
Kelly Joe Phelps, 2005, Mohawk Place, Buffalo, NY
Will Hoge, 2006, Showplace Theatre, Buffalo, NY
Gov't Mule, Medeski, Martin & Wood, 2005 ARTVOICE Streetfest, (acoustic
stage)
Tracy Grammer, 2007, Tin Angel, Philadelphia, PA
Elizabeth Cook, 2007, Sportsmen's Tavern, Buffalo, NY
The Roys, 2008, Club Infinity, Buffalo, NY
Brennen Leigh, 2008, Sportsmen's Tavern, Buffalo, NY
Kelley Hunt, 2008, Tralf Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Bob Martin, 2008, Bull Run Concert Series, Shirley, MA
Eric Sardinas, 2009, Tralf Music Hall, Buffalo, NY
Paul Thorn, 2009, Sportsmen's Tavern, Buffalo, NY.
The Ginn Sisters, House Concert, Buffalo, NY, 2009,
Poco, Labatt Blue Saturday Night Concerts, Gateway Park, Tonawanda, NY, 2009
Eilen Jewell, Sportsmens Tavern, Buffalo, NY, 2010
Eric Andersen, Caffe Lena, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2010
The Kennedys, Cellar Stage, Baltimore, MD, 2010
William Elliott Whitmore, Mohawk Place, Buffalo, NY, 2011