Musician Trevor Davis, a San Diego native, came out to the OC last month to perform an acoustic set at the Gypsy Den coffee house in Sana Ana, California.
With a voice powerful enough to rival the pipes of the soulful greats to more recent acts like Gavin DeGraw, it’s surprising Trevor Davis is not a household name already.
Davis played an eclectic mixture of songs from his previous two albums (Seven Days and Nothing Ringing True) but started off with a great mellow cover of Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy.” After that, he dared to cover The Beatles “Something,” which – though lacking the infamous harmony since Davis was performing solo—was still delivered with the same emotion and intensity The Beatles did with theirs.
He continued with “Arrowplane” from Never Ringing True and explained its reference to a long-distance relationship.
Later he played a cover of “Trouble” by Ray LaMontagne for his mom who was in the audience that night.
Davis finished his set with a few more songs off of Sevens Days and Nothing Ringing True. He also announced that the Gypsy Den set would be his last in the Orange County area for awhile, since he will be moving to Seattle in August.
If you could fit it in a nutshell, seeing a Trevor Davis performance is like watching a vocal great, mixed with a comedian (i.e. discussions about polarized sunglasses) with even a little dancer mixed in there (he doesn’t merely stand there with a guitar and sing). His vocal range mirrors that of Prince and Michael Jackson with high high notes, and low low notes.
For those of you in Washington, you should definitely check him out if he’s coming to a coffee house or music venue near you.
