About
T. Davis is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter known for his original recipe of southern soul, country, funk and Americana:
funk-try / soul-mericana
Born and raised in eastern North Carolina, the great-grandson of a tobacco farmer, grandson of a bassist, and son of a drummer, he's been immersed in the music, culture, Spirit, and groove of the southern tradition since childhood. In grade school his first book report was on a biography of Ray Charles, even going so far as to bring his Casio keyboard into class to give a live performance of Ray's hit "What'd I Say," dark sunglasses and all. He considers the ten points' extra credit his first "paid" gig.
As a kid he spent hours alone in his room singing along and transcribing by ear into notebooks the lyrics of southern soul ballads, traditional country classics, singer-songwriters, and the quintessential popular music from the golden era of radio: Otis Redding, Stevie Wonder, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, James Taylor, Carole King, The Band, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, Michael Jackson.
After starting on piano and moving on to drums and bass, he ultimately picked up guitar at fifteen, learning chords from his best friend Tanner (who still plays with him today) as they worked their way through The Beatles' songbook in their first band.
In the twenty years since then he's performed professionally in bars, backyards, breweries, restaurants, theatres, and festivals all along the East Coast, with the road ultimately leading him to Nashville with his wife Bri. Along the way he's found new inspiration from contemporaries who refuse to mold themselves to genre expectations: the evergreen records produced by Dave Cobb and the artists behind them, such as Jason Isbell, Brandi Carlile, Sturgill Simpson, Brent Cobb, Rival Sons.
As he puts it, their lyrics and delivery are "raw, ripping the human condition down to the studs," carrying the same weight as Otis Redding's desperate phrasing, Bob Dylan's elegant poignance, and Hank Williams' terminal heartache, but presenting it all through a 21st-century lens, through which he too aspires to write.
Since moving to Nashville, he's found a tribe of like-minded collaborators and fully synthesized his fusion of soul, blues, country, and folk into a sound that's uniquely his and essentially southern, one audiences have described as "Teddy Swims meets Chris Stapleton."
His catalog includes the albums On The One (2018) and Wanderlust & Happy Pills (2023), and the live record T. Davis & Company Live at the Paramount (2024). His latest single, "Devil's Got Work To Do," released in July 2026 as the follow-up to "US Highway 50” (his highest-streaming single to date) with more singles on the way ahead of a new album.
He has opened for Sister Hazel and Elvie Shane, is slated to open for Ashley McBryde in September 2026, and makes his Bluebird Cafe debut August 9th.
Since May 2025, he has been the co-host and producer of The Good, The Bad & The Music Podcast with his wife Bri.
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