Davisson Brothers @ Shavers Saloon

The Davisson Brothers Band will be performing at Shavers Saloon in Elkins, West Virginia.

The Davissons were a musical clan – a passion for the fiddle was handed down through the family, though Chris and Donnie’s grandfather broke with tradition when he picked up a guitar in the mid-20th century. Their father, Eddie Davisson, became a working musician with a band that included their uncle, Pete Davisson, churning out country, rock and blues while playing 200 days a year. And that musical legacy impacted Donnie and Chris, who carried on the family tradition with a fiery intensity.

The Davisson Brothers Band started out, of course, in Clarksburg, but began to widen its footprint, touring around the Atlantic Coast and the Southeast. They built a significant reputation in the live market, though they deliberately took their time with the recording studio, waiting 15 years before they finally made their first album. They made that decision, in part, because their own family tree had impressed upon them the concept of legacy. And a recording leaves a permanent record that they have to live with.The Davisson Brothers Band is still out there slingin’ it, bringing the blood, sweat and tears from the American heartland to a world that increasingly recognizes and appreciates the real thing.