We caught up with Davis in the run-up to the release of his new LP New Threats from the Soul to discuss his first band State Champion, the different struggles he faced in making the two albums, the comedy in his songwriting, and more.
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Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band :: Dancing on the Edge
Ryan Davis is tipping his beer to a world in moral and constitutional decline. Ruminating shortcomings, both inward and out, that seem to have settled into the standard, the Louisville-based journeyman defiantly declares he and his crew “the new vigilantes of the two-drink minimum” on “Free from the Guillotine,” the dryly pugnacious opener to Ryan Davis & the Roadhouse Band’s Dancing on the Edge, the latest and perhaps greatest notch in the storied songwriter’s belt.