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SUMMARY:Davina and the Vagabonds
DESCRIPTION:Davina Sowers and the Vagabonds have created a stir on the na
 tional music scene with their high-energy live shows\, level A musicians
 hip\, sharp-dressed professionalism\, and Sowers’ commanding stage prese
 nce. With influences ranging from Fats Domino and the Preservation Hall 
 Jazz Band to Aretha Franklin and Tom Waits\, the band is converting audi
 ences one show at a time\, from Vancouver to Miami and across Europe. Mu
 ch like the music\, the story spurns era\, expectation\, and classificat
 ion. The often unbelievable\, sometimes harrowing\, and wholly inspiring
  journey of Davina Sowers gave birth to her eponymous band Davina and Th
 e Vagabonds in 2004. As the tale goes\, she grew up in the economically 
 depressed Allegheny town of Altoona\, PA\, which she now describes as “a
 wesome in the industrial era\, but horrible for high school.” She was ad
 opted by her much older stepfather when he was in his 80s\; he passed aw
 ay when she was just 13. Through him and his Edison phonograph\, she fir
 st heard The Ink Spots\, Sidney Bechet\, Louis Armstrong and Louis Prima
 \, Sister Rosetta Tharpe\, and many others. “Great man. He was my angel 
 and still is\,” she says. On her own\, she vividly recalls hours in fron
 t of the record player where she religiously spun Led Zeppelin\, Black S
 abbath\, and Simon and Garfunkel records belonging to her folk singer mo
 m. To this day\, Davina still refers to music as “my first and eternal l
 ove.” Despite early dalliances with classical piano and guitar\, she dev
 eloped a heavy drug habit in high school\, which morphed into heroin dep
 endency\, left her homeless\, sent her in and out of jail\, and brought 
 on all manner of trouble. Kicking dope on the streets\, she “got clean\,
  started the band\, and worked [her] ass off every day since.” Davina an
 d the Vagabonds shine every time they play. To date\, they’ve performed 
 in forty-five states\, twelve European countries\, and two Canadian prov
 inces. Not to mention\, they’ve earned feverish acclaim from the Chicago
  Tribune\, NPR\, and more in addition to performing on BBC’s internation
 al favorite late-night program Later… With Jools Holland and appearing o
 n PBS’s Bluegrass Underground. davinaandthevagabonds.com TICKETS TO DAVI
 NA AND THE VAGABONDS\n\nTickets: http://stoughtonoperahouse.showare.com/
 Davina_26\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/ac286ee1-cbd7-4dd3-868a-7
 0269c09cac7
LOCATION:Stoughton Opera House\, Stoughton\, WI
URL:https://findlocal.community/event/ac286ee1-cbd7-4dd3-868a-70269c09cac
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