Summertime In Texas

Billy Lee Davis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 17, 2002)
• Original Release Date: June 17, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B00006ANHU
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,008,042 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Call Me

2. Since You're Gone (The Dad Song)

3. Summertime in Texas

4. Nobody's Fault But Mine

5. Rhythm and Booze

6. You are the Reason

7. Hair of the Dog

8. That's What You Asked Me To Do

9. If You're Gonna Leave Me

10. Two Old Men

Editorial Reviews

About the Artist

I grew up with music.

I developed a love for the guitar by putting my ear against the speaker when my dad would play his Gibson SG through his old Alamo tube amp. My folks bought me an acoustic guitar around the time I was 13, but I loved to play his Gibson electric. I was able to learn the guitar pretty well by seeing my dad play and learning a few songs and chords from him. The rest I picked up from Willie, Waylon and Merle CD’s. Those are my biggest influences, along with George Strait and Dwight Yoakum.

I remember hearing my mother sing & whistle while she got supper ready or doing the dishes. I would sit in front of their stereo system and play Elvis records and 8 track cassettes till I knew every work. I took piano lessons for a little while, but only wanted to play boogie-, so my teachers were pretty frustrated. The lessons didn’t last very long. However, all of these influences were teaching me the relationships between notes and how to find a pitch by ear, both with instruments and vocally.

Around the age of 12, I sang my first solo at the First Nazarene Church in Waxahachie, TX. The song was "Oh Buddha" by The Imperials. This was followed by many performances of popular Christian songs and Christmas Carols.

Around the age of 24, I started playing and singing in Opry’s all around Texas, most notably The Grapevine Opry, where the photo from my home page was taken. I was a regular on The Grapevine Opry, as well as The Mesquite Opry, The Carrollton Opry, and The Pleasant Jamboree in Mt. Pleasant, TX. I have also appeared on The Johnny High Show in Arlington. I did this for a few years, but grew tired of singing the same old songs by the same old people. I wanted to write my own songs, but somehow couldn’t. Everything came out sounding like Merle Haggard and let’s face it there is only ONE Merle Haggard.

In 1998 the company I worked for wold to another company. Some of the employees got jobs with the new company and some didn’t. I spoke with a good friend about how some employees got treated differently, and he told me "you’ve got have something people want". At that time, suddenly I was able to write songs that sounded like my own. Then the songs really started flooding in. That was several years ago, and they haven’t stopped yet.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars Summertime In Texas - August 2002-Coast To Coast Country, July 31, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Summertime In Texas (Audio CD)

From the opening bars of the first cut "Call Me", this CD project holds you captive. Produced by Milo Deering, and co-produced by Billy Lee Davis, recorded at Nomad Studio in Carrollton, and Mastered by Gary Long at Nomad Studios, this cd takes you on a musical journey of memories and thoughts. The key to it is in listening to the words of each tune. From "Since Your Gone" - a story about someone becoming suddenly ill and you don't know if they're going to make it or not - to the title cut which tells about sitting by a pool and watchin' the ladies - to "Nobody's Fault But Mine", a tale about someone who has had a brush with the law and lost - to the final cut "Two Old Men", written about the spirit his grandfathers left in him. This one is definately a keeper and only gets better with repeated listening.

Dottie B - Coast To Coast Country Magazine

5.0 out of 5 stars KYNG finds a new hit and artist, July 26, 2002

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John A Zalabak (Keene, TX United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Summertime In Texas (Audio CD)

I heard the song Call Me on KYNG (ironically not a country station anymore) and have become hooked on Billy Lee and his music! Other radio stations in the DFW area will not play his music. This man is a great artist and deserves a chance to make it big! You rock Billy Lee!

5.0 out of 5 stars "Call Me" is a very catchy tune., July 26, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Summertime In Texas (Audio CD)

I, too, heard it on KYNG. Which, ironically, used to be a country station, but is now a talk station. The afternoon drive host plays snippets of this song every day, so I, too, have it stuck in my head. He also tries to support the song to the country stations in the area. Thanks, Russ!