From the TAMA Archives: The Bill Davis Interview...

Bill Davis - Tulsa's blue-eyed soul man.
Courtesy of TAMA.

A mainstay of the Tulsa music scene from 1960 until his retirement in 2002, Bill Davis still plays an occasional gig around Tulsa. This singer, songwriter and musician was instrumental in creating what many local musicians call the "Tulsa Sound".

Not many can boast that their band consisted of musicians that at one time had played for Bob Seger, Leon Russell, Gary Lewis, Eric Clapton, Bonnie Raitt, The Tractors, and The Eagles (among others). Davis has opened for such acts as Joe Cocker and Leon Russell, in spite of the fact that outside of Tulsa most music fans have never heard of him.

Clapton and Seger listened to Davis' tapes in their dressing rooms, and Seger even recorded one of Davis' compositions ("She Can't Do Anything Wrong", from "The Fire Inside" album, and co-written with ex-Tractors pianist Walt Richmond). Davis received a Platinum Sales Award for his work on that album.

This interview, originally published in the December, 1990 issue of the now-defunct Tulsa Press, is reprinted here, direct from the bowels of the TAMA archives. Enjoy...