Music Mondays: Aaron Davis & the Mystery Machine

Music Mondays: Aaron Davis & the Mystery Machine
Center Presents with KHOL
The Center Amphitheater
FREE Outdoor Concert as part of our Music Mondays series
July 17 | 7:00 PM

Music Mondays is back in The Center Park! 2023 marks our third summer offering free concerts from popular local and regional bands in The Center Park. Grab your buds, a blanket, some snacks, and a drink from The Center bar, and enjoy the summer with us.

A key character in propelling the gritty “˜WYOmericana’ and “˜WyoFolk’ roots music scenes, Aaron Davis (voice, acoustic/electric/resonator/lap steel guitars, banjo, harmonica) is a Wyoming-based/Kentucky native chiefly known as co-founder of national touring act Screen Door Porch, and as engineer-producer-session player at hisThree Hearted Recording Studio in Hoback, Wyoming. The “truly phenomenal songwriter” (Americana UK) works the lesser-worn corners of the American musical fabric through an unconventional lens, leading the press to describe Aaron as “a combination that goes down like top-shelf bourbon” (Austin Chronicle) with “a searing slide guitar” (CountryWeekly) and “a particularly standout approach that mixes poetry, groove and roughness” (LonestarTime). This plays out in his solo shows as a five-instrument, one-man-band storytelling experience, while the fervent instrumentalists of Aaron Davis & The Mystery Machine quartet exemplify unpretentious eclecticism”featuring drummer Liam Mountain O’Neill with 3-part harmony sung by bassist David Bundy and piano-organ-synth man Mike Patton. The quartet combines for “The vibe of The Band going throughout” (Wyoming Public Radio)with dynamic stage chemistry equally versed in group improvisations and orchestrated arrangements. It’s a smoky fusion of mountain-inspired alt-country, groovy slide blues, gypsy grass, funky roots rock, and story folk.

Recognizing his eleven-album discography, Aaron was one of two songwriters in Wyoming to be awarded a Performing Arts Music Fellowship from the National Endowment of the Arts””a merit-based honor for an artist’s work in their field.” He’s been fortunate to share bills with many of his heroes including Wilco, Willie Nelson, Jason Isbell & the 400 Unit, Buddy Guy, Sam Bush, BrianWilson, Steve Earle, Grace Potter, Sarah Jarosz, Justin Townes Earle, and James McMurtry. Aaron recently released on once-in-a-lifetime recording endeavor”The WyoFolk Project (2023)”in which he produced, recorded, and mixed a compilation album featuring fourteen of Wyoming’s celebrated songwriters performing new works at his studio.

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