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Artist
Jude Davison
12+ albums
bluesrockblues
about
The early years - College, The Wogs & The Sensations Born in the northeast port of Hartlepool England, Jude grew up with a somewhat nomadic family life moving between England, Australia, and Canada until finally settling in Canada in 1975. While recovering from a bicycle accident, and inspired by the music of 10cc, The Kinks and Kiss, he taught himself to play the guitar and immediately began penning his own songs. His first band, The Vandals, formed from a high school Beatles look-alike contest, drew inspiration from the new wave sounds of the day: The Clash, The Police, and Elvis Costello. After graduating from high school, Jude enrolled in the Music Industry Arts Program at Fanshawe College in 1981, to study recording engineering. Here he co-founded his second band, The Wogs, wrote and recorded multiples of original songs, and won the college’s Best Composition Award both years running. The songs he wrote and recorded during these two years would later comprise his first two CDs – Brand New Shirt & Tie, and Picture Perfect. After college Jude moved to Toronto and formed his third band, The Sensations, which performed in the Toronto area playing a repertoire of Jude original songs augmented with classic Motown tunes. In 1984 the band were finalists on Toronto radio station Q-107’s homegrown contest, landing Jude’s song, Picture Perfect, on Q-107’s 1984 album. After The Sensations broke up, Jude moved to London England to experience the musical landscape of the UK and play
