Iva Davies (born Ivor Arthur Davies, 22 May 1955, Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia) is the frontman for Australian electro/new wave/rock band Icehouse.
Davies has worked with such notable musicians as David Bowie, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music, Yukihiro Takahashi, John Oates, Elvis Costello, Simple Minds, Peter Tosh, Robert Palmer, XTC, The Psychedelic Furs, and many more.
Davies first performed as a 16-year-old musicia...
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Iva Davies (born Ivor Arthur Davies, 22 May 1955, Wauchope, New South Wales, Australia) is the frontman for Australian electro/new wave/rock band Icehouse.
Davies has worked with such notable musicians as David Bowie, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music, Yukihiro Takahashi, John Oates, Elvis Costello, Simple Minds, Peter Tosh, Robert Palmer, XTC, The Psychedelic Furs, and many more.
Davies first performed as a 16-year-old musician with the "Lucy Fields Jug Band" led by Lindsay Campbell around 1971. Three floors down in the YMCA Basement in Sydney was a regular folk and acoustic music venue which featured artists such as Bob Hudson, Mike Mclelland, Al Ward, Pat and Geoff Drummond, Al Head, Marion Henderson, Margaret Roadknight and Graeme Lowndes.
Davies played french horn with the Sydney Youth Orchestra and was a member of the Epping Boys High School Band where he played Euphonium. The Lucy Fields Jug Band secured a recording contract with M7 records but the company...
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