Concerts in the Chapel Presents Davis Raines

Nashville singer-songwriter Davis Raines returns to Fort Worth with special guests Steve Long & No Class

Doors 6:30pm
Show 7:30pm

Thirty-plus years in Nashville as a successful singer-songwriter are the culmination of a boyhood dream for Davis Raines. That dream has taken him from humble beginnings in rural Alabama to the top of the music sales charts and to some of the world’s legendary stages—a dream born of hope and fueled by a deep love for America’s music.

Davis is known by his Music City peers as a “songwriter’s songwriter”, a master songsmith and storyteller with a gritty, yet poetic take on the world—with a dash of wry humor thrown in. His songs have appeared in the Top 40 Country charts, on Grammy-nominated Gold records, at the top of the IBMA Bluegrass charts, and on many end-of-year top 10 lists. His tunes have been performed on The Grand Ole Opry, MTV, and stages across the globe. Many artists have recorded his compositions, to include Hall-of-Famer Kenny Rogers, Kellie Pickler, Tommy Alverson, and others. Raines also maintained a staff-songwriter position with publishing companies on Nashville’s Music Row for nearly twenty years straight—no mean feat.

Raines has performed on notable stages across the globe, in prestigious listening rooms, notable festivals, and in countless beer joints and barrooms: He produced a regular twice-monthly show at Nashville’s historic Sutler for ten years, and has maintained a monthly standing-room-only gig at Music City’s legendary Brown’s Diner since 2008. His own solo albums are critically acclaimed, with some becoming rare collectors items.

Raised in a little country store in rural Autauga County, Alabama, young Davis was exposed to all styles of American Roots Music—Southern Gospel, Delta Blues, R&B, great Rock & Roll—but it was the Country Music that he heard at the community house dances that captured his heart, most of those gatherings hosted by Mack Rawlinson, an L&N Railroad conductor, hay farmer, and guitarist who taught Raines his first chords on Guitar. “It’s almost embarrassing to tell the story of my musical education growing up” he says. It sounds like something only Hollywood could dream up.”

After a mercurial dozen year career in the Alabama Dept. of Corrections, Davis set his sights on Nashville, where he “didn’t know a soul.” He stepped out on faith, however, and has been rewarded with his dream realized and a deep sense of gratitude. He says he tries to always recognize the Zen proverb:

Success is not found in what you have achieved,

But rather in WHO you have become.