Mac Davis

Davis has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
. Mac Davis played the title role in the Broadway production of The Will Rogers Follies. Don Dokken (vocals), "Wild" Mick Brown (drums), Alex DeRosso (guitar), Barry Sparks (bass). He made his motion picture debut opposite Nick Nolte in the 1979 football film, North Dallas Forty and as a result, was listed as one of twelve "Promising New Actors of 1979" by Screen World Magazine.
. He was named the 1974 "Entertainer of the Year" by the Academy of Country Music. Don Dokken (vocals), "Wild" Mick Brown (drums), George Lynch (guitar), Jeff Pilsons (bass).

Davis recorded his own hits "I Believe In Music" and "Baby, Don't Get Hooked On Me." From 1974 to 1976 he had his own television variety show on NBC, The Mac Davis Show.
. Davis also wrote the song "Watching Scotty Grow" that became a hit for Bobby Goldsboro.
. As a songwriter, in the early 1970s, he wrote the hits In the Ghetto, Memories and Don't Cry Daddy for Elvis Presley. He also penned A Little Less Conversation for Presley's 1968 film, Live a Little, Love a Little that was re-released in 2002 in a remixed version. In 2002 Reb Beach was replaced by John Norum (formerly with the band Europe), and Jeff Pilson was replaced by Barry Sparks on bass. 2002 also saw the release of the album Long Way Home.. During his early years in music, he lived in Atlanta, Georgia where he played in a rock & roll band. They released Erase the Slate in 1999 and Live from the Sun in 2000.

Mac Davis (born January 21, 1942 in Lubbock, Texas) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. In 1998 George left the band and was replaced by Reb Beach of the band Winger. The band reunited in 1992, but didn't release an album until Dysfunctional in 1995 with Columbia Records. One Live Night (a live accoustical album) was released in 1996 by CMC, along with Shadowlifein 1997. Recordings from their tour in Japan led to 1988's release of Beast from the East just before the band broke up due to creative differences between Don and George. 1987 saw the release of Back for the Attack (another million-album release) which was also their highest charting album at #8 as well as part of the Monsters of Rock tour.

In 1985 the album Under Lock and Key also sold over a million copies with hits like "In My Dreams" and "It's Not Love.". The album would go on to sell over one million copies in the US alone. 1984 was Dokken's breakout year in the US with the release of the album Tooth and Nail, which contained several hit songs ("Into the Fire", "Just Got Lucky," and "Alone Again"). Juan Croucier left Dokken in 1982 to join the band Ratt and was replaced by Jeff Pilson who became their first official bassist.

While the band was very popular in Europe by then, they had not yet made the charts in the US. In 1981 the band released the album Breaking the Chains in Europe, which was re-mastered and re-released by Elektra Records in the US in 1983. In 1978 Juan Croucier replaced Peter Baltes as another temporary bassist; that same year the band released the singles "Hard Rock Woman," and "Paris is Burning.". Dokken's history started in the late 1970s when guitarist George Lynch and drummer Mick Brown from the group Xciter teamed up with Don Dokken on vocals and Peter Baltes as a temporary bassist to record Back in the Streets with Carerre Records.

Recently, Dokken has released their latest album, Hell To Pay, which has gotten rave reviews in metal circles. The band released a few albums in the late 90s and then Long Way Home in 2000, which met with some success due to attention from fans starved for traditional heavy metal. Don Dokken went on to a successful solo career, while George Lynch formed the Lynch Mob and recorded several albums. Jeff Pilson too released his acclaimed War And Peace album. Their early albums like Tooth And Nail, Under Lock And Key, Back For The Attack and Beast From The East were highly successful, but after that, intra-band rifts and spats ensured that the band would eventually break up.

Dokken was comprised of founder Don Dokken on vocals, George Lynch on lead guitars, Jeff Pilson on bass and Mick Brown on drums. Although their image was somewhat "glam," their music was traditionally heavy with technical expertise. The music consisted of traditional metal characterized by extravagant use of lead guitars and soaring vocals backed by a heavy thumping bass. Dokken was formed in 1978, one of the classic metal bands from that era, joining contemporaries like Twisted Sister, Judas Priest, Quiet Riot and Iron Maiden.

Scary. Mr. In My Dreams. Alone Again.

Dream Warriors. Lightning Strikes Again. Paris Is Burning. Kiss of Death.

It's Not Love. Tooth and Nail. Into the Fire. Breaking the Chains.

Sebastian Bach. Warrant. Children Of Bodom. Stratovarius.

Hammerfall. At Vance. Skid Row. White Lion.

Quiet Riot. Twisted Sister. Anthrax. Cinderella.

Motley Crue. Dio. Iron Maiden. Ratt.

Europe. Saxon. Queen. Van Halen.

Deep Purple. Rush. Alice Cooper. KISS.

Black Sabbath. Scorpions. Iron Maiden. Judas Priest.

Back in the Streets [EP] (1979). Breaking the Chains (1981). Tooth and Nail (1984). Under Lock and Key (1985).

Back for the Attack (1987). Beast from the East (1988). Dysfunctional (1995). One Live Night (1996).

Shadow Life (1997). Erase The Slate (1999). The Very Best of Dokken (1999). Live from the Sun (2000).

Yesterday and Today (2001). Long Way Home [PA] (2002). Long Way Home [Edited Cover] (2002). Then and Now (2002).

Sub-Genre - Classic metal, Melodic Metal. Genre - Metal.