Hays Dowdy is a DMV based guitarist/singer-songwriter, YouTuber, and Sessions Live artist working in the wedding and entertainment industry, while also performing live both as a solo artist and with several bands in the DC area. Rooted in British Invasion rock/pop, blues, psychedelia, country, and trained in jazz at Montgomery College, my approach blends different musical genres to evoke the sonic spirit of an environment within a studio in the 1960s. I earned an Associate of Arts degree from Montgomery College on May 23rd, 2014.
Hendrix Style Texas Blues Improv
Jimi Hendrix/Stevie Ray Vaughan inspired improvisation fueled by the Pedal Pawn Texan Twang 🤠
Year: 2020
Seal - Kiss From A Rose Cover
My go-to karaoke song. Created on an iPhone 7 Plus using the Acapella app. Written by Seal in 1994.
Year: 2020
Social Distance Yard Concert
Setlist:
All My Loving (The Beatles) - 00:00
Wild World (Cat Stevens) - 2:13
Oh, Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison) - 4:33
Only On the Inside (Hays Dowdy) - 6:59
Chemical X (Hays Dowdy) - 9:27
Odelia (The Black Lips) - 11:01
Sorry for the lag at some parts! This was from a Livestream in my backyard on a rainy day, and the internet connection kept going in and out. I cleaned it up the best I could, and I feel that the energy of the set was still captured well. This set is comprised of four covers and two originals. Thank you for listening!
**Filmed by Lindsey Hedrick
All My Loving (The Beatles) - 00:00
Wild World (Cat Stevens) - 2:13
Oh, Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison) - 4:33
Only On the Inside (Hays Dowdy) - 6:59
Chemical X (Hays Dowdy) - 9:27
Odelia (The Black Lips) - 11:01
Sorry for the lag at some parts! This was from a Livestream in my backyard on a rainy day, and the internet connection kept going in and out. I cleaned it up the best I could, and I feel that the energy of the set was still captured well. This set is comprised of four covers and two originals. Thank you for listening!
**Filmed by Lindsey Hedrick
Year: 2020
California Girls - The Beach Boys Fingerstyle Guitar Cover
Let's pretend it's summer and you're lying on the beach while an instrumental rendition of The Beach Boys' "California Girls" gently serenades you to sleep. Written by Brian Wilson in 1965. Thank you for watching!
Year: 2021
Sue Slagle (stage name SUE-C) is a video artist and educator working at the intersection of creative coding and live performance. For the past 20 years she has created handmade videos and live media performances, taught college level courses and workshops, and traveled extensively in the USA and internationally. Sue is the recipient of a 2020 Creative Capital Award and a MacDowell Fellowship.
Dauber- Serenade for Violin and Piano
The only surviving work of holocaust victim Robert Dauber
Year: 2016
Ravel-Tzigane
Year: 2015
to be completed...
Shostakovich Quartet no. 8 "Autobiographical"
Recording from Chamber Encounters Concert Series with pre-performance narrative and musical illustrations
Year: 2017