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Australian-born singer-songwriter Richard Davies formed the chamber-pop unit the Moles in Sydney in the late 1980s after growing disenchanted with studying law; concluding that he preferred composing poetry to writing essays for his class assignments, he soon began crafting his first songs. After finding some underground success in their native land as well as the U.S. and Britain, the Moles broke up around the beginning of 1993; Davies soon settled in New York City to begin a solo career, although in 1994 he released his solo debut, Instinct, under the Moles name. Through a mutual friendship with Sebadoh drummer Bob Fay, Davies joined forces with multi-instrumentalist and arranger Eric Matthews to form the duo Cardinal, which released their lush, symphonic self-titled debut to great acclaim in 1994. However, internal strife prompted the group to split soon after, and Davies began his solo career in earnest with 1996's baroque There's Never Been a Crowd Like This; on tour, he was backed by avowed fans the Flaming Lips. The superb Telegraph followed in 1998, and in 2000 Davies signed to the Kindercore label to issue his third solo LP, Barbarians.
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Richard Davies may refer to:
Dick Davies (born 1936), American Olympic basketball playerRichard Davies (bishop) (c. 1505–1581), Welsh bishop & scholarRichard Davies (actor) (born 1926), British actorRichard Davies (American actor) (1915–1994), American film actorRichard Hutton Davies (1861–1918), New Zealand army officerRichard Davies (MP) (1818–1896), Member of Parliament for and Lord Lieutenant of AngleseyRichard Davies (musician), Australian singer-songwriterRichard Davies (courtier) (1916–1995), member of the Household of the Duke of EdinburghRichard Bell-Davies (1886–1966), British World War I fighter pilotRichard Davies (Mynyddog) (1833–1877), Welsh language poetRichard Davies (Tru Calling)Richard Davies (Australian actor)Richard Davies (cricketer) (born 1954), former English cricketerRichard Davies (writer), actor and writerRichard Davies (footballer) (born 1990), footballer playing for AFC Telford UnitedRichard Michael Davies, better known as Dik Mik, synthesizer player for HawkwindRick Davies (Richard Davies, born 1944), British musician, vocalist for SupertrampRick Davies (musician), multi-instrumentalist and member of AmoebaRick Davies (footballer) (born 1952), Australian rules footballerRitchie Davies (born 1971), Welsh professional darts player
