Chip Davis

The driving force behind Mannheim Steamroller, Chip Davis was among the pioneers of neo-classical electronic music, and with his own independent label, American Gramaphone, helped give rise to the new age phenomenon. Born Louis Davis, Jr. in Hamler, Ohio, Davis grew up in a musical family -- his father was a high school music teacher and his mother was a trombonist with Phil Spitalny's All Girl Orchestra. Davis' grandmother was his first music teacher, giving the child his initial piano lessons at the age of four; two years later, he composed his first piece, a four-part cho...