Sticky Fingers

“On a scale of one to ten, I'd say nine-and-a-half would be our current excitement level, but generally speaking, we operate at about nine anyway,” Fingers says.

Infamous for their antics, both on and off stage, Time Off wants to know if this tour will add to the band's stock of great stories?

“Ha! Ask your mum. Nah... Hmm. We've got a lot of good stories: some to tell and a lot to keep to ourselves. Mostly out of that shred of respect that we have for each other and... Motel owners and... Their wives and... Their daughters.”

When it comes to what we should expect from a Sticky Fingers live show, the classic rock'n'roll motif continues.

“Some strange and beautiful things tend to happen when there is an audience. Our songs are always going to be melodic and rhythmic, but live we tend to work away at them a bit harder. You know the rule: I can't remember it right now but it goes something like – if it's a beautiful song you should mess it up a little live. Wait, is that a rule? No. Personally I think we're at the stage where we are a real good live band. Good and getting better.”

“The majority of the new band have been friends for years and have played together in other bands,” the songwriter begins, discussing his group of comrades The Dawn Chorus. “It feels like we just came together over time through similarities in musical tastes and our ability to tolerate each other in larger than normal doses. But what I most like about this band is that it feels like I have a full palette of colours to paint my songs with. Everything I can hear in my head we can pretty much achieve, and it seems to happen quite effortlessly.”

Blessed with a syrupy smooth voice chock full of emotion, Davis and his troops tackle a wide variety of styles while remaining strongly rooted within the worlds of jazz and folk. The 27-year-old Queenslander admits that his current output is verging on the prolific and that fans should expect a release in 2012.

“I am constantly writing – our jams seem to be taken up by a new song or two each week,” he says. “It used to really irritate band members because I was constantly dropping songs and learning new ones. Now I think everyone just has confidence in each other to play well at gigs no matter what the set list is. We are just about to start recording. It is such an exciting time thinking about what will come out on the other side. We have a lot of really strong material and a few new ideas for the recording process – definitely looking forward to it.”