Sometimes, he admits, it feels like a dream.
 

Although he’s been playing guitar for more than half his life, Davy Knowles never imagined that he’d one day be not only making a living as a musician but actually be out on the road as the opening act for some of the guitar heroes he grew up listening to: Bluesman Buddy Guy, Pete Townsend and The Who, Lynyrd Skynyrd and, as of this week, Jeff Beck.
 

“I guess he saw a video of me playing on YouTube and asked his manager to call my manager to see if I wanted to go out on tour,” Knowles said. “My manager called and asked if I liked Jeff Beck and before he could even finish the sentence I said yes. Yes, anything.
 

“I just feel so lucky,” Knowles added, referring to his new tour with Jeff Beck (which comes to the House of Blues on Monday, April 13) and to his career in general. “I’ve always felt that part of being a musician -- and a guitar player in particular -- is knowing the history of the music you play, where it comes from and who played it before you.”
Knowles passion for music started at a young age, hearing the music of Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and other classic rockers come through the wall of his sister’s bedroom. It wasn’t until he heard Dire Straits’ ‘Sultans of Swing,’ while driving with his dad that he became obsessed with the idea of playing guitar.
 

“I played before school, on the bus to school and at recess,” he said. “When I got older I even played during class. I couldn’t stop.”