Oscar Davis recalls music being played in his home as a child. His brother, brother [John Davis] taught him how to play harmonica when he was very young. His mother died when he was five years old and he went to live with his  grandmother He stopped attending school at an early age and worked to help support the family. In 1970 he began playing drums, but decided to concentrate on harmonica. He joined his first band at the age of seventeen. He married wife, Barbara, at the age of twenty-one. Barbara died of heart failure in 1992. He remarried twice. His current wife is Rena.  Oscar has played  with a wide variety of local blues musicians, some of whom are James Johnson, Larry Garner, Silas Hogan, and Tabby Thomas.. Some of the the biggest influences on his music are Lazy Lester and the late greats Raful Neal and Slim Harpo. Tabby Thomas has also  influenced his career and music. He says that Tabby is a great man and a fair man. Tabby Thomas gave him the nickname of “Oscar Harpo.”

He recorded a CD in Baton Rouge, but it did not get a lot of sales. Oscar enjoys entertaining people and he does a good job of it. He would like a career in music, but for now enjoys it as his favorite pastime. Oscar is a very humble and generous man. He frequently donates his time to help the Baton Rouge Blues Society.  His favorite Baton Rouge blues musicians include the late Silas Hogan, “Whispering” Smith, Bo Melvin, and Clarence Edwards. He dislikes prevalent drug and alcohol abuse among many blues musicians and refrains from alcohol use while playing. He enjoyed touring in Colorado with Larry Garner. His method of playing the harmonica produces a very distinctive sound and he is also a very good singer.  He finds it hard to finance another CD due to the lack of profits from previous CD sales. Oscar recognized that Chris Thomas (King) would probably be a  future blues star in Baton Rouge long before it happened.