He has also written songs which have appeared on-air in The Archers. In 2015, Joe and Eddie Grundy performed extracts from two supposed traditional Borsetshire folk songs: The Borsetshire Cobbler, and The Fair Maid of Edgeley (full article, lyrics and extract). And in 2016, he wrote The Prince of Grundys, which was performed at Eddie’s 65th birthday party by his country and western buddies Wayne Tucson and Jolene Rogers (full article, lyrics and performance). Davies was born in Treherbert in the Rhondda Valley in Wales, but grew up in Trowbridge in Wiltshire. He studied at the John of Gaunt School, Trowbridge. Before he joined the BBC, he worked in banking, was a commissioned officer in the Royal Air Force, active in public relations in London, advertising in Derby and was a media and presentation trainer in Sheffield. He has three children, who have all appeared in The Archers. His youngest child Dominic (now a professional actor) formerly played Daniel Hebden Lloyd. He lives in Birmingham (the home of The Archers) and drives a Mazda Bongo camper van – appropriately named, as he is also a drummer and percussionist. In 2017, he (or rather his facial hair) was voted Beard of Winter.