Having won first prize in a milk-drinking contest at a fair in Petaluma, California, and being named "Most Important Choir Member" two years running in middle school, Susie went from getting thrown out of a Seventh-day Adventist boarding academy for allegedly practicing witchcraft to streaking a Tower of Power set at the Oakland Coliseum in the course of a year.

Little did she know that soon she would not only meet Michael Jackson's chimpanzee, "Bubbles," and get bitten by Sheila E.'s dog "Christopher," but would end up working with some of the top names in the music world. From 1984 through 2000, Susie played keyboards and guitar and sang with artists such as Mick Jagger, Sinead O'Connor, Billy Idol, Daryl Hall, Sheila E., Prince, Van Morrison, Melissa Etheridge, Pat Benatar, Belinda Carlisle, Patty Smythe, Hall and Oates and Deborah Harry, among others.

She also played the category game with David Bowie, met Princess Margaret's son, kayaked in the Bay of Fundy, took a baby pigeon she found in an Atlanta garbage heap onto Prince's chartered plane, got all four Ramones' autographs on a $1 food stamp and auditioned for (but was not hired by) Cher.

The daughter of disc jockey Norman Davis (KSAN, KSFO, KTIM, KSJO, KKCY), Susie was exposed to a wide variety of music (and lifestyle choices) from an early age. A longtime San Francisco Bay Area resident, she worked as a disc jockey herself for many years (KTIM, KCCY).

In 2000, Susie opened the Alleycats Music School in Fairfax, California, establishing her reputation as an unconventional music teacher who will do anything to keep kids excited about music. She currently teaches piano, guitar and voice to children and adults in the East Bay, and works with the bands Rhythmtown-Jive and The Rubinoos.