Rodney Verso Davis (born 7 November 1941) is an English musician, best known for being a member of The Quarrymen, a band who would later evolve into The Beatles.

Davis played in a jazz trio whilst at school with Gerald Greenwood (piano) and Les Brough (drums).

[1] Rod was attending Quarry Bank High School, when he was asked to join The Quarrymen in 1957, along with Colin Hanton, as their banjo player:[1] I lived in Woolton and first met John Lennon, Pete Shotton, Nigel Walley, Ivan Vaughan and Geoff Rhind at St. Peter's Sunday School when we were very small boys.

I met Eric Griffiths when we both started at Quarry Bank School, and Len Garry when he became the Quarrymen's tea-chest bass player.

[2] Davis would make a record in 1961 as part of a band called the Trad Grads, by which time he played mandolin, fiddle, banjo, guitar, concertina, and melodeon.

[1] Rod worked for numerous different jobs in the travelling industry during his life, whilst also playing in a handful of different folk and bluegrass groups.