About

My story

David began pursuing songwriting after retiring from 30 years as a Park Ranger ..From the suburban life by Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville, Tn. to farming with his depression era grandparents near Lynchburg, Tn. he is noted as a classic country storyteller and has been compared to Guy Clark. His music is as varied as his raising. He plays songwriter events across the south. Music, Photography and Fishing are his hobbies

The Festival In Me

He plays songwriter festivals and Songwriter nights Third Street Songwriters Festival (Baton Rogue) Hendersonville Front Porch Music Fest Puckaroo Music Fest , Sparta, Tn Fall Heritage Festival , Cowan, Tn Potato Festival, Decherd, Tn. Wartrace Arts and crafts Festival Watson, Haggard and Bell at 41 South in Manchester (1 year gig) Various weekly Songwriter shows in middle TN Solo shows as an independent Artist

Home Grown

I still have my mother’s instruments, a Kalamazoo resonator guitar with a dobro nut, purchased by her daddy in 1935 from a pawnshop in Nashville, and a Kalamazoo lap steel with a 14” Kalamazoo tube amp.. She took lessons from lefty Frazell .. Hawaiian music was a fad back then..

Some Accomplishments

  •  BMI member 

  • Rusty Hinge Publishing Artist 

  • TSAI member Tenn Songwriter Association International 

  • TCMA member Texas County Music Association 

  • Top Ten World Songwriter Awards 6/22 with “Tin Roof”

  • Top 10 World Songwriter Awards 9/22

  • With ”Has Country Lost It’s Country Heart”

  • Voted #3 Americana Artist ISSA June 2022

  • Rocky Mountain Songwriter Showcase top 20 2022 with “Barbwire and Trains”

  • 2022 Write Away online UK magazine

  • Did a article on him and his song” Apple Pie” 

Sed ut perspiciatis unde
omnis iste

I still have my mother’s instruments, a Kalamazoo resonator guitar with a dobro nut, purchased by her daddy in 1935 from a pawnshop in Nashville, and a Kalamazoo lap steel with a 14” Kalamazoo tube amp.. She took lessons from lefty Frazell .. Hawaiian music was a fad back then..