David M. Bailey
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David M. Bailey is an American singer/songwriter who was born on February 26, 1966, and has released fourteen albums since 1997, primarily playing Contemporary Christian Music. In 2003, he won the Kerrville Songwriting award at the Kerrville Folk Festival.[1]
Bailey is the son of Presbyterian missionairies and was raised in Beirut, Lebanon. He spent some of his youth in Germany where he learned to play the guitar, played in some bands, and began writing songs. Upon returning to the United States , he attended Grove City College; he then got married and entered corporate America. He soon was diagnosed with cancer and a brain tumor, and he was told he did not have long to live. He quit his job and decided to tour and write songs as long as he could. He has been a Cancer Survivor over ten years. He maintains an active touring and recording schedule.[2] He currently lives in Earlysville, Virginia.
His music has been compared to that of James Taylor, Jim Croce and Cat Stevens.[3] [4]
Contents |
[edit] Albums
- Bittersweet
- Coffee with the Angels
- Comfort
- Hope, the Anthology
- Life
- Live
- Lost and Found
- Love the Time
- One More Day
- Peace
- Rusty Brick Road
- Silent Conversation
- Two to See
[edit] DVD Release
- Living
[edit] References
- ^ "Local church to host David Bailey", Ledger-Enquirer, 2007-03-10
- ^ Biography
- ^ Notes on the Live album
- ^ Biography
[edit] Links
Categories: Living people | 1966 births | American folk singers | American guitarists | American male singers | American rock singers | Kerrville New Folk Competition finalists | People from Beirut | American singer-songwriters | American songwriters | Virginia musicians | Christian musicians | American pop singers | Presbyterians | American Presbyterians | American Christians | Singer-songwriters
