David Bailey

• Active: 2000s
• Genres: Rock
• Instrument: Guitar, Main Performer, Photography
• Representative Albums: "Some Quiet Night," "Silent Conversation," "Rusty Brick Road"

Biography

The son of Presbyterian missionaries in Beirut, Lebanon, David M. Bailey studied classical guitar and started writing songs at the early age of 13. He moved throughout Europe as an adolescent and made his first studio recording while living in Germany. He was a veteran of touring by the time he returned to the United States for college and formed the folk duo Bailey & Deasy. After college, however, Bailey took a ten-year hiatus from his musical career to work in corporate America. In 1996, however, he was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor and told that he had only a year to live. This diagnosis inspired him to return to playing music and he self-released his debut, Peace, the following year. The tragic news jump-started his solo career and inspired him to compose much more substantial, spiritually conscious songwriting. Over the next four years, he wrote, recorded, and toured in support of four solo albums, including Love the Time (1998), One More Day (1999), Peace (2000), and Life (2000). Over this period of time, he made a name for himself in the national singer/songwriter and folk scene, and with each release, his critical acclaim and fan base increased. A 1999 Kerrville NewFolk finalist, David M. Bailey has performed on CBS, Fox, and NPR stations across the Untied States. He has also been featured in U.S. News & World Report, Coping, Presbyterians Today, Songwriter's Monthly, and American Songwriter. ~ Nate Cavalieri, All Music Guide

Comfort Buy this CD	Alive & Well Buy this CD	Some Quiet Night Buy this CD	Bittersweet Buy this CD	Love the Time Buy this CD
Peace Buy this CD	One More Day Buy this CD	Faith: The Anthology Buy this CD	Home by Another Way Buy this CD	Silent Conversation Buy this CD

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Quotes:

"I never cared for fashion much, amusing little seams and witty little pleats: it was the girls I liked."

"It takes a lot of imagination to be a good photographer. You need less imagination to be a painter, because you can invent things. But in photography everything is so ordinary; it takes a lot of looking before you learn to see the ordinary."

"All that Swinging Sixties nonsense, we all thought it was pass? at the time."

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