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'''David G. Smith''' is an American singer-songwriter, based in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. He has released seven albums since 2011.
'''David G Smith''' is an American singer-songwriter<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Rick |date=2020-01-19 |title=David G Smith Talks RMR Charts and Business Success |url=https://americansongwriter.com/david-g-smith-talks-rmr-charts-and-business-success/ |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=American Songwriter |language=en-US}}</ref> and acoustic roots performer based in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. He has released eight albums since 2011 under the HeyDaveMusic<ref>{{Cite web |title=David G Smith |url=https://davidgsmithmusic.com/home |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=davidgsmithmusic.com}}</ref> label with four reaching number one on the Roots Music Report<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moab |first=Roots Music Report 375 South Main #127 |last2=States424-1487 |first2=Utah 84532 United |title=Roots Music report |url=https://www.rootsmusicreport.com/ |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=Roots Music Report |language=en}}</ref>.


==Career==
==Career==
In the 1970s, Smith released a single he wrote called "Positive Side" as a member of the Colorado-based [[Robin Banks Band]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Robin Banks Band|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/rb00|website=45cat|publisher=45cat Website}}</ref> under the stage name "David Gibran". In 1984, he moved from [[Colorado]] to [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] to focus on his work as a songwriter.<ref name="cooper">{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Peter|title=David G Smith's goal is truth, not fame|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/peter-cooper/2014/03/23/david-smith-songwriter-peter-cooper/6671309/|work=The Tennessean|date=March 24, 2014}}</ref>
As an artist in the 1970s, Smith released a single he wrote called "Positive Side" as a member of the Colorado-based [[Robin Banks Band]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Robin Banks Band|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/rb00|website=45cat|publisher=45cat Website}}</ref> under the stage name "David Gibran". Smith moved from [[Colorado]] to [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] in 1984 to focus on his work as a songwriter.<ref name="cooper">{{cite news|last1=Cooper|first1=Peter|title=David G Smith's goal is truth, not fame|url=http://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/peter-cooper/2014/03/23/david-smith-songwriter-peter-cooper/6671309/|work=The Tennessean|date=March 24, 2014}}</ref>


In 2011, Smith released his first album, ''Non-Fiction'', as the solo performer, David G Smith. [[Robert K. Oermann]] awarded Smith the DisCovery Award, ([[MusicRow|Music Row]]/Nashville) for ''Non-Fiction'' in 2011.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Oermann |first1=Robert K |title=DISClaimer Single Reviews 4/13/11) |url=https://musicrow.com/2011/04/disclaimer-single-reviews-41311/ |website=Music Row}}{{subscription required|s}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=April 8, 2017 |title=Hickory Ridge to host Dave Moore and David Smith |url=http://www.cantondailyledger.com/news/20170408/hickory-ridge-to-host-dave-moore-and-david-smith |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001155805/https://www.cantondailyledger.com/news/20170408/hickory-ridge-to-host-dave-moore-and-david-smith |archive-date=October 1, 2019 |access-date=May 16, 2017 |work=Canton Daily Ledger |publisher=GateHouse News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DISClaimer Single Reviews (4/13/11) |url=http://mudcat.org/detail_pf.cfm?messages__Message_ID=3174583 |website=Mudcat Cafe |publisher=Musicrow.com}}</ref><ref name="burke2011">{{cite news |last1=Burke |first1=David |date=May 18, 2011 |title=After leaving his job, David G. Smith returns to singing, playing and songwriting |url=http://qctimes.com/entertainment/music/after-leaving-his-job-david-g-smith-returns-to-singing/article_90533052-819a-11e0-94aa-001cc4c002e0.html |work=The Quad City Times}}</ref> Smith has independently released seven albums that have received positive coverage in ''[[The Tennessean]]'',<ref name="cooper"/> ''[[No Depression (magazine)|No Depression]]'',<ref name="zimmerman2014">{{cite web|last1=Zimmerman|first1=Lee|title=Lee's Listening Stack: Ten Terrific Albums Worth Listening to Right Now|url=http://nodepression.com/article/lees-listening-stack-ten-terrific-albums-worth-listening-right-now?xg_source=activity|website=The Journal of Roots Music: No Depression|date=February 23, 2014|publisher=Freshgrass}}</ref> and ''[[Elmore Magazine|Elmore]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zimmerman|first1=Lee|title=David G Smith, First Love|url=http://www.elmoremagazine.com/2016/05/reviews/albums/david-g-smith|work=Elmore Magazine|date=May 10, 2016}}</ref> His album ''One House'' appeared on ''No Depression''/Lee Zimmerman's list of "10 Terrific Albums To Listen To Right Now."<ref name="zimmerman2014"/> His album ''First Love'' reached No.1 on the [[Roots Music Album Chart]] for Iowa in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roots Music Report's Top 50 Iowa Album Chart for the week of June 13, 2016|url=https://www.rootsmusicreport.com/charts/print_chart/album/state/iowa/weekly/2016-06-13/2016-06-13|website=Roots Music Report}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Greenblatt|first1=Mike|title=David G Smith's First Love (Hey Dave Music) Not What You Might Think [Review]|url=http://www.classicalite.com/articles/37402/20160212/david-g-smith-first-love-hey-dave-music-what-think.htm|work=The Classicalite|date=February 12, 2016}}</ref> Artists [[Keb Mo]] and [[Mary Gauthier]] have made guest appearances on his albums.<ref name="burke2011"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Moore|first1=Rick|title=Songwriting Celebrated at Nashville's Tin Pan South|url=https://americansongwriter.com/2014/03/songwriting-celebrated-nashvilles-tin-pan-south/|website=American Songwriter: The Craft of Music|publisher=ForASongMedia}}</ref>
Smith has independently released seven albums that have received positive coverage in ''[[The Tennessean]]'',<ref name="cooper"/> ''[[No Depression (magazine)|No Depression]]'',<ref name="zimmerman2014">{{cite web|last1=Zimmerman|first1=Lee|title=Lee's Listening Stack: Ten Terrific Albums Worth Listening to Right Now|url=http://nodepression.com/article/lees-listening-stack-ten-terrific-albums-worth-listening-right-now?xg_source=activity|website=The Journal of Roots Music: No Depression|date=February 23, 2014|publisher=Freshgrass}}</ref> and ''[[Elmore Magazine|Elmore]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Zimmerman|first1=Lee|title=David G Smith, First Love|url=http://www.elmoremagazine.com/2016/05/reviews/albums/david-g-smith|work=Elmore Magazine|date=May 10, 2016}}</ref> He received the [[Robert K. Oermann]] DisCovery Award, ([[MusicRow|Music Row]]/Nashville) for his album ''Non-Fiction'' in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Oermann|first1=Robert K|title=DISClaimer Single Reviews 4/13/11)|url=https://musicrow.com/2011/04/disclaimer-single-reviews-41311/|website=Music Row}}{{subscription required|s}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hickory Ridge to host Dave Moore and David Smith|url=http://www.cantondailyledger.com/news/20170408/hickory-ridge-to-host-dave-moore-and-david-smith|work=Canton Daily Ledger|publisher=GateHouse News|date=April 8, 2017|access-date=May 16, 2017|archive-date=October 1, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001155805/https://www.cantondailyledger.com/news/20170408/hickory-ridge-to-host-dave-moore-and-david-smith|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=DISClaimer Single Reviews (4/13/11)|url=http://mudcat.org/detail_pf.cfm?messages__Message_ID=3174583|website=Mudcat Cafe|publisher=Musicrow.com}}</ref><ref name="burke2011">{{cite news|last1=Burke|first1=David|title=After leaving his job, David G. Smith returns to singing, playing and songwriting|url=http://qctimes.com/entertainment/music/after-leaving-his-job-david-g-smith-returns-to-singing/article_90533052-819a-11e0-94aa-001cc4c002e0.html|work=The Quad City Times|date=May 18, 2011}}</ref> His album ''One House'' appeared on ''No Depression''/Lee Zimmerman's list of "10 Terrific Albums To Listen To Right Now."<ref name="zimmerman2014"/> His album ''First Love'' reached No.1 on the [[Roots Music Album Chart]] for Iowa in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roots Music Report's Top 50 Iowa Album Chart for the week of June 13, 2016|url=https://www.rootsmusicreport.com/charts/print_chart/album/state/iowa/weekly/2016-06-13/2016-06-13|website=Roots Music Report}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Greenblatt|first1=Mike|title=David G Smith's First Love (Hey Dave Music) Not What You Might Think [Review]|url=http://www.classicalite.com/articles/37402/20160212/david-g-smith-first-love-hey-dave-music-what-think.htm|work=The Classicalite|date=February 12, 2016}}</ref> Artists [[Keb Mo]] and [[Mary Gauthier]] have made guest appearances on his albums.<ref name="burke2011"/><ref>{{cite web|last1=Moore|first1=Rick|title=Songwriting Celebrated at Nashville's Tin Pan South|url=https://americansongwriter.com/2014/03/songwriting-celebrated-nashvilles-tin-pan-south/|website=American Songwriter: The Craft of Music|publisher=ForASongMedia}}</ref>


Smith's song, "Angels Flew", is listed on the 9/11 Memorial Museum Artist Registry.<ref>{{cite web|title=David G Smith|url=https://www.911memorial.org/registry/davidgsmithmusic|website=911 Memorial and Museum|publisher=National September 11 Memorial and Museum}}</ref> "Made For You" co-written with Mike Willis and Jackie Kavan won first place in the Country category in the 2008 [[International Songwriting Competition]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Previous winners|url=https://www.songwritingcompetition.com/previouswinners|website=International Songwriting Competition}}</ref> "Sunday Morning Drive", co-written with [[Anne E. DeChant]], reached No.1 on the [[Roots Music Alt Folk Chart]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dechant|first1=Anne E.|title=Sunday Morning Drive No. 1 on Roots Music Report!|url=https://anneedechant.com/home/blog/sunday-morning-drive-1-on-roots-music-report|website=Anne E. Dechant}}</ref>
One of his songs, "Angels Flew", is listed on the 9/11 Memorial Museum Artist Registry.<ref>{{cite web|title=David G Smith|url=https://www.911memorial.org/registry/davidgsmithmusic|website=911 Memorial and Museum|publisher=National September 11 Memorial and Museum}}</ref> His song "Made For You" won first place in the Country category in the 2008 [[International Songwriting Competition]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Previous winners|url=https://www.songwritingcompetition.com/previouswinners|website=International Songwriting Competition}}</ref> His song "Sunday Morning Drive", co-written with [[Anne E. DeChant]], reached No.1 on the [[Roots Music Alt Folk Chart]] in 2015.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Dechant|first1=Anne E.|title=Sunday Morning Drive No. 1 on Roots Music Report!|url=https://anneedechant.com/home/blog/sunday-morning-drive-1-on-roots-music-report|website=Anne E. Dechant}}</ref>


Smith has hosted shows at the [[Bluebird Café]] in Nashville since the mid 2000s,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Burke|first1=David|title=Blue Grass singer-songwriter David G Smith sees his career flourish|url=http://qctimes.com/entertainment/music/blue-grass-singer-songwriter-david-g-smith-sees-his-career/article_4e070e21-0f72-5ef0-908b-a308f5f4bd15.html|work=The Quad City Times|date=January 23, 2014}}</ref> and performed in several [[Tin Pan South]] events over the years.<ref name="cooper"/>
He has hosted shows at the [[Bluebird Café]] in Nashville since the mid 2000s,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Burke|first1=David|title=Blue Grass singer-songwriter David G Smith sees his career flourish|url=http://qctimes.com/entertainment/music/blue-grass-singer-songwriter-david-g-smith-sees-his-career/article_4e070e21-0f72-5ef0-908b-a308f5f4bd15.html|work=The Quad City Times|date=January 23, 2014}}</ref> and performed in several [[Tin Pan South]] events over the years.<ref name="cooper"/>


He splits his time between Nashville and his native Iowa. Smith donates his time and raises money for various causes including [[Rett syndrome]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Turner|first1=Jonathon|title=Saturday concert to benefit Rett Syndrome awareness|url=http://www.qconline.com/life/saturday-concert-to-benefit-rett-syndrome-awareness/article_e8879b27-0c50-5fd7-a11e-fce76eab95bb.html|agency=Moline Dispatch & Rock Island Argus|date=May 14, 2014|publisher=QC Online}}</ref> [[Parkinson's disease|Parkinson's Disease]], and Alzheimer's Disease.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hancock|first1=Amanda|title=Six albums later, David G Smith is 'finally catching up'|url=http://qctimes.com/entertainment/music/six-albums-later-david-g-smith-is-finally-catching-up/article_b2ade76d-66f9-59b0-b1d1-8f429a78e5ea.html|work=The Quad City Times|date=April 27, 2016}}</ref>
He splits his time between Nashville and his native Iowa. Smith donates his time and raises money for various causes including [[Rett syndrome]],<ref>{{cite news|last1=Turner|first1=Jonathon|title=Saturday concert to benefit Rett Syndrome awareness|url=http://www.qconline.com/life/saturday-concert-to-benefit-rett-syndrome-awareness/article_e8879b27-0c50-5fd7-a11e-fce76eab95bb.html|agency=Moline Dispatch & Rock Island Argus|date=May 14, 2014|publisher=QC Online}}</ref> [[Parkinson's disease|Parkinson's Disease]], and Alzheimer's Disease.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hancock|first1=Amanda|title=Six albums later, David G Smith is 'finally catching up'|url=http://qctimes.com/entertainment/music/six-albums-later-david-g-smith-is-finally-catching-up/article_b2ade76d-66f9-59b0-b1d1-8f429a78e5ea.html|work=The Quad City Times|date=April 27, 2016}}</ref>
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* ''First Love'' (2016)
* ''First Love'' (2016)
* ''Who Cares'' (2019)
* ''Who Cares'' (2019)
* ''Witness Trees'' (2022)


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David G Smith
Background information
OriginCascade, Iowa, U.S.
GenresFolk, Rock, Americana, Country
Occupation(s)Songwriter, musician
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar, piano
LabelsHey Dave Music
Websitedavidgsmithmusic.com

David G. Smith is an American singer-songwriter, based in Nashville, Tennessee. He has released seven albums since 2011.

Career

As an artist in the 1970s, Smith released a single he wrote called "Positive Side" as a member of the Colorado-based Robin Banks Band,[1] under the stage name "David Gibran". Smith moved from Colorado to Nashville in 1984 to focus on his work as a songwriter.[2]

Smith has independently released seven albums that have received positive coverage in The Tennessean,[2] No Depression,[3] and Elmore.[4] He received the Robert K. Oermann DisCovery Award, (Music Row/Nashville) for his album Non-Fiction in 2011.[5][6][7][8] His album One House appeared on No Depression/Lee Zimmerman's list of "10 Terrific Albums To Listen To Right Now."[3] His album First Love reached No.1 on the Roots Music Album Chart for Iowa in 2016.[9][10] Artists Keb Mo and Mary Gauthier have made guest appearances on his albums.[8][11]

One of his songs, "Angels Flew", is listed on the 9/11 Memorial Museum Artist Registry.[12] His song "Made For You" won first place in the Country category in the 2008 International Songwriting Competition.[13] His song "Sunday Morning Drive", co-written with Anne E. DeChant, reached No.1 on the Roots Music Alt Folk Chart in 2015.[14]

He has hosted shows at the Bluebird Café in Nashville since the mid 2000s,[15] and performed in several Tin Pan South events over the years.[2]

He splits his time between Nashville and his native Iowa. Smith donates his time and raises money for various causes including Rett syndrome,[16] Parkinson's Disease, and Alzheimer's Disease.[17]

Discography

  • Non-Fiction (2011)
  • The Family Smith: Live From Nashville (2012)
  • One House (2013)
  • Live From The Ellen Kennedy Fine Arts Center w/ Justin Townes Earle (Virtual Release: 2014)
  • The Family Smith: Live @ The Redstone (2015)
  • First Love (2016)
  • Who Cares (2019)

References

  1. ^ "Robin Banks Band". 45cat. 45cat Website.
  2. ^ a b c Cooper, Peter (March 24, 2014). "David G Smith's goal is truth, not fame". The Tennessean.
  3. ^ a b Zimmerman, Lee (February 23, 2014). "Lee's Listening Stack: Ten Terrific Albums Worth Listening to Right Now". The Journal of Roots Music: No Depression. Freshgrass.
  4. ^ Zimmerman, Lee (May 10, 2016). "David G Smith, First Love". Elmore Magazine.
  5. ^ Oermann, Robert K. "DISClaimer Single Reviews 4/13/11)". Music Row.(Subscription required.)
  6. ^ "Hickory Ridge to host Dave Moore and David Smith". Canton Daily Ledger. GateHouse News. April 8, 2017. Archived from the original on October 1, 2019. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
  7. ^ "DISClaimer Single Reviews (4/13/11)". Mudcat Cafe. Musicrow.com.
  8. ^ a b Burke, David (May 18, 2011). "After leaving his job, David G. Smith returns to singing, playing and songwriting". The Quad City Times.
  9. ^ "Roots Music Report's Top 50 Iowa Album Chart for the week of June 13, 2016". Roots Music Report.
  10. ^ Greenblatt, Mike (February 12, 2016). "David G Smith's First Love (Hey Dave Music) Not What You Might Think [Review]". The Classicalite.
  11. ^ Moore, Rick. "Songwriting Celebrated at Nashville's Tin Pan South". American Songwriter: The Craft of Music. ForASongMedia.
  12. ^ "David G Smith". 911 Memorial and Museum. National September 11 Memorial and Museum.
  13. ^ "Previous winners". International Songwriting Competition.
  14. ^ Dechant, Anne E. "Sunday Morning Drive No. 1 on Roots Music Report!". Anne E. Dechant.
  15. ^ Burke, David (January 23, 2014). "Blue Grass singer-songwriter David G Smith sees his career flourish". The Quad City Times.
  16. ^ Turner, Jonathon (May 14, 2014). "Saturday concert to benefit Rett Syndrome awareness". QC Online. Moline Dispatch & Rock Island Argus.
  17. ^ Hancock, Amanda (April 27, 2016). "Six albums later, David G Smith is 'finally catching up'". The Quad City Times.

External links

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