Dave Gibson (songwriter)
Dave Gibson | |
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Birth name | David Lowell Gibson[1] |
Born | El Dorado, Arkansas | October 1, 1946
Genres | Country |
Occupation(s) | Songwriter |
Instruments | Vocals, guitar |
Years active | late 1980s-present |
Labels | Epic (in Gibson/Miller Band) |
Associated acts |
David Lowell Gibson (born October 1, 1946[2]) is an American country music songwriter. Gibson has written songs for Alabama, Tanya Tucker, and others.
Gibson was born in El Dorado, Arkansas and raised in Odessa, Texas before moving to Nashville, Tennessee in 1982.[3]
He held a publishing contract with a company owned by The Oak Ridge Boys. Between 1990 and 1994, Gibson was the frontman of the Gibson/Miller Band.
Gibson was married to singer-songwriter Daisy Dern.[4]
List of songs written by Dave Gibson[]
Gibson wrote or co-wrote the following songs:[5]
- Alabama: "Jukebox in My Mind"
- Larry Boone: "Don't Give Candy to a Stranger"
- Confederate Railroad: "Queen of Memphis", "Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind"
- Joe Diffie: "Ships That Don't Come In"
- Gibson/Miller Band: "High Rollin'", "Texas Tattoo", "Red, White, and Blue Collar", "Stone Cold Country"
- James House: "That'll Be the Last Thing"
- Montgomery Gentry: "Lonely and Gone"
- Southern Pacific: "Honey I Dare You", "All Is Lost"
- Pam Tillis: "Do You Know Where Your Man Is"
- Tanya Tucker: "If It Don't Come Easy"
- Conway Twitty: "House on Old Lonesome Road"
- Steve Wariner: "Midnight Fire", "Don't You Give Up on Love", "Heart Trouble"
References[]
- ^ "BMI results for David Lowell Gibson". BMI.com. Retrieved 12 July 2018.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2012). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 129. ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.
- ^ "Bio". smswf.com. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Dave Gibson: Storytelling & Music in DNA". Nashville Music Guide. August 23, 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
- ^ "Dave Gibson". musicvf.com. Retrieved 6 September 2016.
Categories:
- 1946 births
- American country singer-songwriters
- Country musicians from Arkansas
- Living people
- People from Union County, Arkansas
- Singers from Arkansas