Anyone
born in El Dorado, Arkansas and raised in Odessa, Texas would
be likely to love country music and Dave Gibson is no
exception. Upon moving from Arkansas to Texas with his mother,
brother and sister, Dave was introduced to the music
of Roy Orbison and Buddy Holly who lived down the road in
Lubbock, Texas. Elvis was his idol and his influence can still
be heard in Dave's vocal performance.
With an old Ford van, a guitar and few clothes, Dave came to
Nashville and hit the streets looking for a record deal and
people to listen to the songs he wrote. Early meetings with
music legend Tony Brown and Producer Norro Wilson led to his
introduction to Producer Doug Johnson and Blue Miller, guitar
player for Bob Seger's Silver Bullet Band. Together, Dave and
Blue formed the ACM Award winning Gibson/Miller Band. Despite
recording several top ten hits, including a Gibson /Miller
remake of "Mama's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be
Cowboys," which was featured in the movie "The
Cowboy Way" with Keifer Sutherland and Woody Harrelson,
Dave was still looking forward. His efforts as a songwriter
had skyrocketed with songs like Alabama's, "Jukebox In My
Mind", Tanya Tucker's, "If It Don't Come Easy",
Confederate Railroad's "Queen of Memphis" and
"Daddy Never Was The Cadillac Kind," and Joe
Diffie's poignant hit "Ships That Don't Come In."
Then in 1994, Dave's life was changed. Soon after disbanding
the Gibson/Miller Band, Dave met a beautiful and talented
singer/songwriter named Daisy Dern. She asked him to listen to
her demo tape and he went home praying she was good because as
Dave says, "I was already in love with her and I really
wanted her to be good". As it happened he was blown away.
They had a date to discuss the tape and never left each
other's side. In 1997 in a beautiful ceremony at Daisy's home
on the Pacific Ocean, Dave and Daisy were married. In 1999,
they became the proud parents of a gorgeous baby girl named
Savannah.
Dave states, "I just love entertaining! Whether I'm
backing Daisy or headlining a concert, performing for country
music fans is what I do and what I'll always do as long as
there's an audience that will listen." As his many fans
will tell you, there will be people listening for a long, long
time to come.