Born in Oxford, David was raised in England, Canada, Thailand, and Malaysia, the East Village in New York and now lives in Montreal. He has a degree in Political Science from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.
With his band, and as a solo artist, David has sold over 1.3 million records.
He has won 5 Junos (the Canadian Grammy) including 2002 Pop Album of the Year. Also in Canada, he has had 10 different singles hold the #1 spot on radio, and 10 singles in the top ten. David has also had “top ten” and “top twenty” radio singles in England, Germany, Switzerland, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Poland, Russia, Hungary, Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, Israel, Greece, Italy, France, The Philippines, Singapore and Taiwan.
David has traveled to Burma for WarChild to film a documentary on children affected by war. He has performed for Fashion Cares and is presently part of the campaign to Make Poverty History. David has also recently finished a cover version of John Lennon’s “Watching the Wheels” for Amnesty International.
@annedaigler9 you started a conversation on my community. Thanks! Come and join us at http://u.deqq.com/jTeKy
11:21 AM January 02
song of the day "the music" to start the year! http://u.deqq.com/z475L
10:21 AM January 02
last week of listening, last week of additions and changes and then we master the album next week, always ... http://u.deqq.com/jhCVe
02:23 AM January 02