David’s first interest in music was Rock.  All through high school he played rhythm guitar and sang lead in a garage rock band until acoustic music became popular due to John Denver and James Taylor.  At that time he switched to acoustic guitar for several years.  Then in 1972, while driving home one weekend from college, he heard “Deliverance” on the radio and a life-long love affair with the 5-string banjo started.  Although he bought a “cheap” banjo that same weekend, due to the challenges of college, he never spent much time learning it until he graduated in 1977.  Upon graduation, although he couldn’t play a single song all the way through, he heard about a bluegrass band looking for a banjo player and decided to give it a try.  He auditioned one night, and out of pure need, or maybe pity, they decided to give him a chance to learn.  The band leader took a stack of Jimmy Martin albums and circled about 20 songs and told David to learn them by the next practice.  That’s how he really got started.  All through the 80s he played in various bluegrass bands in the North Texas area, meeting and becoming friends with some of the Nashville bluegrass stars today.  Then due to the challenges of raising kids and work, he stopped regularly playing banjo for about 15 years.  After moving to the Hill Country in 2004, he met David Wilson at a music camp and struck up a friendship.  Together they formed a band called Cross Mountain.  After a couple of years that band broke up paving the way for Haywire, the best group of musicians and friends he has ever had the honor of playing with.  David primarily plays the bluegrass banjo with Haywire, but also plays rhythm guitar and clawhammer banjo when a song dictates.  David is married and has 4 grown children and six grandchildren. He is a part-time practicing veterinarian and a full time consultant to the Animal Health Industry.