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Birth Name: | David Lowell Gibson[1] |
Birth Date: | 1 October 1946 |
Birth Place: | El Dorado, Arkansas |
Genre: | Country |
Occupation: | Songwriter |
Instrument: | Vocals, guitar |
Years Active: | late 1980s-present |
Label: | Epic (in Gibson/Miller Band) |
Past Member Of: | Gibson/Miller Band |
Spouse: | Daisy Dern |
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]
Gibson wrote or co-wrote the following songs:[5]
"Don't Give Candy to a Stranger"
"Queen of Memphis", "Daddy Never Was the Cadillac Kind"
"High Rollin'", "Texas Tattoo", "Red, White, and Blue Collar", "Stone Cold Country"
"That'll Be the Last Thing"
"Honey I Dare You", "All Is Lost"
"Do You Know Where Your Man Is"
"Midnight Fire", "Don't You Give Up on Love", "Heart Trouble"