Dave Darling (born in 1958 in San Francisco, California, United States) is an American record producer, songwriter, mixer, and multi-instrumentalist. He relocated to Los Angeles, California, in 1980 while recording an album project and decided to stay in Los Angeles to pursue a career in music. Darling has worked with many successful recording artists such as The Temptations, Glen Campbell, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Stray Cats, Ricky Lee Jones, Rusty Young, John Waite, Def Leppard, Tom Waits, Janiva Magness, Jack Johnson, Cherie Currie, Brie Howard and more. He has produced six Grammy nominated records. In addition to being a record producer, Darling, has been a member of several bands, most notably Boxing Gandhis and 58.[1]
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| Born | Dave Darling 1958 San Francisco, California U.S. |
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| Website | davedarlingmusic |
Professional music career
editBrian Setzer
editDarling has produced and mixed ten albums with Brian Setzer, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, and The Stray Cats, five of which were nominated for Grammy Awards. Setzer Goes Instru-Mental! won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary album in 2011. Darling appeared in the video documentary, Stray Cats: Rumble in Brixton in 2004 and It's a Rockabilly World! documentary in 2016.[2][3]
Janiva Magness
editDarling has produced six records for singer, Janiva Magness. Her 2016 release, Love Wins Again, (co-written and produced by Darling) was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album. The album debuted at number 5 on the Billboard Blues Chart, number 2 on iTunes Blues, reached number 1 on the Blues radio chart, and spent two months on the Americana radio chart.[4] Their collaborative, I Won't Cry won Song of the Year at the Blues Music Awards in 2013.[5]
Boxing Gandhis
editDarling is the founder of Boxing Gandhis which was signed to the record label Mesa Blue Moon in 1993. The band has recorded four albums. They climbed the charts with a No. 5 hit on the Billboard Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) charts with the song, "If You Love Me (Why Am I Dyin')" off their debut album after touring the US as opening act for the Dave Matthews Band and Big Head Todd and the Monsters. The song's music video also garnered a Billboard Music Award for "Video of the Year" which was directed by Brian Lockwood (director). "If You Love Me (Why Am I Dyin')" was featured in Episode 3 of the 2011 season of the HBO Original Series True Blood.[6][7]
- Boxing Gandhis (1994, Mesa Records)
- Howard (1996, Atlantic Records)
- Culture War (2019, Blue Elan Records)
58
edit58 was an eclectic, alternative, pop-rock band foursome that included Darling, Nikki Sixx, Steve Gibb and Bucket Baker. They released, Diet for a New America on May 16, 2000 on Sixx's record label, Americoma. All songs were written by Nikki Sixx and Dave Darling, except Alone Again (Naturally) written by Gilbert O'Sullivan and "Who We Are" written by Nikki Sixx, Dave Darling and Steve Gibb.[8]
Film, television, and commercials
editDarling's music and/or production has been placed in films, TV shows, and commercials such as True Blood, So You Think You Can Dance, Ed TV, Father of the Bride, What a Girl Wants, Entourage, Chuck, Bad Girls Club, Ugly Betty, Ritz Crackers, and Lincoln Navigator.
Discography
edit| Year | Album | Artist | Credit |
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| 2018 | Love Is An Army | Janiva Magness | Producer, Mixing, Guitar, composer |
| All The Time | The Temptations | Producer, Mixing | |
| 2017 | Blue Again | Janiva Magness | Producer, Mixing |
| Greatest Licks: I Feel Like Singin' | Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks | Producer, Keyboards, Percussion | |
| Peaceful Easy Feeling: The Sounds of Jack Tempchin | Jack Tempchin | Additional Production | |
| Tug of War | Gina Sicilia | Producer, Bass, composer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Mixing, Vocals (Background) | |
| Shakey Ground | Kyle Maack | Producer, Mixing, Guitar, composer | |
| 2106 | Find Your Wings | Anna Danes | Producer, Mixing, composer |
| Love Wins Again | Janiva Magness | Producer, Mixing, Guitar, Dobro, Celeste, Glockenspeil, Vocals (Background), Bass | |
| 2015 | Rockin Rudolph | The Brian Setzer Orchestra/Brian Setzer | Additional Production |
| 2014 | Original | Janiva Magness | Producer, engineer, Mixing, Guitar, Dobro, Golckenspiel, Vocals (Background), Bass |
| 2013 | Live at Davies | Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks | Keyboards |
| See You There | Glen Campbell | Producer, Mixing, Guitar | |
| 2012 | Living Like a Runaway | Lita Ford | Composer |
| Rockabilly Riot! Live From the Planet | Brian Setzer | Mixing | |
| Stronger For It | Janiva Magness | Producer, engineer, Mixing, Bass, composer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Piano, Toy Piano, Vocals (Background) | |
| 2011 | Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection | Producer | |
| Rough & Tumble | John Waite | Mixing | |
| Setzer Goes Instru-MENTAL! | Brian Setzer | Producer, Mixing | |
| 2010 | Christmas Comes Alive! | The Brian Setzer Orchestra | Mixing |
| Don't Mess With a Big Band: Live! | The Brian Setzer Orchestra | Mixing | |
| Runner Runner | Runner Runner | Producer, engineer, Mixing | |
| The Devil is an Angel Too | Janiva Magness | Engineer, Mixing, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards Vocals (Background), Wurlitzer | |
| 2009 | Songs From Lonely Avenue | Brian Setzer | Producer, Mixer |
| Sounds of Defeat | Until June | Producer, Mixing | |
| 2008 | Alive! | Becca | Bass, composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming |
| Christmas Rocks! The Best of Collection | The Brian Setzer Orchestra | Producer | |
| Christmas a Go-Go | Producer | ||
| Raise Up The Tent | Tea Leaf Green | Mixing | |
| Turn to Stone | Becca | Producer, Keyboards, Programming | |
| What Love Will Do | Janiva Magness | Producer, engineer, Mixing, Guitar, Handclapping, Percussion, Vocals (Background), Bass | |
| 2007 | Elephant Graveyard | John Oszajca | Producer, engineer, Mixing, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards, Drums Percussion, Programming, Vocals (Background), Bass, Mastering |
| Moondance Alexander | Composer | ||
| Musicians For Minneapolis | Producer | ||
| No Place Like Soul | Soulive | Tracking | |
| Red Hot & Live | Brian Setzer & The Nashvillains | Mixing | |
| Wobble with the World | Cindy Alexander | composer | |
| Wolfgang's Big Night Out | The Brian Setzer Orchestra | Producer, Audio Production | |
| 2006 | 13 | Brian Setzer | Producer, Mixing, Audio Production |
| Eclectic Café: The Complete Coffee House Collection | Producer | ||
| Music is Hope | Guitar, Keyboards | ||
| Wylde Bunch | The Wild Bunch | Mixing | |
| 2005 | Break For Love: Danny Rampling | Mixing | |
| Dig That Crazy Christmas | The Brian Setzer Orchestra | Producer, Audio Production | |
| First Sign of Anything | John Oszajca | Producer, engineer, Audio Production, Main Personnel, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals (Background), Bass, composer | |
| Rockabilly Riot, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Sun Records | Brian Setzer | Producer | |
| Sweet Saxations | Pamela Williams | Audio Engineer | |
| 2004 | Avion (Console/Image) | Avion | Producer |
| Glean | EchoBrain | Producer | |
| Rumble in Brixton | Stray Cats | Producer | |
| Selected Shorts | Dan Hicks | Producer, Mixing, Percussion | |
| Shine | Meredith Brooks | Producer, engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals (Background), Bass, composer | |
| Songs For a Rainy Day | Cyndi Vellmure | Producer, engineer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Bass | |
| Where Lovers Meet | Meredith Brooks | Producer | |
| Words, Wisdom, and Music | Alvin Green & The Unlimited Sounds | Producer, Mixing | |
| 2003 | Jump, Jive an' Wail the Best of The Brian Setzer Orchestra 1994–2000 | The Brian Setzer Orchestra | Producer, Mixing |
| Luck Be a Lady | The Brian Setzer Orchestra | Producer | |
| Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy | Brian Setzer | Producer, Mixing | |
| Smash | Cindy Alexander | Producer, engineer, Mixing, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Loop | |
| Untucked | Katrina Carlson | Producer, engineer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals (Background), Musical Direction | |
| What a Girl Wants | Producer, engineer, Mixing | ||
| 2002 | Bad Bad One | Meredith Brooks | Producer, engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals (Background), composer |
| BareNaked | Jennifer Love Hewitt | Engineer, guitar, Programming, Bass, composer | |
| Best of Big Band | The Brian Setzer Orchestra | Producer | |
| Boogie Woogie Christmas | The Brian Setzer Orchestra | Producer, Audio Production | |
| Chilled Sirens | Producer | ||
| Shiny Things | Jackpot | Producer, Mixing | |
| 2001 | Get a Taste | Sprung Monkey | Producer, composer |
| Party Like a Rock Star | Sprung Monkey | Producer, composer | |
| Renaissance Ibiza: 2001 Collection | New York Renaissance Band | Engineer | |
| Very Best of Ibiza Anthems | Engineer | ||
| 2000 | Beatin' the Heat | Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks | Producer, composer |
| Vavoom | The Brian Setzer Orchestra | Producer, Mixing, Associate Producer | |
| Diet For a New America | 58 | Producer, engineer, Mixing, Programming, songwriter | |
| Jeremy Kay | Jeremy Kay | Producer, engineer | |
| 1999 | Deconstruction | Meredith Brooks | Producer, Percussion, Programming |
| EDtv | Producer | ||
| Raingods With Zippos | Fish | Photography | |
| See Red | Cindy Alexander | Producer, engineer, Audio Engineer, Mixing, Personnel, Guitar, Horn, Bass Percussion, Programming, composer | |
| 1997 | Generation Swine | Mötley Crüe | Guitar |
| Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: The Greatest Hits | Kenny Loggins | Guitar | |
| 1996 | Howard | Boxing Gandhis | Producer, engineer, Vocals, Guitar |
| Real World | Tin Drum | Guitar (Acoustic) | |
| 1994 | Boxing Gandhis | Boxing Gandhis | Producer, Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Bass, composer |
| 1992 | California Dreams | California Dreams | Guitar |
| 1988 | Little Lives | Adele Bertei | Guitar |
| 1987 | Big Trouble | Big Trouble | Guitar |
| Big Trouble | Big Trouble | Guitar |
References
edit- ^ "Dave Darling". AllMusic.
- ^ "Stray Cats: Rumble in Brixton documentary – Dave Darling". IMDb.com.
- ^ "Mix Magazine – Brian Setzter's Lucky 13 – Working with Dave Darling in the studio". Mixonline.com. January 2007.
- ^ "Janiva Magness' "Love Wins Again" premieres at #5 on the BILLBOARD BLUES CHART!". Blue Elan Records. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
- ^ "Janiva Magness – Love Wins Again album review – John Mitchell – July 12, 2016". Bluesblastmagazine.com. 12 July 2016.
- ^ "Houston Press – True Blood: Boxing Gandhis and other possibilities – Jeff Rouner – July 11, 2011". Houston Press.
- ^ "Dave Darling LA Producer, Mixer, Songwriter, Singer, Musician – interview by Joe Montague -September 14th, 2014". Rivetingriffs.com.
- ^ "58 – Diet For A New America album review – Rob Rockitt – July 11, 2008". Hardrockhideout.com. 11 July 2008.