Born near Stonehenge in England and no doubt influenced at least in part by a church organ-playing Cornish grandmother and his Middlesborough-born banjulele-playing father who enjoyed classical music as much as he did George Formby, David was mesmerized by music from an early age.

Since graduating in 1979, David has been a full time bass player, appearing with many artists from the world of Jazz, pop and Rock. Theatre work for Bristol Old Vic includes Stone Free, Marat/Sade, Twelfth Night, A Taste of Honey, Blues Brother Soul Sisters, A Streetcar Named Desire, Up the Feeder, Down the 'Mouth, Salad Days, The Wizard of Oz and several pantomimes. Other productions include Annie, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Oliver!, Little Shop of Horrors….

He also played bass for the 2001 UK tour of a soul musical written by Kwame Kwei-Armah, featuring soul diva Ruby Turner. Recent TV includes sessions for Modern Times, Animal People, Score, Belonging and Waking the Dead - all for the BBC.

In the summer of 2006 he accompanied British soprano Lesley Garrett on her sold out UK tour.

Current regular bands include pianist Jonathan Taylor’s trio and the Celtic/jazz influenced band Carmina with whom he will be recording a new album in January 2007. He has taught privately for many years and has been visiting bass tutor at Exeter University, Dartington College of Arts and Dartington International Summer School. Since 2002 he has been touring worldwide with Ian Anderson.