“As impressive as it is felt, Nail’s robust, resonant tenor just might be country’s most limber and soulful this side of Ronnie Dunn.” ~ The Washington Post
ABOUT DAVID
David Nail’s candor cuts like a laser through star-making propriety, a ritual of predictable answers to predictable questions, recited by artists averse to the controversy that truth can bring.
True, he is respected up and down and beyond Music Row. He’s written or co-written multiple hits. Critics laud his singing too: The late, revered Chuck Dauphin, for one, marveled at Nail’s ability to turn an “ordinary lyric and arrangement” into a “tour de force,” adding, “simply put… he is not one of us.”
So he’s got rock-solid credentials. And he earned them despite a refusal to present himself in a false light. His songs pull no punches in evoking the demons with which he has wrestled through much of his life. As Nail explains, it’s not so much an act of courage to write about depression and its effects. Rather, it is simply who he is; he says, in conversation and through music, what he must say.
In Nail’s own words, “My philosophy has always been, I just hope to have a good enough year that I can have a next year while staying as true to myself as I possibly can.”
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PACING THE CAGE • OUT NOW!
I’ve been in the studio for the past few months, and this one is the first of many to come this year! My cover of Bruce Cockburn’s ‘Pacing the Cage’ is available now, and it’s featured in a documentary produced by Vanity Fair called ‘Take No Prisoners’ debuting at SXSW!
I’ve never done something like this before, and I’ve become super appreciative of the honor to do it! Give it a listen and see if you can spot it in the new documentary!
“Nail effortlessly covers the deep and reflective song with his moving and mesmerizing voice, marking his musical film debut with this stunning rendition, featured in the new documentary about US hostage recovery efforts.”
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Only Best Of Me (EP)
2023
Oh, Mother (EP)
2019
Only This And Nothing More
2018
Fighter
2016
Uncovered (EP)
2016
I’m A Fire
2014
The Sound of a Million Dreams
2013
I’m About To Come Alive
2009
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