David M. Bailey is an American singer/songwriter who was born on February 26, 1966, and has released fourteen albums since 1997, primarily playing Contemporary Christian Music. In 2003, he won the Kerrville Songwriting award at the Kerrville Folk Festival.^[1] The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... February 26 is the 57th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Contemporary Christian Music (or CCM) is a genre of popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith. ... The Kerrville Folk Festival is a music festival held for 18 consecutive days in the late spring/early summer at Quiet Valley Ranch near Kerrville, Texas. ...

Bailey is the son of Presbyterian missionairies and was raised in Beirut, Lebanon. He spent some of his youth in Germany where he learned to play the guitar, played in some bands, and began writing songs. Upon returning to the United States , he attended Grove City College; he then got married and entered corporate America. He soon was diagnosed with cancer and a brain tumor, and he was told he did not have long to live. He quit his job and decided to tour and write songs as long as he could. He has been a Cancer Survivor over ten years. He maintains an active touring and recording schedule.^[2] He currently lives in Earlysville, Virginia. Presbyterianism is part of the Reformed churches family of denominations of Christian Protestantism based on the teachings of John Calvin which traces its institutional roots to the Scottish Reformation, especially as led by John Knox. ... A missionary is traditionally defined as a propagator of religion who works to convert those outside that community; someone who proselytizes. ... There is also a drinking game alternately refered to as Beirut or Beer Pong. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Grove City College is a private liberal arts college in Grove City, Pennsylvania with a population of about 2,500 undergraduate students. ... Corporate America is an informal phrase describing the business world of the United States. ... Cancer is a class of diseases or disorders characterized by uncontrolled division of cells and the ability of these cells to spread, either by direct growth into adjacent tissue through invasion, or by implantation into distant sites by metastasis (where cancer cells are transported through the bloodstream or lymphatic system). ... A brain tumor is any intracranial tumor created by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division, normally either found in the brain itself (neurons, glial cells (astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, ependymal cells), lymphatic tissue, blood vessels), in the cranial nerves (myelin-producing Schwann cells), in the brain envelopes (meninges), skull, pituitary and pineal gland... Official language(s) English Capital Richmond Largest city Virginia Beach Area  Ranked 35th  - Total 42,793 sq mi (110,862 km²)  - Width 200 miles (320 km)  - Length 430 miles (690 km)  - % water 7. ...

His music has been compared to that of James Taylor, Jim Croce and Cat Stevens.^{[3] [4]} James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist, born in Belmont, Massachusetts. ... James Joseph Croce (January 10, 1943 – September 20, 1973), popularly known as Jim Croce (pronounced CROW-chee), was an American singer-songwriter. ... Yusuf Islam [1] (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21 July 1948 in London, England) performed under the name Cat Stevens from 1966 to 1978. ...

Albums

• Bittersweet
• Coffee with the Angels
• Comfort
• Hope, the Anthology
• Life
• Live
• Lost and Found
• Love the Time
• One More Day
• Peace
• Rusty Brick Road
• Silent Conversation
• Two to See

DVD Release

• Living

References

1. ^ "Local church to host David Bailey", Ledger-Enquirer, 2007-03-10
2. ^ Biography
3. ^ Notes on the Live album
4. ^ Biography

Links

• David M. Bailey official website