Biography

Contact info:
David Starr
davidstarrmusic@gmail.com
970.640.8088

For more information, please contact:
Craig Shelburne, Richlynn Group
craig@richlynngroup.com
615.970.7474


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ALIVE AGAIN

Released: 2013

Produced by: David Starr

Recorded: April and August 2013 at Beaird Music Group Nashville, TN
Arrangement and Direction: Larry Beaird
Recording Engineer Jim DeBlanc
Vocal Engineers: Clay Howard and Rob Lane
Mixed at BMG: David Buchanan
Mastered by: David Glasser for Airshow Boulder, CO
Photography: Lu Anne Tyrrell
Graphics and Design: Rachel Starr Sloan

In addition to the musicians and engineers who helped make this project possible, I'd like to thank Paula and Aaron Beaird and Tytus Welker at Beaird Music Group, Mark and Kathy Wright for their guidance and Nashville hospitality, my wonderful family for their love and my Cedaredge, Colorado friends for their support.
Special thanks to Cindy for showing me the way home. ~ David Starr

All songs ASCAP

Copyright 2013 Cedaredge Music, LLC
All Rights Reserved

David Starr: Vocals
Larry Beaird: Acoustic Guitar
Dan Dugmore: Pedal Steel Guitar
Mike Rojas: Keyboards, Accordion
Tommy Harden: Drums, Percussion
Tania Hancheroff: Background Vocals
Mike Johnson: Pedal Stell, Lap Guitars, Resonator Guitars
Jeff King: Electric Guitar
Eli Beaird : Bass Guitar

1. Alive Again (03:45)

Songwriter: David Starr
Publisher & PRO: David Starr Music. ASCAP

This song was written in the early '90's while I was living in Little Rock, Arkansas. It originally appeared on my first solo CD Broken 9.

After all this time, I think it best sums up where I am at this stage of my life. I am grateful for family, friends and a great view up in the Rockies. I feel alive again!


2. Too Much In This Town (03:33)

Songwriter: David Starr
Publisher & PRO: David Starr Music. ASCAP


3. Everything Is Made In China (03:43)

Songwriter: David Starr
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4. Feels Like Coming Home: (03:45)

Songwriter: David Starr
Publisher & PRO: David Starr Music. ASCAP

5. Later Than You Think: (03:49)

Songwriter: David Starr
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6. Change Your Mind: (02:53)

Songwriter: David Starr
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7. Don't Take It All (03:20)

Songwriter: David Starr
Publisher & PRO: David Starr Music. ASCAP


8. Here For You (03:11)

Songwriter: David Starr
Publisher & PRO: David Starr Music. ASCAP


9. My Favorite Color (03:14)

Songwriter: David Starr
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10. One Of Those Things (04:18)

Songwriter: David Starr
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11. Underneath Clear Blue Skies (03:14)

Songwriter: David Starr
Publisher & PRO: David Starr Music. ASCAP

12. Way Past Ready (03:08)

Songwriter: David Starr
Publisher & PRO: David Starr Music. ASCAP



David Starr possesses “a compelling voice, something truly special, both accessible and passionate” (Elmore), that has been honed releasing nine albums, touring internationally, and opening shows for esteemed artists such as John Oates (Hall & Oates), The Steel Wheels, Survivor, and more.

Beauty And Ruin, Starr’s latest project is a musical and literary adventure, produced and arranged by John Oates and co-produced by himself and David Kalmusky. It is a collection of songs inspired by Of What Was, Nothing Is Left, a novel written by his grandfather in 1972, which Starr plans to re-publish. “It is like watching a movie,” says Oates. "The cinematic aural landscape visually evokes a classic tale of tragedy, love gone wrong and an exploration of human nature and all its flaws." Beauty and Ruin is set for release in early 2020.

“A collection of beautiful, poetic and somewhat sad songs with a warm and organic production that draws you in and wraps around your heart,” writes Americana Highways of Starr’s 2018 record, South and West. The record follows an acclaimed EP, The Head and Heart, also produced by John Oates and the full-length Love and Sabotage with special guests like John Oates, Richie Furay, Dana Cooper and Steve Cropper.

Starr’s prestige extends beyond the stage as well, having launched Starr’s Guitars in Little Rock in 1998, then relocating to Cedaredge in 2001. Today, the store is such an institution that Cedaredge proclaimed the musician’s birthday as David Starr Day in 2016. He was also instrumental in the 2018 opening of the Grand Mesa Arts Center, an intimate event space brought to fruition through strong community support in Cedaredge, CO. Starr helped design the space in order to attract musicians and visual artists to Southwestern Colorado.

Starr says of his upcoming Beauty And Ruin project, “This project is important to me for several reasons. There’s the family connection through my grandfather’s book, the songs that were born out of his story and the intense collaborative nature of the whole project. I can’t wait to share it with the world