Dave Darling

Dave Darling
Darling in 2013
Born	Dave Darling 1958 San Francisco, California U.S.
Occupations	Record Producer Musician Singer-Songwriter Mixer
Spouse	Brie Howard Darling ​ (m. 1993)​
Musical career
Genres	Rock Pop Blues Indie-rock Rockabilly
Instruments	Vocals Bass Guitar Keyboards
Labels	Atlantic BMG
Website	davedarlingmusic.com

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]

Professional music career

Brian Setzer

Darling 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! was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental 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

Darling 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

Darling is the founder of Boxing Gandhis which was signed to the record label Mesa 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 video also garnered a Billboard Music Award for "Best Jazz/Adult Contemporary" which was directed by Brian Lockwood. "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

58 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.

Film, television, and commercials

Darling'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

Year	Album	Artist	Credit
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

1. "Dave Darling". AllMusic.
2. "Stray Cats: Rumble in Brixton documentary – Dave Darling". IMDb.com.
3. "Mix Magazine – Brian Setzter's Lucky 13 – Working with Dave Darling in the studio". Mixonline.com. January 2007.
4. "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.
5. "Janiva Magness – Love Wins Again album review – John Mitchell – July 12, 2016". Bluesblastmagazine.com. 12 July 2016.
6. "Houston Press – True Blood: Boxing Gandhis and other possibilities – Jeff Rouner – July 11, 2011". Houston Press.
7. "Dave Darling LA Producer, Mixer, Songwriter, Singer, Musician – interview by Joe Montague -September 14th, 2014". Rivetingriffs.com.