Dave Barnes
Encyclopedia
Dave Barnes is an American
rock
-R&B
-contemporary Christian
singer-songwriter
from Nashville, Tennessee
.
, just as Barnes was turning six years old. The Barnes family then moved to Knoxville, Tennessee
the summer before his junior year in high school. Barnes went to college to further his studies playing the drums, and once at college, began playing guitar and writing songs for fun. He was initially only interested in writing material for other performers but was later encouraged by his peers to perform his works himself. Barnes took their advice and began performing within the campus at Middle Tennessee State University
, and then performed at various nearby universities in regional centres as well as his own.
Three, Then Four, as purely a guitar-and-vocals release. With this release and the touring performed around it, Barnes' fan following expanded, with the assistance of internet promotion. Barnes toured heavily for over a year after that. During this period, Barnes met Ed Cash, a record producer who had worked with Bebo Norman
.
At the suggestion of Cash, Barnes recorded a full-band studio LP
. Barnes released Brother, Bring The Sun
in September 2004. This album was critically acclaimed for Barnes' songwriting and overall high-quality presentation for an independent release. Also through its release, Barnes gained notability among singers Amy Grant
(who later performed on Barnes' wedding song "I Have and I Always Will"), Vince Gill
and John Mayer
. In 2005, Barnes co-produced the five-song EP
Today & Tomorrow for his friend Matt Wertz
. Barnes also contributed his songwriting to one of its songs.
In 2006 Barnes released his second full band studio album Chasing Mississippi
. In mid-to-late 2006, Barnes toured with Matt Wertz
with songs from both albums and some newly written material as well. In early 2007 Barnes began experimenting with stand-up comedy and, with support from friends, put together a routine which he performed in Nashville, Tennessee
.
In June 2007, Barnes re-entered the studio to record his third album. In April 2008, having signed to the record label Razor and Tie, he released his major-label debut, Me and You and the World
. In promotion of the album, the song "Until You", which was previously on Brother, Bring the Sun, was re-recorded and released as a single
on February 19, 2008.
In late 2008, Barnes was one of the opening acts for the shows from Orlando, Florida
through Chicago
, Illinois
on Hanson
's 'The Walk Around the World Tour'.
Barnes' songs were also featured on the show What I Like About You, including his song "On a Night Like This", which was featured on the "Three Little Words" episode. They were sang by the main character's, Holly's, English boyfriend named Ben, and are usually serenades.
In April 2010, Barnes released his fourth full band studio album What We Want, What We Get
after having released his single "God Gave Me You" from the same album. The single rose into the top-five Contemporary Christian music
chart by June. Barnes appeared on the U.S. soap opera All My Children
as himself and performed the song on June 10, 2010.
, Bebo Norman
, Matt Wertz
, Andrew Ripp
, Billy Currington
, and many other singers.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
-R&B
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
-contemporary Christian
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
from Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
.
Early life
The oldest of three children, Barnes was born in South Carolina in 1978. He is the son of a pastor who relocated his family to Kosciusko, MississippiKosciusko, Mississippi
Kosciusko is a city in Attala County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 7,372 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Attala County....
, just as Barnes was turning six years old. The Barnes family then moved to Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
the summer before his junior year in high school. Barnes went to college to further his studies playing the drums, and once at college, began playing guitar and writing songs for fun. He was initially only interested in writing material for other performers but was later encouraged by his peers to perform his works himself. Barnes took their advice and began performing within the campus at Middle Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University, commonly abbreviated as MTSU, is a public university located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, United States....
, and then performed at various nearby universities in regional centres as well as his own.
Musical career
After graduating from Middle Tennessee State University, Barnes began touring and in 2002 released his five-song EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Three, Then Four, as purely a guitar-and-vocals release. With this release and the touring performed around it, Barnes' fan following expanded, with the assistance of internet promotion. Barnes toured heavily for over a year after that. During this period, Barnes met Ed Cash, a record producer who had worked with Bebo Norman
Bebo Norman
Jeffrey Stephen "Bebo" Norman is a contemporary Christian musician from Columbus, Georgia, USA. His most successful album to date is Myself When I Am Real, which included hit songs "Great Light of the World" and "Falling Down". Other popular songs by Norman include "Disappear", "Nothing Without...
.
At the suggestion of Cash, Barnes recorded a full-band studio LP
Album
An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...
. Barnes released Brother, Bring The Sun
Brother, Bring the Sun
Brother, Bring The Sun is the first studio album released by singer-songwriter Dave Barnes. It was produced by Ed Cash.__notoc__- Track listing :# Crazyboutya 3:43# Until You 4:05# Graces Amazing Hands 3:46# Can't Grow Tired Of Your Love 3:21...
in September 2004. This album was critically acclaimed for Barnes' songwriting and overall high-quality presentation for an independent release. Also through its release, Barnes gained notability among singers Amy Grant
Amy Grant
Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop"...
(who later performed on Barnes' wedding song "I Have and I Always Will"), Vince Gill
Vince Gill
Vincent Grant "Vince" Gill is an American neotraditional country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman to the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s, and as a solo artist beginning in 1983, where his talents as a...
and John Mayer
John Mayer
John Clayton Mayer is an American pop rock and blues rock musician, singer-songwriter, recording artist, and music producer. Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut and raised in Fairfield, Connecticut, he attended Berklee College of Music in Boston. He moved to Atlanta in 1997, where he refined his...
. In 2005, Barnes co-produced the five-song EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Today & Tomorrow for his friend Matt Wertz
Matt Wertz
Matt Wertz is a singer/songwriter. Originally from LaVale, MD he now calls Nashville, Tennessee, home. Wertz's interest in music started when he was young, but it was his interest in visual art that led him to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he graduated with a degree in...
. Barnes also contributed his songwriting to one of its songs.
In 2006 Barnes released his second full band studio album Chasing Mississippi
Chasing Mississippi
Chasing Mississippi is the second studio album released by singer-songwriter Dave Barnes. Unlike Barnes' first album, Brother, Bring The Sun, Barnes co-produced the album along with Ed Cash...
. In mid-to-late 2006, Barnes toured with Matt Wertz
Matt Wertz
Matt Wertz is a singer/songwriter. Originally from LaVale, MD he now calls Nashville, Tennessee, home. Wertz's interest in music started when he was young, but it was his interest in visual art that led him to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he graduated with a degree in...
with songs from both albums and some newly written material as well. In early 2007 Barnes began experimenting with stand-up comedy and, with support from friends, put together a routine which he performed in Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
.
In June 2007, Barnes re-entered the studio to record his third album. In April 2008, having signed to the record label Razor and Tie, he released his major-label debut, Me and You and the World
Me and You and the World
Me and You and the World is the third studio album, and first major label release, by American acoustic rock performer Dave Barnes. The album was launched internationally on April 1, 2008...
. In promotion of the album, the song "Until You", which was previously on Brother, Bring the Sun, was re-recorded and released as a single
Single (music)
In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...
on February 19, 2008.
In late 2008, Barnes was one of the opening acts for the shows from Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
through Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
on Hanson
Hanson (band)
Hanson are an American pop rock band formed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by brothers Isaac , Taylor , and Zac Hanson . They are best known for the 1997 hit song "MMMBop" from their major label debut album Middle of Nowhere, which earned three Grammy nominations...
's 'The Walk Around the World Tour'.
Barnes' songs were also featured on the show What I Like About You, including his song "On a Night Like This", which was featured on the "Three Little Words" episode. They were sang by the main character's, Holly's, English boyfriend named Ben, and are usually serenades.
In April 2010, Barnes released his fourth full band studio album What We Want, What We Get
What We Want, What We Get
What We Want, What We Get is the fourth studio album released by singer-songwriter Dave Barnes. It was released on April 6, 2010.-Track listing:# "Little Lies" – 2:47# "God Gave Me You" – 3:49# "What I Need" What We Want, What We Get is the fourth studio album released by...
after having released his single "God Gave Me You" from the same album. The single rose into the top-five Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
chart by June. Barnes appeared on the U.S. soap opera All My Children
All My Children
All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970 to September 23, 2011. Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictitious suburb of Philadelphia. The show features Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytime's most...
as himself and performed the song on June 10, 2010.
Songwriting
As a songwriter, Barnes has both written and co-written songs for Marc BroussardMarc Broussard
Marc Broussard is an American singer/songwriter. His style is best described as "Bayou Soul," a mix of funk, blues, R&B, rock, and pop, matched with distinct Southern roots...
, Bebo Norman
Bebo Norman
Jeffrey Stephen "Bebo" Norman is a contemporary Christian musician from Columbus, Georgia, USA. His most successful album to date is Myself When I Am Real, which included hit songs "Great Light of the World" and "Falling Down". Other popular songs by Norman include "Disappear", "Nothing Without...
, Matt Wertz
Matt Wertz
Matt Wertz is a singer/songwriter. Originally from LaVale, MD he now calls Nashville, Tennessee, home. Wertz's interest in music started when he was young, but it was his interest in visual art that led him to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign where he graduated with a degree in...
, Andrew Ripp
Andrew Ripp
Andrew Ripp is a singer-songwriter from Palatine, Illinois. Before releasing his debut album, Fifty Miles to Chicago, in 2008, Andrew first broke into the national music scene as a songwriter; his contributions, such as Ryan Cabrera's album, You Stand Watching, have charted on the Billboard Hot...
, Billy Currington
Billy Currington
William Matthew "Billy" Currington is an American country music artist. Signed to Mercury Nashville Records in 2003, he has released four studio albums for the label: 2003's Billy Currington, 2005's Doin' Somethin' Right, 2008's Little Bit of Everything, and 2010's Enjoy Yourself...
, and many other singers.
Studio albums
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Christ |
US Rock |
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| Brother, Bring the Sun Brother, Bring the Sun Brother, Bring The Sun is the first studio album released by singer-songwriter Dave Barnes. It was produced by Ed Cash.__notoc__- Track listing :# Crazyboutya 3:43# Until You 4:05# Graces Amazing Hands 3:46# Can't Grow Tired Of Your Love 3:21... |
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| Chasing Mississippi Chasing Mississippi Chasing Mississippi is the second studio album released by singer-songwriter Dave Barnes. Unlike Barnes' first album, Brother, Bring The Sun, Barnes co-produced the album along with Ed Cash... |
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| Me and You and the World Me and You and the World Me and You and the World is the third studio album, and first major label release, by American acoustic rock performer Dave Barnes. The album was launched internationally on April 1, 2008... |
Razor & Tie Razor & Tie is a New York-based corporation founded in 1990 by Cliff Chenfeld and Craig Balsam. The company encompasses a record label with major label distribution , a home video company, a media buying company, a music publishing business, a marketing, promotion and sales team, and a direct... |
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| What We Want, What We Get What We Want, What We Get What We Want, What We Get is the fourth studio album released by singer-songwriter Dave Barnes. It was released on April 6, 2010.-Track listing:# "Little Lies" – 2:47# "God Gave Me You" – 3:49# "What I Need" What We Want, What We Get is the fourth studio album released by... |
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Holiday albums
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| US Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... |
US Christ |
US Holiday |
US Rock |
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| Very Merry Christmas |
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Extended plays
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| Three, Then Four |
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| You, the Night, and Candlelight You, the Night, and Candlelight You, the Night, and Candlelight is the Valentine's Day EP of singer-songwriter Dave Barnes. It was released on February 3, 2009, between his third and fourth studio album.-Track listing:#"Loving You, Loving Me" - 5:01#"I Have and Always Will" - 4:06... |
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions |
Album | ||||||
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| US AC |
US Christ Hot Christian Songs Christian Songs is a Billboard chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.... |
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| 2004 | "Crazyboutya" | — | — | Brother, Bring the Sunshine | |||||
| "Grace's Amazing Hands" | — | — | |||||||
| 2006 | "Miles to Go" | — | — | Chasing Mississippi | |||||
| "Everybody But You" | — | — | |||||||
| 2008 | "Until You" | — | — | Me and You and the World | |||||
| "Brothers & Sisters" | — | — | |||||||
| "Good World Gone Bad" | — | — | |||||||
| 2009 | "Nothing Else" | — | — | ||||||
| "Since You Said I Do" | — | — | |||||||
| "Loving You, Loving Me" | — | — | You, the Night, and Candlelight | ||||||
| 2010 | "God Gave Me You God Gave Me You "God Gave Me You" is the title of a song written and recorded by American contemporary Christian music singer Dave Barnes. It was released in January 2010 as the lead single from the album, What We Want, What We Get.-History:... " |
21 | 13 | What We Want, What We Get | |||||
| "Little Lies" | — | — | |||||||
| "Look So Easy" | — | — | |||||||
| "Family Tree" | — | 25 | Very Merry Christmas | ||||||
| "I Pray on Christmas" | — | 37 | |||||||
| "Christmas Tonight" (featuring Hillary Scott Hillary Scott (singer) Hillary Dawn Scott is an American country music singer-songwriter. She is currently a member of Lady Antebellum, a country band that was formed in 2006 and signed to Capitol Nashville.-Early life:... ) |
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| 2011 | "The Christmas Song" | — | 45 | ||||||
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External links
- Dave Barnes official site