Dave grew up in the Washington, DC/Baltimore area. He came to the Southland when he was 14. “I was a fan big-time of KFWB. The jocks were like little god-heads," said Dave. After graduation from UCLA, his entrance into radio was almost a fluke. "Acting is an obsession, but I always knew I wanted to perform music."  

He played music, loved music and was a musician. When he was 27, he was playing in an Orange County club when the owner of KORG asked if he had any radio experience. He fibbed and was soon doing overnights. A year later Dave was driving his Volkswagen when a drunken truck driver with two loads of cement crashed into his car, and the gas tank exploded, trapping him in his car. He lost both legs and within six months was walking on artificial legs.  

Hardly a year after the accident, KNX/fm pd Steve Marshall offered Dave the position of music director, prompting him to say ‘Life Can Be A Dream...Sh-Boom,’ - an example of how he punctuates his conversations.

His brother provided the inspiration to do this album. "What inspires you to finish something can sometimes be tough. My youngest brother got liver cancer, he's fighting it pretty well right now, but he looked me in the eye and he said, 'Why don't you just finish these songs?' He really got me off the dime." 

Dave has been optimistic at every turn of a challenging life. “You keep the dream alive, whatever it takes."

 

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