David Briggs

David Briggs was learning his skills as a studio musician in both Muscle Shoals and Nashville when he received a call to replace Floyd Cramer in a recording session. That session just happened to be for an album entitled How Great Thou Art with Elvis Presley. The session took place in May of 1966, impressing Elvis and his band enough to have David stay on for nearly a decade. Throughout that time David played piano and keyboard as well as arranged such classics as “Love Letters.” He was a key studio musician sought after for his playing and arranging skills. In 1968, David and fellow studio musician Norbert Putnam formed Quadrafonic Studios in Nashville. In the mid 70s, David opened his own studio, House of David and went on to produce a string of hit albums working with BB King, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Jimmy Buffett and many other legends of pop, rock, soul and country music.