About David Hays

About David Hays​

David Hays’s life journey began up on Signal Mountain, Tennessee. He came of age in Music City and raised a family in the Carolinas. His songs are born of day-to-day living, distilled by encounters with extraordinary people, places, and moments. Mingling folk, rock, blues, and bluegrass, David turns unique arrangements into poetic reflections on love, loss, and redemption. Rooted in finger-style guitar and honest storytelling, Hays’s sound embodies a soulful, spiritually tuned American songcraft

Quisquam porta necessitatibus magnis! Blandit arcu ad nesciunt libero? Magni animi dictumst ratione placerat. Quasi provident eum quasi, commodo irure. Earum litora id quis reiciendis congue explicabo. Imperdiet ipsa erat. Eius elementum aperiam irure, aliquid maecenas ac alias nesciunt illumquat habitant! 

Credits: Rushing Wind

Karl Bingle – Mission Control Studio, Co-Production Experience, Patience, Encouragement, Recording and Mixing

Holly Cervini – Singer, Melodies, and Harmonies. (What’s it like having your singing juxtaposed to Holly’s? Imagine being in front of a crowd playing a kazoo as a pro delivers Mozart on a Stradivarius)

Richard Bearman – Experience, Keys, Walking Music Encyclopedia

Craig Beaumont – Recording, Friendship

All Saints Music Team – Glen Rude, Chris Smith, such sweet harmonies

Bryson Grove – Guitars, Bass

Justin Brooks – Percussion

Paul Eubanks – Bass Guitar

David Hays – Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Lyrics, Songs, Melodies, Harmonies, Co-Producer

Robin Hays – Thank you for the Encouragement, love, and support!

Rob and Braden Grafe – Thank you for the laying on of Hands, encouragement, exhortation, and pastoring.

All songs written by David Hays.

Credits: American Dream

Release Date – January 6, 2026

Produced by David Hays and Karl Bingle

David Hays – lyrics, melodies, harmonies, acoustic guitar, percussion

Thunder & Rain (Erinn, Amelia, Laura): banjo, fiddle, guitar and vocals 

Bryson Grove – electric guitars, drums and percussion

Hank Martin – vocals

Lonnie Parks – keyboards, piano, vocals

Vickie Vaughn – vocals

Jason Hemmens – saxophone

Brooks Leibee – orchestra

Dean Black – steel guitars

Karl Bingle – sound engineering, production, skills

Matt Barbarino and John Quillinan – sound engineering

Holly Stewart – vocals