David Massey writes and sings music in the tradition of John Prine, Lucinda Williams, Steve Forbert, Todd Snider, James McMurtry and Steve Earle. Rootstime called his 2004 debut CD a masterpiece. His new record, "So Many Roads," is now available on CD Baby (www.cdbaby.com), and should be available on iTunes and other digital outlets sometime in July 2009. The album includes 13 new Massey originals, including a co-write with David's friend and bandmate Jason Byrd.
David's 2004 debut, "Blissful State of Blue," featured 13 original tunes and a who's who of Washington D.C. area musicians: Dudley Connell and Mike Auldridge (of present and past versions of The Seldom Scene), Robbie Magruder (drummer for Mary-Chapin Carpenter for many years), highly acclaimed banjo player Stephen Wade, multi-instrumentalist Zan McLeod (sideman for Paul Winter, Jim Lauderdale, David Wilcox, Mike Cross and many others), internationally renowned accordion player Bill McComiskey, Bill Kirchen and Too Much Fun drummer Jack O'Dell, Jim Robeson (The Cathy Ponton King band), and Bill Starks (The Cathy Ponton King Band, Ruthie and the Wranglers), bluegrass singer Sally Love, and Emily and Susan Hsu of the indie pop/jam band Exit Clov.
The CD received radio play in Belgium, The Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy and on college radio programs in the U.S.
