David Cline
David was born December 21, 1948, the youngest son of four
boys and one younger sister. His father was a salvage dealer
and his mother a homemaker. David never had the opportunity
to play football,baseball or any other extra curricular activities,
but he knew first hand what a hard day's work was. He loved
his parents,brothers and sister very much, no matter how hard
life seemed to be.
David married Becky on July 17, 1977 and they lived in a
small house in Mesquite,Texas before moving to Combine,Texas
in August of 1989. With the help of Becky's hard work towards
their success, before her retirement on May 10, 2000, they
provided a comfortable life for themselves and their three
children. Becky has two daughters, Susan and Tami, and David
has a son, Bryan. They also have 10 grandchildren, 5 boys
and 5 girls.
David worked as an insurance salesman, auto parts counterman
and as an electrician before going back to his roots of dealing
in salvage in 1973. In 1983 David was one of the three founders
of A/C Equipment Unlimited, Inc. with headquarters in Dallas,Texas.
He has been president and co-owner since the company's inception.
David and Becky, with their boxer, Sir Spencer Gallahad, travel
in the company's 18 wheeler buying and delivering used and
rebuildable commercial and industrial air conditioning equipment.
In 1995 David was in Phoenix,Arizona on business when his
mother passed away from complications from Alzheimer's. He
caught a plane and flew home to be with his family for the
burial services. He flew back to finish up his trip and to
get his truck. During his return trip he wrote some memories
of his mother in a poem. When he got back to Dallas, he thought
it might make a pretty song. He asked his brother-in-law,
Mike Hicks,to put music to the lyrics. David's first song,
"Heart and Soul," was created. He went to Patrick
McGuire's studio in Arlington,Texas and asked Patrick to find
the best musicians available to record his song, as a tribute
to his mother. He sent it to some of the local radio stations
and a few of them played it on the air. He wrote another song
for his wife as a gift for their 20th wedding anniversary
called. "Another Precious Year." David lost a close
cousin in May 1998, Ann McFadden, who was only 44 years of
age. Ann's mother asked him to write a song about her daughter
and "Unforgettable Angel of Gold" was created.
Over the next few years, David wrote more songs and couldn't
get anyone interested enough in singing or recording them.
After he wrote and recorded "I Think I'm a Cowboy Now",
"Honky Tonkin", and "That Woman is My Wife",
he had nine pretty good songs. Patrick McGuire, musicians,
friends and family members suggested that he put his songs
on his own CD. David and Becky made the decision to go for
it, even though they knew very little about the music business.
With Patrick McGuire as the producer and engineer, they felt
at least it could turn out to be something to pass on to the
family. David and Becky decided to take it one step further
and create a 2 song music video of "I Think I'm a Cowboy
Now" and "Honky Tonkin'". They sent the 2 songs
to some companies of the equine industry letting them know
they would like to have some sponsors for the video. After
a short while, 25 different companies donated products. With
David's ideas and with the help of Phil and Jan York at Big
Y Productions in Irving,Texas and all the crew at Magic Video
in Dallas, they created a 2 song music video. Now, David is
an independent artist, starting late in life, but it has turned
out to be the most self-gratifying project he has ever done.
He has created his own Record Label and Publishing Co., while
doing all the promoting,advertising and PR work as time has
allowed and still run a corporation.
As of January. 2005 David has retired from his business .
He and his wife Becky and their dog Scotty are enjoying traveling
and promoting David’s music full time all over the world.
David has written some new songs , and now has six Country
CDs and one Gospel CD available . With five contentions for
a Grammy nomination on his CD titled “ Texas Hold’em
“ he now has a total of thirteen contentions for Grammy
nominations thanks to the help of Mr. Phil York of York Town
Digital in Irving Texas . He knows they’re only contentions
but he’s so proud to be on the first round list with
super star artists such as Alan Jackson , Tim McGraw , Faith
Hill and others . He also has numerous song writing and entertainment
awards to add to his credits. David’s latest CD is titled
“ My Daddy’s Music “ . It has three originals
and his rendition of six Classic Country hits finishing the
CD off with a heart felt version of the song “ If I
Can Dream “ . The title cut “ My Daddy’s
Music “ was written by David and his friend, Farrel
Knight. The other two originals , “ Cheeper To Keep’er
“ and “ Honey’s Little Hummer “ was
written by David.
David’s music is being played on XM Radio , Internet
Radio as well as AM & FM radio stations all over the United
States and Europe . In January of 2004 a song he wrote titled
“ Good Ole Country Music & Western Swing “
hit number one on the European Country Music Charts. He has
topped the Worldwide Mainstream Indie and Major Charts as
most independent played artist in November of 2002 . Over
the years there have been numerous articles written about
David and his music in local papers and national trade magazines
. Magazines like Truckers News , Road Star , Road King and
The Trail Rider . Most recently there has been a full two
page featured article written about David in the May / June
issue of the National RV Companion Magazine.
David doesn’t play an instrument , but he performs with
his original tracks at private & company parties , fund
raisers , festivals , truck shows , trail rides , cattle drives
and trade day markets . He loves to sing with the bands of
local opry’s .
His songwriting and performing adventures have been the most
self - gratifying projects he has ever done. He’s thrilled
to be able to enjoy what little success it is , but he feels
blessed to have recorded a Hank Williams Classic song titled
“ Move It On Over “ and a George Strait song “
Ace In The Hole “ with his son , Bryan .. I have a feeling
there will be more.
David says , Nothing ventured nothing gained , You can’t
hit if you don’t swing.
All of David’s CDs are available on his website www.davidcline.com
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