David Briggs (American musician)
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David Briggs is an American keyboardist, record producer and studio owner.
David Paul Briggs was born on March 16, 1943 in Killen, Alabama. He played his first recording session at the age of 14 and has gone on to add keyboards to a plethora of pop, rock, and country artists, as well as recording hundreds of corporate commercials.
In 1965 he was given the opportunity of recording on sessions for Elvis Presley's album How Great Thou Art when Floyd Cramer was running late. Briggs continued to record and tour with Presley until shortly before his death in 1977.
Briggs and Norbert Putnam opened Quadrafonic Studios in the late 1960s. It was sold in 1976 and Briggs opened House of David.
Artists he has worked with include Elvis Presley, Joan Baez, Nancy Sinatra, Tony Joe White, The Monkees, J.J. Cale, Kris Kristofferson and many others.
