David Pack

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David Pack

Background information
Born	15 July 1952 (1952-07-15) (age 55) United States, United States
Genre(s)	Rock
Occupation(s)	composer, musician, record producer, director
Years active	1970–present
Label(s)	Warner Bros., Fox, Speakerheart
Associated acts	Ambrosia
Website	David Pack's Music
Notable instrument(s)
Guitar

David Pack (b. July 15, 1952), is a Grammy Award Winning Artist, Producer & Music Director of Global Events. His career began as the front man, vocalist and guitarist with the rock group Ambrosia popular in the 1970's and 1980's.

1 Career
2 Discography
- 2.1 Solo Albums
3 External links

[edit] Career

Pack was co-founder, guitarist and main vocalist for the band Ambrosia. His collected works as a performer and producer have sold over 40 million units worldwide. Noted hits from the band written and sung by Pack include BMI awarded 3 Million Airplay and certified Gold singles "Biggest Part of Me" (1980-Warner Bros) and "How Much I Feel" (1978-Warner Bros), and Top Ten BMI awarded 2 Million Airplay hit song "You're the Only Woman" (1980-Warner Bros), as well as co-writer of their first top ten hit "Holdin On To Yesterday" (1975-20th Century Fox/Warner Bros).

He also is a Grammy winning producer for Wynonna, Phil Collins, Aretha Franklin and Kenny Loggins. He also has produced: Leann Rimes, Faith Hill, Michael McDonald, Natalie Cole, Patti LaBelle, Trisha Yearwood, Selena, All 4 One, Bette Midler, Brian Setzer, TLC, Brian McKnight, Little Richard, Patti Austin, Linda Ronstadt, James Ingram, Pointer Sisters, Mavis Staples, Andrae Crouch, David Benoit, Take 6, Bruce Hornsby, Branford Marsalis, Chick Corea, Steve Vai, Tevin Campbell, Jerky Boys, Paul Rodriquez, Yakov Smirnoff, Def Jeff, Amy Grant, Chet Atkins, Olivia Newton John, DC Talk, Jennifer Holliday and CeCe Winans.

In 1992 and 1996, He was the Music Director/Producer for President Bill Clinton's Inagurations.

In 1992 he teamed with Bernie Taupin to produce/music direct tribute to Barbra Streisand & David Geffen, w/Elton John, Billy Joel and Eddie Van Halen for the Aids Project L.A Commitment to Life VI. He also worked with the 1995 Benefit for Children of Bosnia with Fleetwood Mac, Yes, Roberta Flack, Yanni, Kitaro, Ambrosia, Kenny Loggins and Alan Parsons. He produced the 1988 Carnegie Hall AIDS Benefit “Children Will Listen” featuring Leonard Bernstein and the Boys Choir of Harlem, David Benoit & Patti Austin In 1997, the White House asked him to direct the music and produce the Presidents’ Volunteer Summit in Philadelphia for Presidents Clinton, Bush, Carter and Ford. In 2000 he was asked to direct and produce the Yamaha’s Michael McDonald Lifetime Achievement Award Show at the L.A. Shrine for his good friend. David brought together Ray Charles, Patti LaBelle, Kenny Loggins, Boz Scaggs and Christopher Cross for the event. More recently he produced and directed the 2005 World Aids Day Concert at Saddleback Church in Orange County for author.pastor Rick Warren. He not only performed but he also brought in Wynonna, DC Talk, Out of Eden.

David Pack guested on lead vocals on the song "Ground Zero" for Kansas founder Kerry Livgren's 1980 solo album, Seeds of Change. He then performed on Kansas's Vinyl Confessions album in 1982. He would later contribute guest lead vocals on the track "Shine On" off of the album It's A Jungle Out There! by Mastedon, one of two Mastedon albums written and produced by former Kansas lead singer John Elefante and his brother Dino Elefante. Pack's 1985 solo album "Anywhere You Go" spawned the song "Prove Me Wrong" which appeared on the soundtrack of the 1985 film White Nights (film) starring Gregory Hines & Mikhail Baryshnikov. He co-wrote two songs ("The Three of Me" and "I'm Talkin' to You"), sang and played guitar on Alan Parsons' 1993 album, Try Anything Once, and sang and played guitar on the song "You Can Run" on Parsons' 2004 album, A Valid Path (Ambrosia's first album was produced by Alan Parsons, who served as producer for their second; all four members of Ambrosia played on the first Alan Parsons Project album, Tales of Mystery and Imagination.) Pack's 2005 solo album, The Secret of Movin' On included collaborative efforts from musical legends such as Journey's Steve Perry, Heart's Ann Wilson and Timothy B. Schmit from the Eagles. Steve Perry makes his first appearance in mainstream adult contemporary rock in over eight years on the album. The album includes remakes of 2 of his biggest hits with Ambrosia, "Biggest Part Of Me" and "You're The Only Woman".

David Pack has toured with and/or performed in concert with: Fleetwood Mac, Doobie Brothers, Michael McDonald, Barbra Streisand, Ray Charles, Beach Boys, Heart, The Alan Parsons Project, David Benoit, Patti Austin, Chet Atkins, Wynonna Judd, Kenny Loggins, Bela Fleck, Bebe Winans, Billy Joel, Elton John, Leonard Bernstein, Patti LaBelle, Andrae Crouch, Mark Knopfler, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Foreigner, Supertramp, U2, Eddie Van Halen, Natalie Cole, Bruce Hornsby, The Everly Brothers, Emmylou Harris, Chic Corea, Toto and Huey Lewis & the News.

In 2007 David Pack relased a five song EP on Speakerheart.com self titled "David Pack". He also released the singles "Walkin' In Worship" and "Psalm 23".

[edit] Discography

Date	Title	Label	Country
as part of Ambrosia
1975	Ambrosia	20th Century Fox	US
1976	Somewhere I’ve Never Travelled	20th Century Fox	US
1978	Life Beyond L.A.	Warner Bros.	US
1980	One Eighty	Warner Bros.	US
1982	Road Island	Warner Bros.	US
1997	Anthology	Warner Bros.	US
2002	Essentials	Warner Bros.	US
2003	How Much I Feel and Other Hits	Rhino Flashback	US