Barton Stanley David Album Release Show at Rockwood Music Hall

Former New Yorker, now Dallas-based songwriter Barton Stanley David will perform a special album release show at Rockwood Music Hall on April 22nd in support of his forthcoming full-length "Crest." Upon his return to Texas, with live music lost to the pandemic, Barton Stanley David formed Kenshire Records with executive producer Shane Stein and began recording remotely with Grammy-winning engineer Dave Schiffman (Tom Petty, Adele, The Killers) mixing from Los Angeles. Studio sessions finally began in January of 2021 with Jeff Saenz at Modern Electric in Dallas. However, tragedy struck six months into recording when Saenz lost both arms following a freak accident with a downed power line in his front yard.With Saenz still hospitalized and the Dallas community rallying around the widely beloved producer, Barton eventually turned to Scarlett Deering, a young engineer and violinist (The Eagles) managing the late Charley Pride's studio to complete the album. Thematically, Crest is a heavy but hopeful ride: the soaring alt-rock conviction of All Ways, chamber pop showstopper Evelyn, reincarnation themed closer And The Crowd Goes Wild Again, even 90s-tinged break-up ballad If I Didnt Tell You First rings with a certain triumph. Still, at the albums heart, theres a bracing. Collectively, I think there is a feeling that we are at the crest of a societal and spiritual wave that is about to break, the Texas songwriter says. We paddled out on a sea of circumstance that brought us here, he sings on the title track, And a storm is coming clear.