Dave Darling

Dave Darling (born on April 20, 1958 in San Francisco, California, United States) is an American record producer, songwriter, mixer, and multi-instrumentalist. He relocated to Los Angeles, California, in 1980 while recording an album project and decided to stay in Los Angeles to pursue a career in music. Darling has worked with many successful recording artists such as The Temptations, Glen Campbell, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Stray Cats, Ricky Lee Jones, Rusty Young, John Waite, Def Leppard, Tom Waits, Janiva Magness, Jack Johnson, Cherie Currie, Brie Howard and more. He has produced six Grammy nominated records. In addition to being a record producer, Darling, has been a member of several bands, most notably Boxing Gandhis and 58.

Professional music career Brian Setzer Darling has produced and mixed ten albums with Brian Setzer, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, and The Stray Cats, five of which were nominated for Grammy Awards. Setzer Goes Instru-Mental! was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental album in 2011. Darling appeared in the video documentary, Stray Cats: Rumble in Brixton in 2004 and It's a Rockabilly World! documentary in 2016.

Janiva Magness Darling has produced six records for singer, Janiva Magness. Her 2016 release, Love Wins Again, (co-written and produced by Darling) was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album. The album debuted at number 5 on the Billboard Blues Chart, number 2 on iTunes Blues, reached number 1 on the Blues radio chart, and spent two months on the Americana radio chart. Their collaborative, I Won't Cry won Song of the Year at the Blues Music Awards in 2013.

Boxing Gandhis Darling is the founder of Boxing Gandhis which was signed to the record label Mesa in 1993. The band has recorded four albums. They climbed the charts with a No. 5 hit on the Billboard Triple A (Adult Album Alternative) charts with the song, "If You Love Me (Why Am I Dyin')" off their debut album after touring the US as opening act for the Dave Matthews Band and Big Head Todd and the Monsters. The song's video also garnered a Billboard Music Award for "Best Jazz/Adult Contemporary" which was directed by Brian Lockwood. "If You Love Me (Why Am I Dyin')" was featured in Episode 3 of the 2011 season of the HBO Original Series True Blood.

Boxing Gandhis (1994, Mesa Records) Howard (1996, Atlantic Records) Culture War (2019, Blue Elan Records)

58 58 was an eclectic, alternative, pop-rock band foursome that included Darling, Nikki Sixx, Steve Gibb and Bucket Baker. They released, Diet for a New America on May 16, 2000, on Sixx's record label, Americoma.

Film, television, and commercials Darling's music and/or production has been placed in films, TV shows, and commercials such as True Blood, So You Think You Can Dance, Ed TV, Father of the Bride, What a Girl Wants, Entourage, Chuck, Bad Girls Club, Ugly Betty, Ritz Crackers, and Lincoln Navigator.

Discography Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks Producer, Keyboards, Percussion Peaceful Easy Feeling: The Sounds of Jack Tempchin|Jack Tempchin Additional Production Tug of War|Gina Sicilia Producer, Bass, composer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Mixing, Vocals (Background) Shakey Ground|Kyle Maack Producer, Mixing, Guitar, composer

Find Your Wings|Anna Danes Producer, Mixing, composer Love Wins Again|Janiva Magness Producer, Mixing, Guitar, Dobro, Celeste, Glockenspeil, Vocals (Background), Bass

Rockin Rudolph|The Brian Setzer Orchestra/Brian Setzer Additional Production

Original|Janiva Magness Producer, engineer, Mixing, Guitar, Dobro, Golckenspiel, Vocals (Background), Bass

Live at Davies|Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks Keyboards See You There|Glen Campbell Producer, Mixing, Guitar

Living Like a Runaway|Lita Ford Composer Rockabilly Riot! Live From the Planet|Brian Setzer Mixing Stronger For It|Janiva Magness Producer, engineer, Mixing, Bass, composer, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric), Piano, Toy Piano, Vocals (Background)

Alligator Records 40th Anniversary Collection| Producer Rough & Tumble|John Waite Mixing Setzer Goes Instru-MENTAL!|Brian Setzer Producer, Mixing

Christmas Comes Alive!|The Brian Setzer Orchestra Mixing Don't Mess With a Big Band: Live!|The Brian Setzer Orchestra Mixing Runner Runner|Runner Runner Producer, engineer, Mixing The Devil is an Angel Too|Janiva Magness Engineer, Mixing, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards Vocals (Background), Wurlitzer

Songs From Lonely Avenue|Brian Setzer Producer, Mixer Sounds of Defeat|Until June Producer, Mixing

Alive!|Becca Bass, composer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming Christmas Rocks! The Best of Collection|The Brian Setzer Orchestra Producer Christmas a Go-Go| Producer Raise Up The Tent|Tea Leaf Green Mixing Turn to Stone|Becca Producer, Keyboards, Programming What Love Will Do|Janiva Magness Producer, engineer, Mixing, Guitar, Handclapping, Percussion, Vocals (Background), Bass

Elephant Graveyard|John Oszajca Producer, engineer, Mixing, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic), Keyboards, Drums Percussion, Programming, Vocals (Background), Bass, Mastering Moondance Alexander| Composer Musicians For Minneapolis| Producer No Place Like Soul|Soulive Tracking Red Hot & Live|Brian Setzer & The Nashvillains Mixing Wobble with the World|Cindy Alexander composer Wolfgang's Big Night Out|The Brian Setzer Orchestra Producer, Audio Production

13|Brian Setzer Producer, Mixing, Audio Production Eclectic Café: The Complete Coffee House Collection| Producer Music is Hope| Guitar, Keyboards Wylde Bunch|The Wild Bunch Mixing

Break For Love: Danny Rampling| Mixing Dig That Crazy Christmas|The Brian Setzer Orchestra Producer, Audio Production First Sign of Anything|John Oszajca Producer, engineer, Audio Production, Main Personnel, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals (Background), Bass, composer Rockabilly Riot, Vol. 1: A Tribute to Sun Records|Brian Setzer Producer Sweet Saxations|Pamela Williams Audio Engineer

Avion (Console/Image)|Avion Producer Glean|EchoBrain Producer Rumble in Brixton|Stray Cats Producer Selected Shorts|Dan Hicks Producer, Mixing, Percussion Shine|Meredith Brooks Producer, engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals (Background), Bass, composer Songs For a Rainy Day|Cyndi Vellmure Producer, engineer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Bass Where Lovers Meet|Meredith Brooks Producer Words, Wisdom, and Music|Alvin Green & The Unlimited Sounds Producer, Mixing

Jump, Jive an' Wail the Best of The Brian Setzer Orchestra 1994–2000|The Brian Setzer Orchestra Producer, Mixing Luck Be a Lady|The Brian Setzer Orchestra Producer Nitro Burnin' Funny Daddy|Brian Setzer Producer, Mixing Smash|Cindy Alexander Producer, engineer, Mixing, Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Loop Untucked|Katrina Carlson Producer, engineer, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals (Background), Musical Direction What a Girl Wants| Producer, engineer, Mixing

Bad Bad One|Meredith Brooks Producer, engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming, Vocals (Background), composer BareNaked|Jennifer Love Hewitt Engineer, guitar, Programming, Bass, composer Best of Big Band|The Brian Setzer Orchestra Producer Boogie Woogie Christmas|The Brian Setzer Orchestra Producer, Audio Production Chilled Sirens| Producer Shiny Things|Jackpot Producer, Mixing

Get a Taste|Sprung Monkey Producer, composer Party Like a Rock Star|Sprung Monkey Producer, composer Renaissance Ibiza: 2001 Collection|New York Renaissance Band Engineer Very Best of Ibiza Anthems| Engineer

Beatin' the Heat|Dan Hicks & His Hot Licks Producer, composer Vavoom|The Brian Setzer Orchestra Producer, Mixing, Associate Producer Diet For a New America|58 Producer, engineer, Mixing, Programming, songwriter Jeremy Kay|Jeremy Kay Producer, engineer

Deconstruction|Meredith Brooks Producer, Percussion, Programming EDtv| Producer Raingods With Zippos|Fish Photography See Red|Cindy Alexander Producer, engineer, Audio Engineer, Mixing, Personnel, Guitar, Horn, Bass Percussion, Programming, composer

Generation Swine|Mötley Crüe Guitar Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: The Greatest Hits|Kenny Loggins Guitar

Howard|Boxing Gandhis Producer, engineer, Vocals, Guitar Real World|Tin Drum Guitar (Acoustic)

Boxing Gandhis|Boxing Gandhis Producer, Vocals, Guitar, Percussion, Bass, composer

California Dreams|California Dreams Guitar

Little Lives|Adele Bertei Guitar

Big Trouble|Big Trouble Guitar Big Trouble''Big TroubleGuitar