David Lee Murphy
The country singer and songwriter David Lee Murphy ( born January 7, 1958 in Herrin, Illinois) came in 1983 in hopeful anticipation of a career as a country music star to Nashville. But it should still be almost ten years before he got his first record deal. In the meantime, he established himself moderately successful as a songwriter and fought as a bandleader of the Bluetick Hounds tedious for survival.
In 1994 David was the first with a song on the soundtrack album Eight Seconds. A year later he recorded the first CD: Out With A Bang. All songs were composed by himself. His debut album reached platinum status and there were two successful single releases, of which Dust In The Bottle advancing to first place on the country charts. The second hit, party crowd, though occupied only the number 6, but 1995 was the most played country song on American radio and thus his greatest success. With his second album Gettin 'Out The Good Stuff he could not repeat the success. However, a single from the placed in the country Top 20th
But his songs were still in demand. Chris LeDoux, Hank Williams Jr. and others used his material. Published in 2004, David Lee Murphy after a long break his fourth album Tryin ' To Get Out There.