Dave Combs: Storyteller and Musician Extraordinaire

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Dave Combs is a songwriter, photographer, entrepreneur and author with four decades of experience writing over 120 songs and creating fourteen albums of soothing, relaxing instrumental piano music. His songwriting began with the now popular standard, Rachel’s Song. His soothing, relaxing music has been played millions of times worldwide on radio, satellite, and all internet streaming media and it continues to touch the lives of millions of people all over the world. He is also the author of the bestselling new book, Touched By The Music: How the Story and Music of Rachel’s Song Can Change Your Life.

Dave’s Website, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube

Dave’s musical hero: John W. Peterson, Website

The Lettermen, Jim Pike, Bob Engemann, Tony Butala

The Association, An American “Sunshine Pop” band

Don McClean, America’s Troubadour, best known for “American Pie”

George Benson, American Guitarist, Singer, Songwriter

Jane Austen, 19th Century English Novelist

Charles Dickens, 19th Century English Novelist

Wilkie Collins, 19th Century English Novelist and playwright who established the rules for the modern detective novel

Roy Acuff Place in Music Square, Nashville, Tennessee

George Clinton, Nashville recording engineer, couldn’t find info about him

Glen Campbell, Country music, singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor

Alabama, An American band specializing in country music founded in Fort Payne, Alabama in 1969. They also perform country and southern rock, country pop, bluegrass, and soft rock

The Forester Sisters, An American country music vocal group active from 1970s to 1996

Gary Prim, An American Keyboardist, Songwriter, Producer

Bob McHone Winston-Salem on YouTube, was DJ for WKLM 94.5 in Greensboro, North Carolina in 1986. WKLM is now an Ohio radio station. WPTI is now on 94.5 in Greensboro. It’s a talk radio station. Bob has written a memoir, On The Air, coming soon.

Touched by the Music of Rachel’s Song Dave’s first album.

Happy Christmas, Dave’s second album containing songs by Dave and his father.

Beautiful Thoughts, Dave’s third album. All his albums are listed on his website and available for purchase, or you can subscribe to his YouTube channel and listen there.

Polyvagal Safety: Attachment, Communication, Self-Regulation, Stephen W. Porges,

Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead, Brené Brown, PH.D., MSW

Jack Canfield, Life Coach

Ivan Bodley Story-Power Episode 35, “Am I Famous Yet?”

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