Event Description
Learn more about David Nail - David Nail's candor cuts like a laser through star-making propriety, a ritual of predictable answers to predictable questions, recited by artists averse to the controversy that truth can bring.
True, he is respected up and down and beyond Music Row. He's written or co-written multiple hits. Critics laud his singing too: The late, revered Chuck Dauphin, for one, marveled at Nail's ability to turn an "ordinary lyric and arrangement" into a "tour de force," adding, "simply put… he is not one of us."
So he's got rock-solid credentials. And he earned them despite a refusal to present himself in a false light. His songs pull no punches in evoking the demons with which he has wrestled through much of his life. As Nail explains, it's not so much an act of courage to write about depression and its effects. Rather, it is simply who he is; he says, in conversation and through music, what he must say.
In Nail's own words, "My philosophy has always been, I just hope to have a good enough year that I can have a next year while staying as true to myself as I possibly can."
Born and raised in the foothills of North Carolina, Trey began his touring journey at the age of 18 years old.
While residing in Nashville, TN he was Guitarist/Musical Director for artists: Jessica Simpson, Big & Rich, Kellie Pickler, and many others.
Notable TV performances include: The Tonight Show w/ Jimmy Fallon, The Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno, The Late show w/ David Letterman, Good Morning America, Today Show, The View, Grand Ole Opry, CBS Early Show, The Ellen Show, AOL Sessions, Howard Stern Show, CMA Fest, The Queen Latifah Show, Guitar Center Sessions, ESPN "College Game Day", Various MLB/NHL/Nascar events.
As of 2023, Trey makes his living playing OVER 200 shows each year in or around California. Playing crowd-favorite covers, and his own original works. He is also involved in Sync for TV and Film.
