26 Facts About Dave Cobb

Dave Cobb was born on July 9,1974 and is an American record producer based in Nashville, Tennessee, best known for producing the work of Chris Stapleton, Brandi Carlile, John Prine, Sturgill Simpson, Jason Isbell, The Highwomen and Rival Sons.

Dave Cobb went to The Cottage School in Roswell, Georgia.

Dave Cobb said his family was very religious and was active in the Pentecostal faith.

Dave Cobb started out playing drums and taking guitar lessons at church when he was four years old.

When Dave Cobb was first starting in music, he worked as a session player in Atlanta, Georgia.

Dave Cobb joined the band The Tender Idols, featuring Ian Webber, Danny Howes, Guy Strauss and Joe Jones.

Dave Cobb played guitar and bass and was in this band for seven years.

Dave Cobb was involved in the recording process, which got him interested in being in the studio, and led to him recording and producing other bands he was friends with.

Dave Cobb moved to Los Angeles, California after he left his band.

Dave Cobb lived there from 2004 to 2011, eventually moving to Nashville, Tennessee in 2011.

In 2009, thanks to his professional connection to Jennings, Dave Cobb produced the Oak Ridge Boys' record The Boys Are Back, encouraging the band to record outside their standard catalog.

Dave Cobb has said he used many different vintage recording techniques, avoiding any electronic recording approaches for this particular album.

Dave Cobb's approach of studio recording for Jason Isbell's Southeastern was an effort to chronicle an acoustic sound similar to what is found on Simon And Garfunkel's Bridge over Troubled Water, where a non-traditional recording environment was captured to provide an organic, live and "warm" sound.

Dave Cobb met singer-songwriter Anderson East at Nashville's legendary Bluebird Cafe.

In 2013, Dave Cobb began work producing Early Morning Shakes, the third studio album from Whiskey Myers, a Country Southern rock band from Palestine, Texas.

In 2016, Dave Cobb produced and curated the collaborative album Southern Family.

Dave Cobb has said he was inspired by the album White Mansions.

In July 2016, Dave Cobb began a long-term residency at RCA Studio A on Nashville's Music Row.

In 2022, Dave Cobb produced Gavin DeGraw's eighth album titled Face the River, 4 by Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators and Sammy Hagar and The Circle's album Crazy Times.

Dave Cobb has said he focuses on the performer's voice, aiming for an end product which sounds natural.

Dave Cobb often plays guitar, and occasionally drums, on the records he produces.

Dave Cobb cites Jimmy Miller as an important influence in his approach to producing, as well as Glyn Johns and Brendan O'Brien.

Dave Cobb is known to not have a preference over analog recordings versus digital, instead believing the spontaneous nature of creativity as well as the inspiration derived from new discovery, predominantly drives the organic quality of a song.

Dave Cobb is married; he and his wife, who is from Albania, have one daughter together.

Additionally, Dave Cobb said he grew up with musician Butch Walker.

Dave Cobb has talked about the long-term passion that turned into a serious hobby where he explores different types of wine, especially from Paso Robles and other California vineyards.