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, Take That, Rival Sons, and Zayn Malik, among others.
19 Facts About Dave Cobb
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Dave Cobb said his family was very religious and was active in the Pentecostal faith.
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Dave Cobb began playing drums and taking guitar lessons at church when he was four years old.
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Dave Cobb left the band and moved to Los Angeles, California in 2004.
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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.
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Dave Cobb established a recording studio in a bedroom-sized room at the back of his house and named it Low Country Sound.
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Isbell's album Southeastern, recorded in Dave Cobb's home and studio, 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.
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Dave Cobb met singer-songwriter Anderson East at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe, and Dave Cobb ended up producing East's 2015 album Delilah, which was recorded at FAME Studios in North Alabama's Muscle Shoals.
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In 2015, Dave Cobb founded Low Country Sound, a record label imprint of Elektra that has a distribution deal with Atlantic Records.
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RCA Studio A was saved from demolition, and in July 2016, Dave Cobb began a long-term residency at the studio.
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In 2022, Dave Cobb produced Gavin DeGraw's eighth album titled Face the River, the album 4 by Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators, as well as Sammy Hagar and the Circle's album Crazy Times.
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In 2024, Dave Cobb produced singer-songwriter Oliver Anthony's debut album Hymnal of a Troubled Man's Mind, who came to prominence half a year prior with the viral single "Rich Men North of Richmond".
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Dave Cobb has said he focuses on the performer's voice, aiming for an end product which sounds natural.
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Dave Cobb often plays guitar, and occasionally drums, on the records he produces.
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Dave Cobb cites Jimmy Miller as an important influence in his approach to producing, as well as Glyn Johns and Brendan O'Brien.
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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.
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Dave Cobb is married; he and his wife, who is from Albania, have one daughter together.
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Additionally, Dave Cobb said he grew up with musician Butch Walker.
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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.