The CANADIAN David Wilcox is a rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter, who was born 1949 in Montreal, Quebec.MusicBrainz

He is known for such albums as Out Of The Woods (1977, 1983), My Eyes Keep Me In Trouble (1983), Bad Reputation (1984), Breakfast At The Circus (1987), The Natural Edge (1989), Thirteen Songs (1996), and Rhythm Of Love (2002), most of which were produced by the British artist and record producer Sadia Sadia, who also co-wrote many of the titles on these albums.

Many of David's energetic songs have a heavy blues influence, and include such tunes as Hot, Hot Papa, Do the Bearcat, Layin' Pipe, Riverboat Fantasy, Downtown Came Uptown, That Hypnotizin' Boogie and Bad Apple. Near the close of the 2002 Winter Olympics the Canadian figure skating couples pair of Jamie Salé and David Pelletier did a flying demonstration to the Wilcox tune Rockin' The Boogie. Wilcox continues to be a top attraction on the Festival and Arena circuits around Canada.

The AMERICAN David Wilcox is a folk singer and songwriter. He is also a bit of a storyteller in his live shows. MusicBrainz

The American Wilcox was born in Mentor, Ohio. He attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio in 1976 where he started learning guitar. He later transferred to Warren Wilson College in North Carolina in 1981 and graduated in 1985.

Within two years he had released his first album, and by 1989 he had signed with A&M Records, a major label. Three albums later, A&M released him, but he continued to tour and release albums.

In reviews his voice is perhaps most often compared with James Taylor, though a 1994 Acoustic Guitar cover story characterized it as Taylor combined with a "husky breathiness more reminiscent of the late Nick Drake." That article also called him the "best known of the brilliant crop of singer-songwriters to emerge in the late '80s."

Wilcox plays primarily acoustic guitar, and he was one of several prominent guitarists who popularized the Olson Guitar brand in the 1990s. His fingerstyle playing, influenced by Nick Drake and Joni Mitchell,[citation needed] utilizes open tuning extensively, often in combination with customized capos with notches cut out to allow lower strings to ring open.

His albums consist of:

* Vista (What Are Records? - 2006)

* Out Beyond Ideas (What Are Records? - 2005, with his wife Nance Pettit)

* Into The Mystery (What Are Records? - 2003)

* Live Songs and Stories (What Are Records? - 2002)

* The Very Best of David Wilcox (A&M Records - 2001)

* What You Whispered (Vanguard Records - 2000)

* Underneath (Vanguard Records - 1999)

* Turning Point (Koch International - 1997)

* East Asheville Hardware (Fresh Baked Records/Koch Records - 1996)

* Big Horizon (A&M Records - 1994)

* Home Again (A&M Records - 1991)

* Mostly Live: An Authorized Bootleg (A&M Records - 1991)

* How Did You Find Me Here (A&M Records - 1989) (Considered his best work)

* Nightshift Watchman (Song of the Wood - 1987); re-released in 1996 by Fresh Baked Records/Koch Records