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09 October 2010
David Childers’ father was a playwright turned lawyer, and David himself studied English and Creative writing, and became an artist-in-residence, before following his father and also becoming a practicing lawyer. But David (www.davidchilders.com) broke the pattern and is now releasing records, full of raw emotion and intelligence. He collaborated with Martin Stephenson on an album called “The Haint of the Budded Rose” which resulted in an appearance at Glasgow’s Celtic Connections in 2004, and he has an album of his own, recorded with The Modern Don Juans, called “Room#23”(Ramseur Records 2003) which has, rightly in our view, featured prominently on the influential AMA Americana Airplay Chart. Raised in North Carolina, and currently living in Charlotte, where he has been repeatedly awarded the title of “Charlotte’s Best Songwriter”, he spoke to Barry Jones just before leaving for Glasgow. Interview date 22 January 2004