The music of David St. Romain defies easy categorization, and in many ways, so does the man himself. Hailing from the central Louisiana town of Alexandria, David has steadily built his reputation as an entertainer, playing high-energy, musically diverse shows driven by what may be his biggest asset—that powerful, soul-drenched voice. America got a taste of David’s promising talents when he made the finals of Nashville Star in 2007. Now David is delivering on that promise, releasing brand-new music, showcasing what his followers across the country have been raving about for years.
The new wave of ’90s country brought along by Garth Brooks had a big impact on David, courtesy of his older brother’s copy of Garth’s seminal No Fences album. Further musical explorations led David to expand his R&B vocal skills singing in a group styled after the harmonies of Boyz II Men. Attending a Travis Tritt and Marty Stuart concert at age 19 further cemented David’s desire to pursue country music specifically. Travis and Marty incorporated blues, southern rock, and straight-ahead country into their sound. David set off to incorporate his diverse influences into his own style of country music.
In October 2006, David’s got a slot on the new season of TV’s premiere country competition Nashville Star. Besides the invaluable national exposure that show brought him, David also got to go on the 40 city Nashville Star tour and interact with a number of the nearly half million fans who voted for him.
By 2008, David and Shawn were working together finding songs and beginning the process of recording a new album. David also continued collaborating on songs of his own with some of Nashville’s top writers. Out of that batch of self-penned songs came David’s lead single “That’s Love.”
Lyrically, “That’s Love” packs a pretty emotional punch, telling the story of hard working people’s everyday sacrifices to provide for their families. David’s own clan expanded once again with the birth of his second daughter Briley in early 2009, and he wanted to represent that bond with his family in the first single.
“I hope people look at this album as a slide show of my life. Every song holds true with my experiences, and that goes back to how I choose which songs I record. Whether I write it or not, a song has to make me feel something the first time I hear it. If it’s up tempo, it needs to make me smile or want to go out and party. If it’s a ballad I’m drawn to, I either cry the first time I heard it or just feel a real sense of connection to the song’s lyrics.”
David St. Romain uses Dean Markley's Helix HD Acoustic CL.
Be sure to visit the David St. Romain websites at:
www.DavidStRomain.com/ or
www.MySpace.com/davidstromain/.
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