They call it Americana -- a blend of rock, folk, blues, country ... you name it. Whatever you call it, it's all original -- and it's the best I can do.

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#		Title	Length	Sample
1		Something New	3:55
2		Take Me Down	3:49
3		Half A Dozen Lies	2:43
4		Commandment Eleven	3:21
5		Window	4:43
6		After Glory	4:23
7		Positively Polk Street	3:03
8		From Baltimore	3:26
9		Promise Me	4:51
10		All Because Of You	5:05
11		The Consumer	3:31
12		Lighthouse	5:34

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Singer/songwriter David Simpkins has been performing in public for over 35 years. He spent the first 22 years of his musical career playing in cover bands in southwestern Virginia.

In 1990, he co-founded an original alternative rock band, the Visible Shivers, based in Blacksburg, VA, that released three full-length recordings and several EPs over a 10-year run.

When the band called it quits, David set out on his own, bolstered by years of experience and a much clearer idea of who and what he was as a songwriter. He has since placed as a finalist in the 2000 Appalachian Fair Best Unknown Country Songwriters competition in Gray, TN and was the winner of the Floyd World Music Festival Showcase Stage Best Song competition in 2002.

He is an active member of the Johnson City TN chapter of the Nashville Songwriters Association International and the Southwest Virginia Songwriters Association of Roanoke VA.

He plays regular solo acoustic gigs, and has performed at numerous song-writers-in-the-round events, festivals, benefits, celebrations, songwriters' nights, and open mics.

Long Story Short is David's first solo recording. Working closely with producer, engineer, mixer, guitarist, and Real2Reel Studios owner Rick Krajnyak, the project pulled together a stellar collection of southwest Virginia's finest musicians, including Scott Fore, 2002 National Flatpicking Guitar Champion, and Alan Weinstein, cellist of the internationally-acclaimed chamber group, the Kandinsky Trio.