David Parmley Biography
David Parmley is a bluegrass vocalist, guitarist, and award-winning bandleader. He is best known for being a co-founder of both the Bluegrass Cardinals and Continental Divide. He won the International Bluegrass Music Association Recorded Event of the Year award.
David Parmley Age
David Parmley was born in White House, Tennessee on February 1, 1959. He is 60 years as of 2019.
David Parmley Family
Parmley was born in White House, Tennessee, but grew up in Los Angeles, California. His father Don Parmley was an esteemed bluegrass banjoist.
David Parmley Wife
He has managed to keep his personal information off the limelight and hence information about his married life is still under review. His wife is called Beckie.
David Parmley Career
Bluegrass Cardinals
Parmley began playing bluegrass professionally in 1974, at age 17. Singing lead vocals and playing guitar with his father Don and mandolinist Randy Graham in the Bluegrass Cardinals. In 1991, he left the Bluegrass Cardinals and moved to Nashville to pursue a solo career in country music.
Continental Divide
In 1994, he formed David Parmley, Scott Vestal and Continental Divide with Scott Vestal (banjo), Rickie Simpkins (fiddle), Jimmy Bowen (mandolin), Mike Anglin (bass), and Randy Kohrs (resonator guitar). The following year they released David Parmley, Scott Vestal & Continental Divide album (Pinecastle). Also in 1995, Continental Divide won the IBMA award for Emerging Artist of the Year.
In 1996, Continental Divide released the On the Divide album for Pinecastle Records. Personnel included Parmley, Anglin, Vestal, Bowen, Aubrey Haynie (mandolin, fiddle), and Larry Atamanuik (percussion). Later in 1998, Vestal departed the band. The band name was changed to Continental Divide, and then David Parmley and Continental Divide.
In 2001, Continental Divide released What We Leave Behind and in 2002, they released Pathway of Time with Parmley, Anglin, Ben Greene (banjo), Danny Barnes (mandolin, vocals), and Steve Day (fiddle, vocals). Giest artists included Jim Hurst (guitar) and Glen Duncan (fiddle).
The Long Time Coming album was released in 2005. The lineup included Randy Graham (mandolin), Dale Perry (banjo), Barry Berrier (bass), and Steve Day (fiddle).
In 2007, they released “Church House Hymns” album, and in 2008, the 3 Silver Dollars album with the title track composed by Tom T. and Dixie Hall. The band included Parmley, Perry (banjo, vocals), Ron Spears (mandolin, vocals), Ron Stewart (fiddle), and Kyle Perkins (bass). Rhonda Vincent provided harmony vocals on “Meadow On The Mountain.”
Parmley took a hiatus from performing because of health problems, but in 2010, he returned to performing with Continental Divide, releasing the album There’ll Always Be A Rocking Chair. Only he and Anglin remained from the original lineup. Burchett Jr. (banjo), Danny Barnes (mandolin), Steve Day (fiddle), and Glen Duncan (fiddle). Then in 2012, he retired from music, driving and maintaining tour buses for music artists, such as Rascal Flatts.
In 2015, Parmley resumed performing and touring with his new band Cardinal Tradition. Besides David on guitar, the band includes Ron Spears, (mandolin), Steve Day (fiddle), Dale Perry (banjo), and John Marquess (bass).
Parmley released his first solo project I Know a Good Thing in 1989 on Sugar Hill Records and in 1993, he released Southern Heritage on Rebel Records.
After Don and David Parmley left the Bluegrass Cardinals in 1991, they recorded the album Parmley and McCoury: Families of Tradition with Del McCoury (and his sons Ron and Robbie). In 2002, he, Larry Stephenson, Missy Raines, Jason Carter, and Charlie Cushman formed a part-time band called White House (all members of this band from White House, Tennessee).
Awards
In 1991 and 1995, he won the International Bluegrass Music Association Recorded Event of the Year award.
David Parmley Heart Attack
The fearless leader of David Parmley & Cardinal Tradition and former lead singer of The Bluegrass Cardinals suffered a heart attack on Friday evening following their show at the Shepherdsville Music Barn in Shepherdsville, KY. David experienced some chest pain previously before the show, but went ahead and performed when the pain let up after a while. He had suffered another heart attack about 10 years ago.
David Parmley Discography
His Solo recordings
- 1989: I Know A Good Thing (Sugar Hill)
- 1993: Southern Heritage (Rebel)
David Parmley and Continental Divide
- 2000: There’ll Always Be A Rocking Chair (Pinecastle)
- 2002: Pathway of Time (Pinecastle)
- 2005: Long Time Coming (CMH)
- 2008: Church House Hymns (Volume I) (Pinecastle)
- 2010: 3 Silver Dollars (Pinecastle)
- 2012: Church House Hymns (Volume II) (Pinecastle)
David Parmley, Scott Vestal, and Continental Divide
- 1995: David Parmley, Scott Vestal and Continental Divide (Pinecastle)
- 1996: On the Divide (Pinecastle)
- 1998: Feel Good Day (Pinecastle)
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