David Nail
David Brent Nail (born May 18, 1979) is an American country music artist and the frontman of David Nail & The Well Ravens.[3] In 2002, he debuted the single "Memphis" from an unreleased album for Mercury Records Nashville. Five years later, he signed with MCA Nashville, for which he has released four studio albums: I'm About to Come Alive, The Sound of a Million Dreams, I'm a Fire, and Fighter plus two extended plays, 1979 and Uncovered. The albums have produced seven chart entries on Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay, including two that have reached No. 1: "Let It Rain" (featuring Sarah Buxton) and "Whatever She's Got", plus the top 10 hit "Red Light".
David Nail
David Brent Nail
May 18, 1979[1]
Kennett, Missouri, U.S.[2]
Singer-songwriter
Vocals, guitar
- 2001–2002
- 2007–present
Personal life[edit]
Nail was born and grew up in Kennett, Missouri, where his father was a high school band director. He married longtime girlfriend Catherine Werne on June 6, 2009, in Franklin, Tennessee. On December 12, 2015, Nail and Werne welcomed twins, son Lawson Brent Nail and daughter Lillian Catherine Nail.[18]
They welcomed a baby girl, Ellie Britton, in 2020.
Nail participated in the 2010 Taco Bell All-Star Legends and Celebrity Softball Game, hitting a home run past the right-field fence in Angel Stadium.[19]
He attended Arkansas State University where he was a member of Pi Kappa Alpha.[20]
He is an avid fan of the MLB's St. Louis Cardinals and sang "God Bless America" during Game 7 of the Cardinals' 2011 World Series game versus the Texas Rangers.
He sang the national anthem at the Mizzou Tigers 2012 homecoming football game versus the University of Kentucky.