David Nail will soon be hitting the road with Miranda Lambert. Miranda embarks on her “Roadside Bars & Pink Guitars” headlining tour next week and for all but a handful of dates, she’s enlisted some of the hottest male talents in country music like David Nail. James Otto, Randy Houser, Cross Canadian Ragweed, Eric Church, Jake Owen, Wade Bowen, Luke Bryan and Chris Young also join the bill. Each will join Miranda for select dates through out the tour.

“I like pink guitars and puppies so how scary can I be?” laughs Miranda. "Seriously, it’s going to be a lot of fun. I’ve been on tour with some great male headliners so I thought it’s only natural that I invite some talented guys on my first official headlining tour!”

3/25
Kennewick, WA
Toyota Center
David Nail

3/26
Medford, OR
Medford Armory
David Nail

3/28
Airway Heights, WA
Northern Quest Casino
David Nail

ABOUT DAVID NAIL:
Missouri native David Nail’s debut record I’m About To Come Alive was released on MCA Nashville August ‘09 and became the 3rd highest new artist debut on the country charts for the year. Single “Red Light” peaked at #6 and holds the record for the longest charted single in Mediabase history at 42 weeks. The track also just earned an Academy of Country Music Award nomination for “Single of the Year”. Nail wrote five of the eleven tracks for Alive, which boasts many notable names. Lambert lends her vocals to the moody “Strangers On A Train” and both Rascal Flatts lead Gary LeVox (“Summer Job Days”) and Kenny Chesney (“Turning Home”) appear in the songwriting credits. People magazine boasts Nail as “One of Nashville’s Hottest New Stars” and praises the album saying it’s "a rewarding set that showcases his soulful, nuanced vocals" and awarded it three out of four stars. He has also been featured by Billboard, Entertainment Weekly, Us Weekly, Ladies Home Journal and on iTunes, AOL and ESPN 2. He’s performed at Kenny Chesney’s pre-show tailgating parties, opened for Sugarland and on the Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson. Nail’s new single is “Turning Home”. Visit www.davidnail.com <http://www.davidnail.com/> to hear it or http://awe.sm/50VWX to purchase it.

First-time nominees include rock stars Billy Gibbons and Dave Matthews, pop singer-turned-country hitmaker Darius Rucker and budding country acts Randy Houser, Bomshel, Gloriana, Steel Magnolia and David Nail. Nail’s “Red Light” received a single record nomination along with works from Miranda Lambert, Lady Antebellum, Billy Currington and the Zac Brown Band.

“I think the biggest thing for me is to see those other names beside me,” Nail said. “I don’t personally know the Zac Brown Band, but I know Lady A and Miranda and Billy all really well, and I have to be honest, the first thing I thought of was, ‘I don’t have a prayer in the world of winning.’ But at least I’ve got three other friends, and if one of them wins, I won’t be sad losing to them. They’ve all had the biggest years of their careers. It’s just an honor.”

David Nail has put together a "thank you" video for his Academy of Country Music Award nomination.  CLICK HERE to watch. 

Congratulations to David Nail.  He picked up a nomination for this year's Academy of Country Music Awards.  "Red Light" is up for ACM's Single Record of the Year.  See if he wins, April 18th on CBS. 

Sessions: David Nail

By Davis Inman on February 24th, 2010

From the standpoint of recording, David Nail is great subject matter. Nail has a powerful voice, sometimes more reminiscent of the classic soul singers of the ’60s and ’70s than his Nashville pop-country contemporaries. Ask David a question, and you’ll get a barrage of brutally personal answers. It’s this characteristic which also differentiates the singer-songwriter from the typical Nashville pop act. Willingly discussing topics like a bout of serious depression and bad breakups, Nail is refreshingly honest in a town where realness is often polished into pop idealism. We were lucky enough to be joined in our office by David for an American Songwriter session where he played and talked about four songs off his 2009 MCA Nashville release I’m About To Come Alive. To read the full interview, visit our Writer of the Week feature here. Listen to each song recorded by engineer Steve Martin below, as well as short descriptions.

David Nail - Mississippi

The first track on I’m About To Come Alive, “Mississippi,” was also one of the first songs Nail recorded with producer Frank Liddell (Lee Ann Womack, Chris Knight, Miranda Lambert). Nail said when he came into the studio, he told Liddell he wanted to hire the best piano player in the world. Chuck Leavell (Allman Brothers, Rolling Stones) got the call and recording sessions for the album were built around his touring schedule with the Stones. Leavell even got a co-writing credit on “Mississippi” for the piano intro he added in the studio.

David Nail - Missouri

The album’s closing bookend, “Missouri,” is the only song Nail composed solely by himself. Many of the album’s songs (”Mississippi,” “Strangers On A Train,” “Clouds”) were co-written with Scooter Caruso and other Nashville writers. “Missouri” – with it’s “misery” hook – is Nail’s real-life, unaltered story of losing love. Read more in Nail’s own words in our interview here.

David Nail - Clouds

In “Clouds,” co-written with Caruso, the singer ponders the difficutly of love and settling down in what sounds like a musician’s transient life on the road: “And the seconds are slipping away/ Just a little bit more of this turnpike/ And so much to say.” When asked about “Clouds,” Nail referred also to the relationship of small towns and big cities: the small town in Missouri he grew up in vs. the music machine of Nashville. When he first traveled to New York City, he stood mesmerized at the buildings. There’s a bit of that here in the longing for a simpler kind of love in the the rush and excitement of the city.

David Nail - I'm About To Come Alive

David Nail, self-professed Train-head, named his album after the rock-pop band’s anthem “I’m About To Come Alive.” Later, Patrick Monahan and co. contacted David to say they’d always felt it was a country song.

Road Trips, Cincy Reds, Amber Williams, Ward's Phone, Top 10

Top Ten Must Haves for summer 09
#1 - Diesel Jeans
#2 - G Star Shirts
#3 - 70’s style cream/white loafers
#4 - Organic Tea Tree Shampoos and Conditioners
#5 – Kiehl’s All-Purpose Face Moisturizer
#6 – Red Diamond Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon
#7 – Free WI-FI
#8 – Sweet Potatoes
#9 – Sperry Boat Shoes
#10 – Abercrombie Flat Front Shorts
Bonus Tracks – Blake Shelton – Startin’ Fires, The Magic Bullet, Hanes Basic White T-Shirts, U2 – No Line On The Horizon, Randy Rogers Band Trucker Hat, New Era Fitted St. Louis Cardinal Road Cap

In 39 days there will be a Mrs. David Nail and that’s both really exciting, and slightly weird.

US Airways made huge ground with me this morning.  We slept about 4 hours in Cincinnati last night due to a surprise show on the field after the Reds game, and a 6:45am flight to West Palm Beach.  We had an hour layover in Charlotte, and I simply went up to the counter to try and find an empty row to stretch out in to catch up on some sleep.  Let’s just say I’m flying over the east coast of Florida from First Class thanks to the fine gentlemen from US Airways.

Oceans leave me speechless.  I thoroughly hope to have a small place near one someday in my lifetime.

So things are picking up career wise the closer we get to the wedding.  I can’t say how lucky I am to have found someone like Catherine. To steal a line from my favorite Halfway to Hazard song, “You might have just gone crazy, trying to love a music man.”  How ironic I just quoted those guys, cause I’m almost certain they’re on the bill tonight in West Palm.

How about a little randomness?

Ward dropped his phone in a Tin Roof toilet Thursday night, and yes, the worst possible scenario you’re imagining right now was his very story.

The coffee in First Class is very much below average.

Florida has me overly excited.  The seafood I’m about to partake in at Legal’s Seafood tonight has me beyond such.

It’s a shame Kanye West is such a mess; cause the kid is so obviously talented.

I’m going to spend the weekend before my wedding in my favorite city, with 90 percent of my favorite people, and playing a club I’ve waited 5 years to play.

As tired as I am right now, I absolutely have to go to the beach today, even if it’s simply for an hour or so.

The NFL Draft is this afternoon, and this is the first year since I can remember that I won’t be watching.

I want to go fishing today.

There aren’t enough hours in the day for all that I want to do most days.

The water looks breathtaking from the sky this morning.  The weather couldn’t be anymore beautiful.

They say money can’t buy happiness, but if you could live where I’m looking at, I think you’d have a hard time finding ways to get upset.

I wish I’d seen Ray Charles live before he passed.

I’ll be in Austin and San Antonio, Texas next week
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Red Light Road Tours is something I’ve wanted to do for years, and hopefully we’ll be coming to your city sooner rather than later.  If you haven’t heard about it, read the blog titled Red Light Road Tours.  It’s very much the genius of the fine people at UMG.

I’m not going to blog about our journeys thus far just because I want the videos we shoot to be a surprise.

Jesus Walks!!!

Oh, how did I forget?  Some guy from my earlier flight managed to spill his coke all over my leg!  I was even surprised by how calm I managed to stay!  I guess that was the price I paid for being moved to First Class for this flight.
When I saw the ocean for the first time, I was a 21-year-old naïve kid from small town Missouri, and an old friend said he felt like a father watching his 7 or 8-year-old son.  My quote as I stood there with my mouth open wide, “Dude, you could get in a boat and go to Cuba.”

Airplanes baffled me.

I’m going to do something Tuesday morning that will be the coolest thing I’ve done so far, and I will only say it involves a radio station, and probably the most famous radio personality of all-time.

I’m almost on the verge of disowning both of my favorite NFL Teams, the St Louis Rams and Tennessee Titans.  I simply don’t know what they’re thinking again with their NFL Draft Picks.

DJ Moore to the Chicago Bears in the 4th RD will be the steal so far.  It’s either the Chicago Commodores or the Vanderbilt Bears now, I don’t know, you choose!!!

I miss Catherine this afternoon.

I’m thinking we’re going to go see The Soloist tonight starring Jaime Foxx!

Nikki Taylor is on my flight home from Florida with her newborn.  She’s my height, with several, and I mean several tattoos.

I think if you brought a child on board today, you must have gotten a free round trip ticket to anywhere Southwest flies, cause there are about 15 running down the aisle like madmen!!!

I’m sitting by Amber Williams for the second flight this month, once to Vegas for the ACM’s and now home from Ft. Lauderdale!  Amber’s from Missouri as well, and happens to be one of the finest publicists in the country as far as I’m concerned…

K, found out today (Monday afternoon) that there will be a few new Red Light/Road Trips the next few weeks.  Keep glued to my Twitter to stay updated on where I’m heading next.  Till next time, RED LIGHT!!!

Flying, Dallas, JC Penny, Red Light, UCLA Baseball
Well my first flight of 2009 is the worst of my life. The only thing keeping me even remotely calm is the podcast from Kairos Brentwood on my ipod. I was excited to be going to Dallas, but I wasn’t this dang excited. To say this ride is bumpy would be to say I don’t have self-diagnosed A.D.D.

Pardon me while I put my computer up and continue praying!!!

It’s flights like this one that cause me to reflect back on the Hudson River U.S Air landing. I was at the Green Hills YMCA when I noticed several people gathering in front of the TV’s about 40 or 50 feet in front of me. I automatically knew something serious had to have happened, so I quickly ended my run and walked up to see what was going on. I watched most of the television coverage for the next few hours at home, feeling somewhat uneasy knowing I would soon begin flying again. If I ever run across that pilot during any of my future travels, I will give him the biggest hug.

Kings of Leon – Closer

This song is a ballad I suppose, and yet it makes me wish there were 5 miles of open road ahead in which to run.

My teeth hurt a bit today. I’m not sure what that’s about, but they’re definitely more sensitive than normal.

There are about 50 junior high aged girls on my flight headed to Dallas for a cheerleading competition. I leaned over to the lady beside me and said, “This would be pretty nice if I was 15 years younger.” I’m not sure she thought it was funny, but I was simply making conversation.

Ipod isn’t in spellcheck, and neither is spellcheck, which is even more odd to me.

I’m sad to be missing church Sunday. I really enjoy our Pastor in Nashville. I don’t always know what he’s talking about, but he talks in such a calm and passionate way, that I always feel good hearing it.

I’m hungry, and something tells me EJ will have eaten by the time I land.

Blogs are the single fastest way to kill time while flying. Movies are second, and listening to music is a distant third.

Blog is also absent from spellcheck.

When I look across the sky from my exit row window seat, I can’t help but wish there was a way to walk on top of the clouds.

“But before I make my way into the crowd, could I share one last kiss while we’re still in the clouds”

Clouds – David Nail

I wrote that line during one of my genius moments.

I’m about to play some shows in March, and though they’re all acoustic shows as of now, I’m going to have my keyboard player Eric Kinney out with me, and that has me overjoyed.

I listen to “Notion” by Kings of Leon and think of little Ryan Fisher, and thoughts such as these could bring a smile to the devils face.

It looks as if the flight is smoothing out, and it seems as though I’m not the only one who’s been “holding it”.

So I guess Monday we’ll see who wins The Bachelor. I’ve never seen the show until this year, and I suppose this years an exception only because now I’m more or less married. My bet is on Melissa, only because I have some pretty strong sources who tell me this, and also in the preview, it shows him proposing to a brunette, and Molly ain’t no brunette!!!

Some lady is yelling at me that I have to postpone this for a bit, so I’ll check in later….

So it’s Sunday night and I’m flying home from Dallas via Houston. While in Houston I noticed at least four or five college baseball teams. UCLA were at the gate across from me and stood out the most by far. They were all dressed in baby blue Adidas jumpsuits with matching white shoes. I have to say they looked pretty sharp. My curiosity got the best of me, and so I looked up whom they played in Houston, and found there was a tournament at Minute Maid Park where the Astros play. Rice University went unbeaten the article said, so I’m assuming they’re loaded again.

Dallas wore me out. I’m not used to staying out so late these days. Whoever decided 2pm game times were a good idea evidently didn’t realize how long it made the days. I got to see my buddy Marty Turco both days. Marty has a new baby boy who I’d not seen yet, so it was great to see him finally have another man in the house.

Last night EJ and I met up with our good friend Brooke Fendrick (former head of marketing for the Dallas Stars) at the hotel after. Brooke got married this past year, and moved back to Waco, so her being back in Dallas for the night was a pleasant added surprise.

Well I excited to be almost home. I’m going to sleep hard and long tonight. Red Light seems to be doing great. I’m still not paying attention to its existence, other than to talk about finding or recording the song.

Dallas is flashy, and I may have interest in some of the finer luxury’s this world has to offer, but whenever I’m there, I realize I’m still very much a small town kid from southeast Missouri. The other day some guys from the label played a joke on me regarding a possible endorsement with JC Penny, and they were assuming I’d be a bit uneasy do it’s “lack” of premeire clothing. Little did they know that JC Penny is my mother’s favorite store, so I was excited in a way due to the fact that I’d then most likely be able to hook her up.

K, I’m sensing this lady is about to tell me to put my computer up, so I’m not going to give her the chance. Peace out.

Please keep requesting Red Light wherever it is you live!!! Oh and it’s on itunes as well… You guys are awesome!!!