Dave Edwards

Dave Edwards began playing the piano professionally at local Shakey’s Pizza Parlors in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the age of 15. Dave went on to study classical and jazz piano at the University of North Texas. He continued college music studies intermittently while working at recording studios in the Dallas-Fort Worth area as a composer and pianist.

In 1970s he played in a succession of bands that toured the lounges and dance clubs of Texas and the Southwest. He also played extended engagements in Park City, Utah, and Durango, Colorado.

After a brief playing hiatus, during which he worked as a salesman at one of the largest music stores in Texas at the time, he helped...