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Welsh singer-songwriter David Gray's is the classic story of the overnight success that took years to happen. He emerged in the early '90s as an acoustic-based artist heavily influenced by old-school troubadours like Bob Dylan and Van Morrison. After a few more fine but financially unsuccessful albums, he finally broke through to the mainstream in 1999 with WHITE LADDER, an album that organically meshed Gray's singer-songwriter aesthetic with a more contemporary electronica-flavored sound.
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About David Gray
Gray was born June 13, 1968 (some sources say 1970) in Manchester, England and grew up in Wales; he later attended the University of Liverpool. His musical career got early support from a dedicated Irish fan base. At an early gig in Ireland, Gray was introduced by comic playwright Pat Ingoldsby.
After a few marginally-successful releases through the 1990s, Gray's breakthrough came with the worldwide release in 1999 of the album White Ladder; this album was a critical and commercial success and included his most famous songs: "This Years Love" and "Babylon".
David Gray's music can best be described as singer-songwriter. He sings while playing guitar, or occasionally, piano. The big difference with the common singer-songwriters, however, is the fact that he uses a lot of computer generated music to accompany his voice and guitar/piano playing.
As the world eased itself into 1999, "This Year's Love" was released as the first single from "White Ladder". The album refused to leave the Irish charts. "Babylon" was the second single taken from the album and was followed by sold out 4,500 capacity headline gig at the Big Beat Festival in Galway in July which only served to emphasize David's rhetoric rise and brought the album into the Irish top 5(11 months after release)
David's Slane warm up gig at HQ sold out in 48 hours, the performance at Slane Castle with Robble Williams and Stereophonics went down a treat: David won a Heineken Hot Press award in 'Guest of the Nation' category and finished off the year with a new single 'Please Forgive Me'. The video was A listed on MTV UK & Ireland. The single, which received the remix treatment from Paul Hartnol of Orbital fame, went down a storm at clubs in Ireland and the UK.
David returned for a full Irish tour in December 1999, culminating in an astonishing gig at the Point Depot on December 22nd...all gigs again Sold Out. White Ladder had already reached 90,000 sales (6 times platinum) and reached no 1 In the Irish album charts on 14th January 2000. After more than a year after its release, It remained in the top slot for five weeks.
*Current sales of White Ladder are 14 times platinum in Ireland, having sold over 1,000,000 in the UK it is now three times platinum in UK, and has now achieved Gold status.
