Bio

Hello I am David Uptain I am a lead singer and lead guitarist with about 25+ years in the nightclub and THE entertainment business I have played in several bands over the years and even played with a few headliners I have been struming on the guitar since I was 6 yrs old when my uncle cecil brought me a silvertone guitar back from indiana i have been in many contest i won 3rd place in the alabama;s talent showcase in 1986 was a finalists in discovery tellivisions star's of tomorrow talent show i 1999 i traveled to the gulf coast and lived a year in destin florida where i put together the birmingham express band and played at all the local clubs i went on to panama city beach and played all the clubs there then went to hohenwald TN and stayed a week and did 3 shows at the rod brassfields community playhouse a benifit to raise money to put in air conditioners. we went on to Lawrenceburg TN and did a battle of the country bands which was on TV out of sheffield then we went to nashville and did the earnest tubbs midnight jamboree show which was on music row during fan fair where i met several stars we then went to several clubs in the nashville area and set in which was very fun and i met many musicians seems everyone that lived in nashville was an up comming star. it was just great! we went to gabes and the nashville palace and a few other clubs, we then went to sheffield and muscle shoals and played at the holiday inn where I met the drummer for Lynyrd skynyrd artimus pyle who just took us in and i got him to sit in with us in the lounge where we were performing we then went on back to jasper alabama and did a few shows before returning back to finnish the summer off in panama city beach at the crab shanty on thomas drive and the u-turn saloon in panama city beach then on to the sand piper where we stayed and played for fri sat and sundy at the tiki bar which then was just a small straw hut on the beach now its a big big place much different than a few years back in panama city beach we also played at goodtime charlies and the sea horse then we went back to alabama and I have mostly did shows in the birmingham and Jasper al area since every so often something will come up and I will book a gig out of town. I now play here and there so if we are in your area come check us out my 2 bands the -- ROADCREWBAND.COM and David Uptain & Spilt Whiskey ---see ya David Uptain