Search - Artist/Band: David Olney

• Name: David Olney
• Birthday: 03/23/1948
• Birth Place: Providence, RI
• Decades Active: 1970,1980,1990
• Genre: Folk
• Styles: Contemporary Folk, Traditional Folk

Title	Release
One Tough Town WA	06/05/2007
Migration WA	04/12/2005
The Wheel WA	02/11/2003
Border Crossing	2003
Omar's Blues	03/07/2000
Through a Glass Darkly WA	01/26/1999
Real Lies	08/05/1997
High, Wide and Lonesome	1995
Ache of Longing	1992
Roses WA	1991
Top to Bottom WA	1991
Deeper Well WA	1989
Eye of the Storm WA	1986

Though multi-instrumentalist David Olney is a folk singer at heart, he incorporates wide-ranging inspirations from honky tonk to rock into his standard repertoire. Born in Rhode Island, Olney moved to Nashville during the early '70s and became a major player in the city's underground folk/country scene. He gained a contract with the folk label Philo several years later. Though his first half-dozen albums were recorded before the end of the decade, Olney's output during the '80s slowed considerably. He returned to Philo in 1995 with High, Wide and Lonesome, recorded with an impressive cast of roots rock all-stars -- Rick Danko, Garth Hudson, Sneaky Pete Kleinow, Rodney Crowell, and Brian Ahern, among others. Real Lies followed in 1997, including contributions from John Prine and Garth Hudson, while 1999 brought Through a Glass Darkly. After a live album that year (Ghosts of the Wind), Olney recorded in 2000 for Dead Reckoning (Omar's Blues) and in 2003 for LoudHouse (The Wheel). ~ John Bush, All Music Guide