About the author

David is a musician, songwriter, author and actor who was born on July 11, 1960 in Oxford, Ohio. He has one son, Beker Baerwald, and is the son of Hans Baerwald, a political scientist and Diana Moore, a psychologist. He has two sisters, Andrea, a Braille translator, and Jan, a paralegal. David moved to Los Angeles in the late 1970s, where he met David Ricketts, after which they formed the rock duo David and David, and released their critically-acclaimed album “Boomtown” in 1986, which peaked at #37 on the Billboard Charts. After splitting up in 1987, Ricketts and Baerwald went on to pursue solo careers.


David has over 29 million albums sold in the US and Europe. He released the solo albums "Bedtime Stories" in 1990 and "Triage" in 1993 and collaborated with Cheryl Crow on her breakthrough smash debut album "Tuesday Night Music Club”. His songs have been recorded by a wide range of artists ranging from the Yoshida Brothers to Luciano Pavarotti, as well as others including Waylon Jennings, Susanna Hoffs, LeeAnn Rimes, jazz artist Holly Cole, critic's darling Jesca Hoop, legendary sound engineer Lotti Kierkegaard and actors/singers Kristen Stewart, Nicole Kidman, Ewan Magregor, Ethan Hawke, Hayden Pannettiere, Ashley Simpson, and Steven Strait, among many others.

Outside of popular music, Baerwald has worked extensively as both a songwriter and instrumental score composer in film and television, including the Golden Globe-nominated song from the 2001 motion picture Moulin Rouge! called "Come What May", for which he also won the International Film Music Award, and which has been covered by a wide variety of international artists.