David E. Maxwell
David E. Maxwell
David was born in Philadelphia, PA. the oldest of seven children, 3-boys and 4-girls. At the early age of five he began to show interest in music. He would strum away at his toy guitar he received one christmas while his father's band would rehears in the basement. Even though he could not be heard over the drums and other instruments. It did not make a difference to him because to him he was jamming. At age 9 he was given a real guitar by an older cousin who taught him to play an old country honky tonk riff. Thus the torch was lit and the creative Juices began to flow. He was Introduced to church at an early age and loved to sing even though some thought that he should stick to playing instruments.At age 11 he learned to play many songs by ear, which landed him in his first neighborhood band. David attended Stoddard Fleisher Junior High School where he learned to play the clarinet and alto saxophone. Not knowing how to read sheet music, he would learn by ear and memorize all the son