Collaborations
DAVID YOUNG and the SOUL SESSIONS BAND
David Young
Vocals, guitar, songwirter & producer
David Young is a multi-talented singer, guitarist, writer, and producer with 70 independently released albums selling over one million copies. He has earned over 25 million streams, collaborated with renowned artists, written four books and three musicals, and built a legendary career spanning the New York club scene, major concert circuits, and Los Angeles’ competitive music industry.
Clifford Carter
Keyboard
New York–based keyboardist Clifford Carter is an acclaimed performer and recording artist whose work spans blues, rock, pop, gospel, jazz, and folk. His Hammond organ appears on James Taylor Live, and he has performed with legends including B.B. King, Tracy Chapman, Steve Jordan, Warren Haynes, and Keith Richards, while continuing to record and collaborate on major projects.
Gregg Bissonette
Drums
Gregg is one of the world’s premier drummers, a four-time Drummers World Magazine Best Drummer winner and longtime member of Ringo Starr’s All Starr Band. A Grammy winner for Edgar Winter’s Brother Johnny, he has recorded with Santana, David Lee Roth, James Taylor, and contributed to major films, television, acclaimed solo albums, and educational releases.
Sean Hurley
Bass
Since relocating to Los Angeles as a member of Vertical Horizon, Sean has become a top-call bassist with recording credits spanning major artists, film, and television. A Grammy winner for Edgar Winter’s Brother Johnny, he has toured extensively, collaborated across genres, and earned a signature Fender bass reflecting his influence, versatility, and lasting impact.
Curt Bisquera
Bass
Curt Bisquera is an American drummer who has worked with Johnny Cash, Bonnie Raitt, Josh Groban, Mick Jagger, Seal, Sarah McLachlan, Elton John, Johnny Hallyday and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, among others. He has stated that his biggest thrill was playing in Madison Square Garden with Elton John.
Tony Franklin
Guitar
Tony Franklin, known as the “Fretless Monster” has played bass alongside some of the greatest names in music history: Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers, David Gilmour, John Fogerty, Lou Gramm (of Foreigner), Pat Travers, Tony McAlpine, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and on hundreds of albums.
People always want to hear how the songs are written…
When The Truth Comes Out was written and recorded in 2020 during lockdown while I was working on a rock opera with engineer/producer Mike Gladstone in upstate New York.
My cowriters and producers working on the project felt like there wasn’t a real “bad guy” in the screenplay because in a way, it was a comical story about my life, and I was having a positive approach.
Every Hollywood screenwriter will tell you screenwriting is about conflict. Since I didn’t have partners in my business for twenty years I had been fortunate to not deal many business conflicts.
I had created my boutique label, Universe Music, selling 30,000-40,000 CD’s a year into spas, gift shoppes and yoga studios of my soft, instrumental flute music. I didn’t have partners for twenty years.)
One of the writing partners/producers on this screenplay was my best friend who was a well known Hollywood agent (name omitted intentionally)
We were such close friends that when I was in LA, if I needed a black tuxedo, he lent me his.
After I brought him into the project, I realized he had been lying to me and stealing from me for six months.
On the next zoom with our team of five producers (all involved for a year at that point), I called him out on it and all hell broke loose. He yelled some shit and left the zoom.
Then one of the producers said, “Holy cow, was that ever a shit show!”
I asked, “What did you say??”
She said, “That! THAT was a Shit Show!”
I had never heard that saying before.
I wrote Shit Show the next day and the following day I wrote, When The Truth Comes Out.
I wrote his character into the screenplay as the bad guy and all the critics were happy.