Laughter From the Well

comedy by Stephen McCutchan and
music by David Bailey and Bryan McFarland

Seventy minutes of humorous sketches and encouraging musical reflections on the challenges of ministry, recently released and now available!  See David's blog for more information about this great collection of comedy and music!

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The highly anticipated WaterMarked has been released and is now available! 

A collection of David's last remaining recordings are offered to you on WaterMarked.  David believed that he was marked for the task of sharing hope, faith and love -- and had a deep, personal need for Living Water.  May these songs be a blessing to you.

David intentionally left an income for his family through his CD's.  In honor of that legacy, the WaterMarked CD project was designed and funded by numerous friends to benefit David's children's education fund.  As always, WaterMarked is available at CDBaby.com.

WaterMarked, a collection of David's last remaining recordings, will be released in March. 

David wrote prolifically the last several years of his life; he still felt that he had so much to share . . .  He worked hard to get some of these latest songs performed and recorded.  We would like to offer those to you on WaterMarked.  Having spent most of his childhood along the Mediterranean Sea, David had an intrinsic love of water.  Having lived a life of faith, he had a deep need for Living Water. 

David intentionally left an income for his family through his CD's.  In honor of that legacy, the WaterMarked CD project was designed and funded by numerous friends to benefit David's children's education fund.  Watch and wait for the offical release date!  As always, WaterMarked will be available at CDBaby.com.

The Peter Mayer Group will perform a special show, entitled, “What Will Your Chapter Be?” honoring and featuring some of the music of David M. Bailey. David was a brilliant songwriter and captivating performer, who moved audiences with his story of personal courage in the face of terminal cancer. On October 2, 2010, David’s chapter closed when he lost his battle with cancer, however, his message combined with Peter’s message remind us that we, too, have a responsibility to fill our own pages and write our own chapters. This performance will reconnect you to the lifting beauty reflected through David and Peter’s music; it will move and inspire you; and it will encourage you to consider what your gift might be.

Joining Peter Mayer on tour are a group of world-class eclectic musicians. They are percussionist R. Scott Bryan, bassist Marc Torlina, pianist Chris Walters, and Maggie Estes on violin and mandolin. Their repertoires span several genres of music and entertainment including Sheryl Crow, Barbara Mandrell, Buddy Spicher, Chris Ledoux, and Alabama to name a few.

Upper Arlington Lutheran Church
2300 Lytham Rd.
Columbus, OH US 43220

Showtime: 7:30 pm.

Tickets may be purchased at:
http://www.itickets.com/events/258009/Columbus_OH/

For more information, please call: 1-614-562-2793 or 1-614-778-6668.

Don't miss this very special and inspirational evening of music!

     David Bailey was a good guy.  He was a grade behind me.  I first remember being aware of him when we got back to ACS (American Community School, Beirut, Lebanon) in 1977 after “the” war.  I was in 7^th grade and he was a lowly 6^th grader.  As I progressed through the grades, he, strangely, was always a year behind me.  And while my class was known for feats such as . . . not having very many people, the year behind us always seemed to have a lot of character.  David was one of those character-y people.
     There are many stories to tell about David.  Such as the fact that he was one of many that took Paul Frantz’s guitar class, but as far as I know the only one to stick with it and become a professional guitarist.  He and Vaira Harik ’83 always won the badminton tournament.  He could sing and play guitar at the same time.  He played first base on the softball team.  He was good at the long jump but not at the high jump.  But I will talk about basketball.
     David may have been a good guitarist, but while he was learning guitar he was an even better basketball player.  I started playing basketball in 8^th grade, and so I started playing with a team consisting primarily of David’s class.  The school was small.  Basketball try-outs basically consisted of raising your hand.  That first year, I don’t think anyone on the tem had played organized basketball before.  Technically, we were the Junior Varsity team because there was a team of older players called the Varsity team.  I am sure we played several games that year but I believe the first game was against IC (International College), the dreaded rivals across the street.  At the time, IC was approximately 10 times the size of ACS, and so their JV team was the second string of the varsity team.  I believe I saw some of them in the locker room shaving before the game, but then my memory may be a bit fuzzy.  The fuzziness is probably a psychological defense mechanism because David scored the first points for ACS, in the second half.  David was high scorer for the team with four of our ten total points.  I am proud to say that I scored two points.  I have managed to forget how many points IC scored.  (By the way, we did beat IC my senior year by one point, with the nail-biting conclusion hinging on the foul shot shooting prowess of Anthony Ibrahim ’83.)
     Between 7^th and 8^th grade, the rumor was that David went to basketball camp somewhere in the US.  When the season started the next year, he was much better than everyone else.  At the time, my brother was the resident geometry teacher/history teacher/band director/JV basketball coach.  He huddled with the Varsity coach and a compromise established a rule that David had to play on JV instead of on Varsity.  I think technically the rule stipulated that you had to be in 9^th grade to play on Varisty.  I can’t remember what the Varsity coach got in the trade, but I am sure he was short-changed.  That year, JV had many promising players, but this was before mike learned to hold onto the ball, before William perfected his outside shot, before Steve had his growth spurt, and before Nadim learned how to dribble.  There were many “plays” but I believe most of them ended with “. . . and then throw the ball to Bailey.”  Needless to say, the team did much better that year.
     David was my friend, and a very good basketball player.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66ZC6YGidbU