David Briggs (American musician)

David Briggs
Birth nameDavid Paul Briggs
Born(1943-03-16)March 16, 1943
Killen, Alabama, U.S.
DiedApril 22, 2025(2025-04-22) (aged 82)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
GenresRock, pop, country
Occupation(s)Record producer, musician
InstrumentsKeyboards
Formerly ofElvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Joan Baez, J. J. Cale, Jimmy Buffett

David Paul Briggs (March 16, 1943 – April 22, 2025) was an American keyboardist, record producer, arranger, composer and studio owner. Briggs was one of an elite core of Nashville studio musicians known as "the Nashville Cats" and was featured in a major exhibition by the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2015. He played his first recording session at the age of 14 and went on to add keyboards to a plethora of pop, rock, and country artists, as well as recording hundreds of corporate commercials. He was born in Killen, Alabama.