The Universal Child by Dave McCann

He was playing country at that time, recording

in Nashville and touring with 'southern rock' mixed

with country, from Vegas to Alaska to broke in the

Midwest by 1976 , only to being further challenged

when insulin dependent diabetes developed.

With the titles of 'professional musical performer',

and "blind handicapped, insulin dependent"

working so well for him - Dave decided to stay

home awhile to enjoy the titles of husband and father,

college student, builder and operator of a small

recording studio and creator of Brother Noise:

a musical satire character he developed/produced

still contemporary today.

Beginning with their first show-case in 1986, Dave

traveled to Los Angeles to perform and support HAPPI

(Handicapped Artists Performer and Partners, Inc.)

receiving his own "little Otto" and felt extremely

honored to receive HAPPI'S Lifetime Achievement

Award in April of 2005.

1988 found Dave moving to central Oregon to a

unique little rural community called Crooked River

Ranch, with his wife and two sons. CRR is an

hour away from Bend, which can be found on

a map, but CRR is worth finding without one.

Challenging life again, Dave, with the aid of

his 'talking' computer developed two screenplays

while keeping his heart with the music by

performing thru out the "high-desert" area

with versatile and talented people.

Doesn't sound to bad.for this "professional musical

performer", challenged because he's "blind"

and insulin dependent. He writes and plays music

when he wants, is educated, traveled, ran his own

business, took up the world of screenplays and

computers who is enjoying his family and lives in

a special community, with his first CD about to be

eleased, does it?

Nope, not too bad as life is, until the year 2000,

when Dave's kidney's failed and he crashed into

dialysis, without which meant the end of Dave

within a few months. Hell! He didn't write

anything titled "End Stage Renal Failure Patient"

.who'd want that! It wasn't an easy decision

or commitment, when you've struggled with daily

dependency issues for years and this was his 3rd

one and with what kind of future?

Dave's challenge and Dave's answer: his

newly released CD, THE UNIVERSAL CHILD,

done and ready to be enjoyed. He calls it

"the spirit of a new age", but this CD covers such

a variety of styles and so original, Dave will leave

the genre-izing to other. "It moves right along.

there truly is something for everyone." to quote

one reviewer.

On May 19, 2005 David W. McCann died

suddenly at his home in Crooked River Ranch.

True to Dave's style, he was challenging the

Concertina while developing his new Mandolin

skills and ready to go with his program-spot on

Bend's new community radio station KPOV.

Two new CD's were being worked:

"Mc-Favorites" and "Country Shadows",

with a video Chautauqua piece starting

over the summer called "Titles/Challenges",

targeting education/families and service groups

with of course - music - what else for this

"professional musical performer"

who truly wanted to "hear your smile"

The personal importance of THE UNIVERSAL CHILD

to Dave can not possibly be expressed in words.

He wasn't afraid of death anymore than he was

afraid to live life because Dave did "Sing to the Song

and played to the Music"

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