Born in Tampa and raised between Miami, Atlanta, and Tulsa, David Percefull has spent a lifetime chasing tone and melody. After landing in the Austin area in 2007, he’s now rooted in San Marcos, Texas, a funky college town and hippie enclave with a serious creative streak.

 

A partner at yellow DOG Studios, Percefull founded the studio back in 1995 as his own creative cave. Motivated initially by tubes and Southern rock, he arrived early on the Red Dirt scene, helping shape the sonic identity of a movement that blurred the lines between country, rock, and rebellion. That raw, honest spirit still guides everything he does. 

 

These days, yellow DOG has grown into an internationally respected creative tone sanctuary where analog and digital exist in harmony. Whether tracking at home in Texas or across the Atlantic at Abbey Road Studios in London — where he’s been cutting projects since 2003 —David stays true to his analog roots. 

 

A guitarist, keyboardist, and shameless gear junkie, he’s played and produced thousands of sessions and collaborated with artists like Green Day, Gary Clark Jr., Meat Puppets, Colter Wall, Bowling For Soup, Junior Brown, K’Naan, Caroline’s Spine, Zac Maloy, Pine Top Perkins, Jason Boland, Brandon Jenkins, Silverada and many others. His work has racked up an impressive charting record with hundreds of Texas and Americana radio singles, Billboard #1s and international chart success in Australia and Japan, with streaming numbers north of 1.2 billion— but he still believes the magic happens with ensemble recording, not in the edit.

 

He’s a voting member of The Recording Academy (NARAS), the Americana Music Association (U.S. and U.K.), and is also affiliated with AES and BMI. Always cutting to tape, chasing tone, and mentoring the next generation of artists, David Percefull stays tuned in to keeping the music true to his clients goals