Dave Haywood Biography

Fast Facts

• Has been close friends with bandmate Charles Kelley since middle school, though they didn't write music together until college
• They met Hillary Scott in 2006 and formed Lady Antebellum
• Invited his mom, via Twitter, to be his date for the 2010 Country Music Awards
• She couldn't attend so he took his dad instead
• Is the son of the dentist who invented the nightguard teeth-whitening method
• Worked as an accountant for a year after college
• Grew up playing a variety of instruments including the piano, guitar and drums
• Was influenced by the music of the Eagles and the Allman Brothers