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David Dewese

David Dewese is an American singer-songwriter from Dallas, Texas. He co-founded The Foxymorons with Jerry James in 1994 and The Luxury Liners with Chad Edgington in 1997, and has released solo records since 2008.

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Engraved portrait of David Dewese in sunglasses and a denim shirt, sitting with one arm resting on a raised knee.
Engraved portrait of David Dewese in sunglasses and a denim shirt, sitting with one arm resting on a raised knee.
Photo: Rambo Elliott

Solo records

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The bands

  • Engraved portrait of The Foxymorons at the Loveless Motel, standing side by side, one with his arms folded, the other in a dark coat.
    Engraved portrait of The Foxymorons at the Loveless Motel, standing side by side, one with his arms folded, the other in a dark coat.

    The Foxymorons

    The Foxymorons are a long-distance indie-pop duo from Dallas, Texas: David Dewese and Jerry James, since 1994.

    Visit foxymorons.com

  • Engraved portrait of The Luxury Liners’ three members in sunglasses, seen from below.
    Engraved portrait of The Luxury Liners’ three members in sunglasses, seen from below.
    Photo: Amy Wilstermann

    The Luxury Liners

    The Luxury Liners are a power-pop band co-founded in 1997 by David Dewese and Chad Edgington, who took it to Nashville together. Chad left Nashville in 2001, and David has carried the band on since. The name comes from the Gram Parsons song “Luxury Liner”.

    Visit theluxuryliners.com

Three threads, one songwriter

The Foxymorons, The Luxury Liners and David’s own records, year by year: every release from each project, marked by its cover, with all three still going in 2026.

Three threads, 1994 to 2026, with each release marked by its cover Three threads, 1994 to 2026, with each release marked by its cover

Each small cover is a release. Dashed lines mark the quiet years.

  • The Foxymorons from 1994
  • The Luxury Liners from 1997
  • David Dewese (solo) first solo show 2001

A long-distance band

From their college years on, the two Foxymorons lived in different cities. Songs traveled by mailed cassette, then voicemail, then phone memo. Scroll to follow the tape: it shuttles between the two friends and rests wherever David was living.

Where the songs traveled, from 1989 (schematic, not to scale) Outlines of California, Texas and Tennessee. Dallas, 1989 to 1992. Brownwood and Dallas, 1992 to 1996. Nashville and Texas (Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth) and Los Angeles, 1997 to 2010. San Diego and Fort Worth, 2010 to 2019. Dallas, Texas, from 2019, where David lives now and where the route ends.
Schematic, not to scale: California, Texas and Tennessee. The tape ends back in Dallas, where David lives now.

  1. 1989–1992

    Dallas, Texas

    David and Jerry meet in 1989: church camp, then Poteet High in Mesquite. The band that starts as a joke, with a borrowed Sunday-school drum kit and a tape recorder, comes later, in 1994. At home, David’s father, Will, a ’60s rocker, is still his big influence, and his mother, Doris, is his biggest fan.

  2. 1992–1996

    Brownwood ⇄ Dallas

    David goes to Howard Payne in Brownwood in 1992; Jerry is at SMU in Dallas. They reconnect in 1994: “Our colleges were about three hours apart, so the cassette trading began that way… Eventually those tapes were filled with new original songs.” (David, 2001)

    Quote: earpollution, 2001

  3. 1997–2010

    Nashville ⇄ Texas and Los Angeles

    After a year back in Dallas, David moves to Nashville with Chad in 1997. Jerry’s tapes come from Dallas, Austin (2001–03), Los Angeles (2003–04) and, from 2004, Fort Worth. “The postman is practically the third member of James and Dewese’s group…”

    Quote: Dallas Observer, 1999

  4. 2010–2019

    San Diego ⇄ Fort Worth

    After 13 years in Nashville, David moves to San Diego. Fake Yoga starts at Jerry’s house in Fort Worth on one of David’s trips. Songs now travel as phone memos.

  5. 2019–now

    Dallas, Texas

    In 2019 the prodigal son returns home. David lives in Dallas, back in the part of Texas where The Foxymorons began, and where the tape finally rests.

The catalog

24 releases since 1998, across three projects: 4 solo, 13 by The Foxymorons and 7 by The Luxury Liners.

All 24 releases Through the decades

Licensing

David owns 99.9% of the masters and publishing of his own songs; original Foxymorons songs are co-written 50/50 with Jerry James.

Songs from the catalog have been placed in television: The Foxymorons’ “This Heart Of Mine” on ABC’s Men in Trees, and The Luxury Liners’ “Dreaming” on One Tree Hill and “Sunshine” as a FOX Sports theme.

Licensing and sync

The story so far

Two bands, four solo records and a lot of mailed cassettes.

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