Gulf Coast · Florida

David Alan Graham

Beach country songs for long weekends, salt-air drives,
and back-porch nights with the windows down.

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The new album

You Can’t Frame a Summer album cover
Released August 7, 2026

You Can’t Frame a Summer

Ten songs about one summer and the person who made it worth remembering — from the stranger who shows up right on time to the long warm landing after.

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  1. 01Rhode Island Timing
  2. 02Wrong Way Right Time
  3. 03Ticket Stand
  4. 04Boom Pop Sizzle
  5. 05Receipts
  6. 06Gone Coastal
  7. 07Coffee Tastes Like Sunshine
  8. 08Out of Focus
  9. 09She Picked Me
  10. 10Every Sweet Thing
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The music

Four records and 91 songs streaming wherever you listen, plus 108 videos on YouTube.

You Can’t Frame a Summer You Can’t Frame a Summer 10 tracks Saltwater State of Mind Saltwater State of Mind 11 tracks Live In My Mind Live In My Mind 12 tracks Somewhere Past Midnight Somewhere Past Midnight 7 tracks
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Gone Coastal

F major136 BPM4:25
F · C · B♭ · Gm
Capo 1 · play in E
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Receipts

B♭ major123 BPM5:00
F · E♭ · E♭m · B♭
Capo 1 · play in A
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Rhode Island Timing

F♯ major~162 BPM3:29
F♯ · B · C♯ · G♯m
Capo 2 · play in E
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She Picked Me

A♭ major99 BPM3:05
D♭ · E♭ · A♭ · Fm
Capo 1 · play in G

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Watch

Music videos and lyric videos. Nothing loads until you press play.

All the videos

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Beach Country Radio

The whole catalogue, on shuffle, all day. No app, no account — just press play.

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The other half

Some of these songs want a full band behind them. — that is the loud end of this catalogue, and there is now a whole record of it.

Hear The DAG Band

David Alan Graham
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About David

I write beach country from the Gulf Coast of Florida — songs about long weekends, salt air, small towns and the people you keep coming back to. Sarasota is home, and it shows up in almost everything.

Every song here has its own page, with the lyrics and the story behind it.

More about me
From David

Still taking the lessons

A few weeks ago I mentioned I'd started singing lessons, which felt like an odd thing to admit in public for somebody who already has songs out. Here's the follow-up nobody asked for.

Read The Tide Log →

Want to play them?

There are free chord charts, guitar tab and sheet music for 90 of the songs — with transpose, capo suggestions and a play-along scroll.

Chords & sheet music