Born in Dundee, Scotland, David was exposed to traditional Scottish folk music from the age of six. His parents took him to his first live concert held in Dundee where popular folk Duo "The Corries" blew David away and his dream to perform was born. In 1973 the Scobie family moved to Salisbury, Rhodesia. From the age of ten, under the instruction of a close family friend, David began learning rudimentary chords on a guitar his parents had bought for him. This would become the foundation from which he'd begin to develop his playing skills and he began playing in various and charity variety shows, as well as Beverley Rocks Folk Club with Clem Tholet.

One day, while still at school, David was called in to Shed Studios by Steve Roskilly and Clem Tholet to sing on an advertising jingle called 'Travelling Man', which went on to win an advertising award. In 1980 when David was fifteen, he was asked by Martin Norris, Steve Roskilly's partner, back to Shed studios to listen to a song Martin had written with David's voice in mind. David obliged and  'Gypsey Girl' was recorded. However, they needed another song for the B-side of the single and so the unanimous decision to use David's first composition, 'Don't Pass Me By', was made.

The single was released in October 1980 and it went to No.1 in Zimbabwe that November, staying there for an unbelievable four months. It was then released in South Africa in April 1981 and it bounced up and down the Springbok charts for nineteen weeks. The single went gold in both countries and David became an over-night celebrity. His next single "Taking The Easy Way Home" was recorded in April 1981 and by that June it had reached the Top Ten in both territories again. He went on to release a further four albums and numerous singles.

In the mid-eighties David also enjoyed a fruitful career  recording local bands and writing and producing advertising jingles for Shed studios, and for his own recording studios later on. David gathered many Advertising Awards for his efforts.

In 1998, he staged two musicals and two comedy theatre productions to full houses around the country with his friends Steve Hanly & Fraser Mackay.

Recently David went back to his roots and teamed up with Brigitte Rodrigues producing Celtic music. They call themselves 'Brogue' and they are now based near Edinburgh in Scotland. Their first album 'Rhythm of the Celts' has earned them another disc award for their wall, in recognition of CD sales achieved. Their second album, called 'Girls And Strong Whisky', was released in 2008, a third album, 'Popscots', was released in October 2009 and their latest album was released in 2010, it is called 'Celtic Beat'.

You can visit their website at www.broguemusic.com