David Townsend

David Townsend (May 17, 1955 - October 26, 2005) was an American musician best known as the guitarist for the R&B band Surface, and the son of singer/songwriter Ed Townsend. Townsend was born in Inglewood, California, the son of Ed Townsend, a singer/songwriter famous for the song "For Your Love and the co-writer and producer of "Let's Get It On" with Marvin Gaye in 1972. The younger Townsend showed an interest in music from an early age and soon learned to play an array of instruments, including the guitar, piano and synthesiser. After graduating from college in the mid-1970s, Townsend joined The Isley Brothers' backing band, as guitarist, before forming a group called Port Authority with David Conley, another singer and musician. They...