David Allen Schools (born December 11, 1964), known as Dave Schools, is a bass player and founding member of American rock band Widespread Panic. He is also a record producer, songwriter and journalist with articles published in a wide variety of music magazines. Schools lives in Sonoma County, California with his wife and two dogs; when not on tour he likes to garden.Schools is an innovator on the bass with a non-traditional approach that has given him a unique voice on the instrument.