Not By Chance were an American Acoustic band, formed in Stafford, Virginia in 1996, after David M. Bailey was diagnosed with a Glioblastoma brain tumor and given six months to live.
For the next two years they would play primarily Christian music, with Bailey's experience as a cancer survivor strongly influencing their lyrics and message.
He spent some of his youth in Germany where he learned to play the guitar, and attended Grove City College in the United States.
Upon being diagnosed with a Glioblastoma brain tumor in 1996, which was to have killed him in six months, Bailey quit his job to concentrate on songwriting and touring.
From Beirut to Budapest, from Pittsburgh to Portland, and on hundreds of stages in between, he inspired and entertained thousands of listeners and maintained a relentless tour schedule year round.
He had more surgery in the late spring of 2010 and still made a final tour in July 2010. david died on October 2, 2010, fighting to the very end with his tenacious hope, 14 years and 3 months post diagnosis.