David Manning Briggs (February 29, 1944 – November 26, 1995) was an American record producer best known for his work with Neil Young and his band Crazy Horse.

He left Wyoming in 1962 to hitchhike his way to Los Angeles and Canada, then finally settled in California, the place he would call home for the rest of his life.

In the mid-sixties, Briggs began producing in the music business working on Bill Cosby's label, Tetragrammaton Records.

This led to a lifelong friendship between the two men, with Briggs co-producing over a dozen of Young's albums including Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere and After the Gold Rush.

This project had been underway for five years before his death and it was estimated at that time that there could be anywhere from three to twenty albums worth of unreleased material.

I think Easy Action sounded too dry, more like a TV or radio commercial, and he did not help with song arrangement or positive input in any way.

She also helped him on projects that remain unreleased, including work with John Eddie and Blind Melon.