- I know what you are saying: "Deeved?, Dev-ed?...what the?"

The short story: In the small town where I grew up, there were several David Smiths. There was even another David Smith that played keybords with me in the same band. So, to be "creative and different", I changed the spelling to "Deved". Well, it stuck like I never expected it to.

There have always been so many "David's" around. So, for many years, I have been referred to as simply "Mr. Smith". I like it and prefer it.