David Malachowski Explained

David Malachowski
Birth Name:David Frank Malachowski
Alias:Colonel David
Birth Date:16 January 1955
Birth Place:Schenectady, New York, U.S.
Death Place:New York City, U.S.
Genre:Rock, blues, country, folk, musical theatre
Occupation:Musician, songwriter, music director, producer, journalist
Instrument:Guitar
Years Active:1974–2022

David Frank Malachowski (January 16, 1955 – September 29, 2022) was an American guitarist, producer, composer, singer, musical director and journalist who resided in Manhattan, New York. He had been a member of Reckless (1978–1981), The Greg Austin Band (1985–1988), Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen (1996–1999), Savoy Brown (2000–2005), Mechanical Bull (2007–2009), and sideman for Janie Fricke (1988), Shania Twain (1995–2007), Garth Hudson (2003), Phoebe Legere (2006), Genya Ravan (2012), Anthony Rapp (2010) and Daphne Rubin-Vega[1] (2014–2022) as well as being involved in musical theatre, writing for newspapers and magazines, producing and writing songs.[2]

Career

Malachowski attended Berklee College of Music for one year.[3] Leaving college, he started his career in 1974 in Boston replacing Walter Egan in the band Dangerfish. In 1977, he co-founded rock band Reckless, touring the east coast and recording one LP on Slippery Records.[4] Malachowski then moved to Lexington, Kentucky to join the Greg Austin Band recording one album, 'Somewhere In Kentucky' in 1987. Governor Martha Layne Collins commissioned Malachowski a Kentucky Colonel in 1996. He left in 1988 to play on the Saddle the Wind Tour with CBS artist Janie Fricke, his first national tour and played Fan Fair (CMA Fest) also in 1988.[5] In April 1995, after answering an ad in Metroland in Albany, Malachowski became bandleader / guitarist for Shania Twain for 2 years of television performances, promotional shows and Fan Fair (CMA Fest).[6] In 1997 he joined Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen touring the states,[7] in 1999 became a member of Savoy Brown,[8] touring and recording Strange Dreams (Blind Pig Records)[9] and You Should Have Been There (Panache) as well as appearing on leader Kim Simmonds’ solo CD Blues Like Midnight.[10] In 2005, he performed with the British Blues Allstars at the San Francisco Blues Festival; members included Long John Baldry, Rod Price, Kim Simmonds and Bob Hall. Malachowski left Savoy Brown at the end of 2005, and performed with Ernie Williams, Peter Karp, Jill Stevenson, Mechanical Bull and Phoebe Legere.

In 2007, Malachowski was asked to play the Lake George Blues Blast, and assembled a band featuring, organist Pete Levin and harp player Dennis Gruenling along with drummer Harvey Sorgen, guitarist Albert Cummings and singer Jill Stevenson.[11] The following year Malachowski, Levin and Gruenling reunited bringing in bassist Graham Maby, drummer Gary Burke, singer Machan Taylor, violinist Lorenza Ponce and pianist Daniel A Weiss. Revolving members include Tony Levin, Jerry Marotta, Mike Vicseglia, Marshall Crenshaw, Jerry Velez, Stacey Wilde, Greg Haymes and Ira Coleman.[12]

In 2009, Malachowski released The Secret Life Of Colonel David, in which he produced sang, played guitar, bass, piano, drums and composed four of the five songs. In 2012, his song "I'm Goin' Down To Newberg" was used in the film, Fairhaven.[13] In 2010, he performed in Anthony Rapp's musical Without You at NYMF, then began concert tours with Rapp and Adam Pascal internationally. Without You was mounted again in 2012 in Boston, Edinburgh, London and Toronto.[14] A cast recording was done in September 2012 at Angel Recording Studios in London.[15] Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp continue to tour.[16]

As of 2018, Malachowski was a member of Pavlov's Dog, performing lead guitar on their new album Prodigal Dreamer and touring with the band on their European tour, which opened with two dates at the Wildey Theater in Edwardsville, Illinois, on October 26–27, 2018.

Malachowski died on September 29, 2022.[17]

Recording credits

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Notes and References

  1. News: Local musician worked with newcomer named Shania Twain. David. Malachowski. October 1, 2015. Times Union. November 13, 2023.
  2. Web site: David Malachowski | Credits . . 2016-07-31.
  3. Web site: Woodstock ethos for Haiti's benefit . https://archive.today/20140611155001/http://troyrecord.com/articles/2010/02/11/entertainment/doc4b731eb9e40ff971837650.txt?viewmode=2 . dead . 2014-06-11 . Troyrecord.com . 2016-07-31 .
  4. Web site: Nippertown! . Nippertown.com . 2010-01-19 . 2016-07-31.
  5. Hager, Barbara. On Her Way. Boulevard Books, p. 86
  6. Hager, Barbara. On Her Way. Boulevard Books, pp. 67-90
  7. Web site: Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen | XiBase . 2013-08-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714163618/http://xibase.com/xf/threads/commander-cody-and-his-lost-planet-airmen.1028/ . 2014-07-14 .
  8. Web site: Blind Pig Records . . 2016-07-31 . July 14, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714212150/http://www.blindpigrecords.com/index.cfm?section=artists&artistid=70 . dead .
  9. Web site: Savoy Brown - Strange Dreams CD Album . Cduniverse.com . 2003-02-04 . 2016-07-31.
  10. Brown, Jim. Up and Way. Fox Music Books, p. 302.
  11. Web site: David Malachowski & The Woodstock Allstars. Davidmalachowski.com. 2016-07-31. https://web.archive.org/web/20160805165359/http://www.davidmalachowski.com/david-malachowski-the-woodstock-allstars/. 2016-08-05. dead.
  12. Web site: Nippertown! . Nippertown.com . 2010-01-25 . 2016-07-31.
  13. Web site: Belle Boussole, Melinda DiMato, David Malachowski - Roll CD Review :: Roll Magazine: Creative Living in the Hudson Valley . Roll Magazine . 2016-07-31.
  14. Web site: David Malachowski : Blog . Davidmalachowski.com . 2016-07-31.
  15. Web site: Without You | Buy from . ArkivMusic . 2013-09-10 . 2016-07-31 . September 17, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130917085046/http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Name/Anthony-Rapp/Composer/117769-1 . dead .
  16. Web site: Rent Star Adam Pascal Will Play 54 Below in March - Playbill.com . 2013-08-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130407162528/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/174571-Rent-Star-Adam-Pascal-Will-Play-54-Below-in-March . 2013-04-07 .
  17. News: David Malachowski, guitarist and music director, dies at 67. Steve. Barnes. September 30, 2022. Times Union. November 13, 2023.

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