• Source: David Malachowski

      • 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 (2014–2022) as well as being involved in musical theatre, writing for newspapers and magazines, producing and writing songs.


      Career


      Malachowski attended Berklee College of Music for one year. 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.
      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.
      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). In 1997 he joined Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen touring the states, in 1999 became a member of Savoy Brown, touring and recording Strange Dreams (Blind Pig Records) and You Should Have Been There (Panache) as well as appearing on leader Kim Simmonds’ solo CD Blues Like Midnight. 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. 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.
      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. 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. A cast recording was done in September 2012 at Angel Recording Studios in London. Adam Pascal and Anthony Rapp continue to tour.
      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.


      Recording credits


      1980 Reckless - Reckless (Slippery Records); guitar, vocals
      1987 Somewhere In Kentucky - Greg Austin Band; guitar, vocals, composer
      1994 Mountain Snow and Mistle Two - Bridget Ball & Christopher Shaw; guitar
      1998 Living On Ritalin - Greg Kroll; guitar, vocals, composer
      2000 Blues Like Midnight - Kim Simmonds (Blue Wave Records), guitar
      2002 Flying High Professor - Louie & the Crowmatix (Woodstock Records); guitar
      2003 Strange Dreams - Savoy Brown (Blind Pig); guitar, vocals
      2005 You Should Have Been There - Savoy Brown (Panache); guitar, vocals
      2006 Center - Karen Ellick; producer, guitar, bass, vocals
      2007 Midnight Legere - Pheobe Legere (Bennett Records); guitar
      2007 Shadows and Cracks - Peter Karp (Blind Pig Records;) guitar, producer
      2007 A Million Yesterdays - Mechanical Bull (WMW Records); guitar, vocals
      2008 We Are One - Michael Falzarono (Woodstock Records); guitar
      2009 Too Much Of A Good Thing - Savoy Brown (Blue Wave Records); guitar, vocals
      2010 The Secret Life of Colonel David - David Malachowski (dfm Records); guitar, bass, piano, drums, vocals, producer
      2010 Moni P - Moni P; producer, guitar, vocals
      2012 Cheesecake Girl - Genya Ravan (Collectables); guitar, composer
      2012 Without You - Cast Recording (PC Classics Records); guitar
      2014 - Daphne Rubin-Vega
      2018 Prodigal Dreamer - Pavlov's Dog (Rockville Music); guitar


      References




      Bibliography and other sources


      Hager, Barbara (1998). On Her Way-the Life and Music of Shania Twain. Berkley Trade. p. 208. ISBN 0425164519.
      Brown, Jim (2004). Shania Twain Up and Away. Fox Music Books. p. 260.
      Williams, Dallas (1997). Shania Twain On My Way. ECW Press. p. 232. ISBN 155022297X.
      Gray, Scott (1998). The Shania Twain Story. Ballantine Books. p. 224. ISBN 0345429362.
      Eggar, Robin (2005). Shania Twain the Biography. Gallery. p. 384. ISBN 074349735X.
      Malachowski, David. "RUNAWAY TWAIN". Albany Times Union. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
      Malachowski, David. "Twain's First Tour comes to Pepsi". The Daily Gazette. Retrieved November 20, 2012.
      "Commander Cody Utopian Artists". Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved November 20, 2012.


      External links


      David Malachowski official website
      Allstars
      EPK
      David Malachowski discography at Discogs

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