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Loudon Wainwright III performs his song "White Winos" on the late ABC newsmagazine show, "Life 360"; I wrote the string arrangement (and am playing violin), and Dick Connette plays spinet.
No Sure Way
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Loudon Wainwright III performs his song "No Sure Way" on the late ABC newsmagazine show, "Life 360"; I play dobro. This was shortly after 9/11; Loudon (IMHO) wrote the best song to emerge in the aftermath of that event.
A Father And A Son
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Anonymous video of My Morning Jacket's performance at the Beacon Theater, NY on Nov 7, as part of the Dylan extravaganza "I'm Not There: In Concert". MMJ plays this song with the old Rolling Thunder arrangement-- I'm sitting in on steel, updating my old part
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Son of classical musicians and formally trained as a violinist, David was first signed (by the legendary Mary Martin), at sixteen, to Warner Bros. Records
as a member of "Quacky Duck And His Barnyard Friends", along with founding members Dan and Daegal Bennett, sons of singer Tony Bennett.
At age 18, David joined Bob Dylan's band for four years, starting with the "Rolling Thunder
Revue". He recorded three albums with Dylan and appears on numerous compilations, including "Biograph" and "Bob Dylan Live 1975 The Bootleg Series Vol. 5". David appeared in the NBC special "Hard
Rain", and the feature film "Renaldo and Clara".
In 1976 David was signed to Arista and released three albums (two of which he co-produced with T-Bone Burnett and Steven Soles) as a member of the critically acclaimed "Alpha Band". He later went on to work with Alpha alumni Burnett on his solo albums and other projects, including writing the score for the feature film "Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood"
David is an award-winning film and television composer with many major scoring
credits. His first film score was for the notorious epic "Heaven's Gate". It led to a four-film collaboration with director Michael Cimino, which resulted in a Golden Globe nomination for his score for the Oliver Stone-penned "Year Of The Dragon".
Other long-standing relationships are with the esteemed Mexican auteur Arturo Ripstein, and with Maggie Greenwald ("Ballad of Little Jo", "Songcatcher"). His score for Ripstein's "Deep Crimson (Profundo Carmesi)" won David the Golden Ocelot at the Venice film festival (Best Musical Score); this honor was repeated at the Havana Film Festival. His work with Greenwald is also highly acclaimed; on her film "Songcatcher" (a music-centric film about song collecting in the Appalachain Mountains), David not only wrote the score, but researched and supervised all of the traditional ballad singing and folk music in the film.
In addition to his composing, David continues to be an avid working musician, both on stage and in the studio. A founding member of "Bruce Hornsby and the Range", David was awarded an RIAA platinum album and a Grammy Award for "The Way It Is", as well as as RIAA gold albums for Bob Dylan's "Desire", "Street Legal", and "Hard Rain". He performs and records
with a wide range of artists,
playing a variety of instruments including electric/acoustic/classical/slide/bass
guitars, violin/viola, mandolin/mandolo/mandocello, Irish bouzouki, pedal
steel/lap steel, banjo and Dobro/National resonator guitars.
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Hi there, my friend and i really love playing your song 'when the mountains cry' from the Songcatcher film - from the opposite end of the globe - hope all is well!!!
Hi David, yes I have to agree with my friend Lightning Buck: you always made it very special! I have seen you twice on stage and enjoyed your playing very much. First time was in 1978 when you played with Dylan at the Deutschlandhalle, Berlin. Very special! Second time I saw you almost 30 years later with the other Bob ... Neuwirth that was. When you played at the "Haus der Kulturen der Welt" in October 2007. Very special, too! Hope to see you again soon. All the best from Berlin, HP
Thanks for the add - I'm really honoured! I just have covers up at the moment - I'm sort of trying to amuse myself back into writing but I may just remain amused. I've loved your music for - well it must be about 30 years now. Yikes!!!!
David, I received the scores! Thank you so much, I truly appreciate it. I put you a stack of discs in the mail and you should have them soon. Thank so much for your hard work, it wouldn't have been the same without you. best ~Jerad
DM-Thanks for the post-Zipper zip through the tunnel and for the offering of hospitality should the hospital-y clown come to town. Always great to see and hear you. Sorry this response is delayed in coming, and that it is so very public ; ). Greetings to y'all in Maplewood from the Wee Hawken. Garden State, represent! All best til next--iw
Hello there David - great to hook up with you here on MySpace. I thought your music for Vincent D'Onofrio's "Five Minutes Mr Welles" was absolutely wonderful. Now I can't wait to hear more!
It's an honour to say 'hello', David. I am in Dublin, Ireland. I have admired your amazing musical talent for a long time. I was just watching a video of 'All Along the Watchtower' from Earls Court, London, in 1978. Incredible playing!! Thanks for all the great music.
Amazing job today! Brilliant arrangements and feel. It was a complete honor to have you on board this project. Thank you so much David. :) best always ~Jerad
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