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),

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(1996–1999),

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(2000–2005), Mechanical Bull (2007–2009), and sideman for Janie Fricke (1988),

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(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

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for one year. Leaving college, he started his career in 1974 in Boston replacing

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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

for 2 years of television performances, promotional shows and Fan Fair (CMA Fest). In 1997 he joined

touring the states, in 1999 became a member of

, touring and recording Strange Dreams (Blind Pig Records) and You Should Have Been There (Panache) as well as appearing on leader

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, 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

. 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

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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

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, 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

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External links

David Malachowski official websiteAllstarsEPK
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