Episode #109 David Hamburger Interview - Fretboard Confidential

Growing up outside of Boston, multi-instrumentalist David
Hamburger first picked up a guitar at the age of 12. Through his
first guitar teacher he was exposed to bluegrass music, and at
home his father was turning him on to Tin Pan Alley pop. Through
his teens, Hamburger was also becoming more interested in blues
and jazz, incorporating the various styles into his playing. His
interest in blues was further stoked while attending Wesleyan
University when a friend taught him to play slide. A stint at
Manhattan's School of Music where he was studying jazz
composition didn't last, as Hamburger left the graduate program
to play with a then-unknown Freedy Johnston. Hamburger was
also playing with an R&B band as well as performing solo,
finally gathering some of his favorite local musicians to help
him record King of the Brooklyn Delta in 1995. Extensive
touring helped him to build a live following around New York and
New England, while he continued to contribute guitar, dobro, and
pedal steel to the recordings of others. Indigo Rose, recorded in
a little more than a week, arrived in 1999.



As a solo artist, David has appeared at Merlefest, the
Philadelphia Folk Festival and the Old Settlers Music Festival,
and venues including Passim, Cafe Lena and the Cactus Cafe. He
has opened for Dave Van Ronk, Jorma Kaukonen, Rory Block and Roy
Book Binder and jammed onstage with Duke Robillard, Gatemouth
Brown and Tinsley Ellis. As a sideman and session musician, David
has recorded with Freedy Johnston, toured the U.S. with Joan
Baez, and appeared with Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen on
Springsteen’s remake of “The Ghost of Tom Joad.”


David is also the author of two dozen instructional books and
videos, including the award-winning Beginning Blues Guitar, which
has sold over 100,000 copies and been released in a second
edition after 20 continuous years in print.


We talk all things acoustic blues, he even whips out a stunning
sounding Martin and demos a bit for us so, not one to
miss! 


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