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LIVE: David Malachowski & the Woodstock Allstars @ The Linda, 1/22/10

Monday, January 25th, 2010

(from left) Dennis Gruenling, Marshall Crenshaw, Machan Taylor, David Malachowski

(from left) Dennis Gruenling, Marshall Crenshaw, Machan Taylor, David Malachowski (photo by Lindsay Malachowski)


All too rarely does an “allstar” band deliver as a band, but guitarslinger David Malachowski and the Woodstock Allstars lived up to their name at The Linda in Albany on Friday night.

The evening got off to a somewhat rocky start with “Let’s Get Started,” a brand new original tune sung by Machan Taylor that the band had never played before. While the song was solid, the playing was too tentative.

Thankfully, it didn’t take long for the band to kick into gear. Of course, that’s no surprise when the musicians are of the caliber of organist Pete Levin, bassist Graham Maby and drummer Gary Burke.

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CD: David Malachowski’s “The Secret Life of Colonel David”

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

David Malachowski: The Secret Life of Colonel David(DavidMalachowski.com, 2010):

Woodstock’s David Malachowski is a guitarslinger.

He’s toured all over the country making his fretboard magic with folks like roadhouse honky-tonkers Commander Cody & the Lost Planet Airmen, British blues pioneers Savoy Brown, old-school country singer Janie Frickie, the Band’s Garth Hudson and a little Canadian singer named Shania Twain.

In addition, he’s been a longtime regular on the Nippertown music scene, playing with – among others – blues legend Ernie Williams, alt-country combo Mechanical Bull, popster Greg Kroll and the short-lived but potent rock supergroup Nobody – which also featured J.J. Hogan (Bloom), Chris Wyse (Ozzy Osbourne, Owl) and Melanie Krahmer (Sirsy).

He’s also served as musical director, guitarist and actor in a number of productions at Albany’s Capital Repertory Theatre, including the ever-popular “Always…Patsy Cline,” “Hank Williams: Lost Highway” and “It Ain’t Nothing But the Blues.”

And lately, he’s also been heading up another supergroup musical aggregation, the Woodstock AllStars. He’ll be leading them into The Linda in Albany on Friday (January 22) and the Iridium in Manhattan on Wednesday (January 27). The band includes drummer Gary Burke, bassist Graham Maby, organist Pete Levin, vocalist Machan Taylor, pianist Daniel A. Weiss, harmonicat Dennis Gruenling and saxman Erik Lawrence.

But one thing that Malachowski hasn’t done during his illustrious musical career is to make a record of his own. Until now.

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Five Firsts: David Malachowski

Tuesday, January 19th, 2010


NAME: David Malachowski
BAND AFFILIATION: David Malachowski & the Woodstock All-Stars
INSTRUMENT: Guitar

1. THE FIRST ALBUM I EVER BOUGHT WAS … the Beach Boys’ “Today!” was the first LP, a handful of singles by the Beatles before that.

2. THE FIRST CONCERT THAT I EVER SAW WAS … the Jeff Beck Group – Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, Nicky Hopkins and Mickey Waller – at the Aerodrome in Schenectady. Beyond hearing and seeing a guitar master and fiery band, it was my first taste of British Blues, and I was hooked.

3. THE FIRST MUSICAL INSTRUMENT I EVER OWNED OR PLAYED WAS … a Gibson B-25 acoustic. Soon followed by a Sears Silvertone electric, eventually replaced by a Les Paul. Many Les Pauls. (that’s a 1960 Les Paul Junior in the photo)

4. THE FIRST SONG THAT I EVER PERFORMED IN PUBLIC WAS … “Secret Agent Man” by Johnny Rivers

5. THE FIRST BAND I WAS EVER IN WAS … Too many too mention or remember early on. But at 19, my first full-time/professional band was called Dangerfish.

After years of playing guitar in bands, David Malachowski has finally stepped out to record his own solo CD, “The Secret Life of Colonel David.” He’s also leading his own band, too, David Malachowski & the Woodstock Allstars, who will make their Albany debut at The Linda on Friday (January 22).

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