Name Dave Nachmanoff | Siblings Jeffrey Nachmanoff | |
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Role Singer-songwriter · davenach.com Albums Wordless Rhymes, Snapshots Similar People Al Stewart, Tim Renwick, Peter White, Laurence Juber, Don Meeno | ||
The dm zone guitarist songwriter dave nachmanoff talks al stewart performances
Dave Nachmanoff (born July 23, 1964) is an award-winning American folk singer-songwriter and the sideman to Al Stewart ("Year of the Cat", "Time Passages"). At the age of ten (circa 1975) he played with Elizabeth Cotten (“Freight Train”), garnering a positive review in the The Washington Star.
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- The dm zone guitarist songwriter dave nachmanoff talks al stewart performances
- Dave nachmanoff and al stewart perform on the border
- Biography
- Albums
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Dave nachmanoff and al stewart perform on the border
Biography
Nachmanoff is originally from Northern Virginia and currently makes his home in Davis, California. He is the brother of screenwriter- director Jeffrey Nachmanoff. He earned a Ph.D in Philosophy from the University of California, Davis. He has several solo releases and other collaborations available, and in 2009, appears with Al Stewart on "Uncorked - Al Stewart Live with Dave Nachmanoff". In 2011, he released his first album in five years, "Step Up", featuring musicians Bob Malone (John Fogerty), Ian Sheridan (Jason Mraz), and Victor Bisetti (Los Lobos), and vocalists Al Stewart, Rosemary Butler, John Wicks (singer) (of The Records) and Liz Bligan. The CD was produced by Ronan Chris Murphy. In 2016, he released "Spinoza's Dream", a philosophically themed album featuring many of the backing musicians from Al Stewart's "Year of the Cat" album. The album was produced by Martin Levan.
Notable festivals that he has performed at include the Northern VA Folk Festival (Arlington, VA), National Folk Life Festival (DC), Napa Valley Music Festival (Napa, CA), High Sierra Festival (Bear Valley, CA), Northwest Folklife Festival (Seattle, WA), Juan de Fuca Festival of the Arts (Pt. Angeles, WA), Kerrville Festival (Kerrville, TX), Tucson Folk Festival (Tucson, AZ) and South Florida Folk Festival (Ft Lauderdale). Notable music venues at which he has performed include the Great American Music Hall (San Francisco, CA), the Royal Albert Hall (London, UK), the Freight and Salvage (Berkeley, CA), Kuumbwa Jazz Center (Santa Cruz, CA), the Birchmere (Alexandria, VA), Club Passim (Cambridge, MA), the Sweetwater (Mill Valley, CA), The Bottom Line (New York, NY), and the Woodstock Opera House (Woodstock, IL).
As a side player (guitar, piano, bass, accordion and more) he has worked with Al Stewart on a regular basis, as well as many others at venues as far ranging as The Bottom Line and the Edmonton Folk Festival. He has shared the stage with Cheryl Wheeler, Steve Forbert, The Pogues, America, Alison Krauss and many more.