David Bromberg
(born September 19 1945, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American musician and singer-songwriter. Bromberg has an eclectic style, playing bluegrass, blues, folk, jazz, country and western, and rock & roll equally well. He is known for his quirky, humorous lyrics, and the ability to play rhythm and lead guitar at the same time. He was nominated for a Grammy in 2008.
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Overview
Bromberg attended
Columbia University in the 1960s and studied guitar with
Reverend Gary Davis during that period. He has played with many famous musicians, including
Jerry Jeff Walker,
Jorma Kaukonen,
Jerry Garcia, and
Bob Dylan, and co-wrote the song "The Holdup", with former
Beatle George Harrison.
He began releasing albums of his own in the early 1970s on
Columbia Records. His seven-minute rendition of "
Mr. Bojangles" from 1972's
Demon in Disguise
, interspersed with tales about traveling with song author
Jerry Jeff Walker, earned
progressive rock radio airplay.
Bromberg currently lives in
Wilmington,
Delaware, where he and his wife, artist Nancy Josephson, own an extensive
violin sales and repair shop, with a partial subsidy from the City of Wilmington, Delaware.
[1] He occasionally performs at Wilmington's
Grand Opera House. According to a local Wilmington news story in early 2008, his collection consists of 275 American violins and is the largest known collection in the United States.
Bromberg is proficient on fiddle, many styles of
acoustic and
electric guitar (to each of which he lends a highly individual voice),
pedal steel guitar and
Dobro.
David Lindley,
Norman Blake,
Mark O'Connor,
Larry Campbell,
Emily Robison and
Ricky Skaggs are among the small number of other major musicians with equal proficiency on three or more string instruments.
Bromberg released his first new
studio album since 1990 with
Try Me One More Time
on 27 February 2007, on Appleseed Recordings. The
disc includes Dylan's "
It Takes a Lot to Laugh, It Takes a Train to Cry" and
Elizabeth Cotten's "Shake Sugaree." The album was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Traditional Folk Album at the 50th annual Grammy Awards in 2008.
Discography
- The Devil's Anvil
(1967)
- David Bromberg
(1971)
- Aereo-Plain
(producer)(1971)
- Demon in Disguise
(1972)
- Wanted Dead or Alive
(1974)
- Midnight on the Water
(1975)
- How Late'll Ya Play 'Til? [live]
(1976)
- How Late'll Ya Play 'Til?, Vol. 1 [Live]
(1976)
- How Late'll Ya Play 'Til?, Vol. 2 [Studio]
(1976)
- Hillbilly Jazz, Vol. 1
(1977)
- Hillbilly Jazz, Vol. 2
(1977)
- Reckless Abandon
(1977)
- Out Of The Blues: Best of David Bromberg
(1977) - Compilation album
- Bandit in a Bathing Suit
(1978)
- My Own House
(1978)
- You Should See the Rest of The Band
(1980)
- Long Way from Here
(1987)
- Sideman Serenade
(1990)
- The Player: Retrospective
(1998)
- Try Me One More Time
(2007)
- ''Live New York City 1982 (2008)