Best
known for his melodic and personal style on the fretless electric bass,
David Woodhead has explored much musical territory on his own and with
other notable travellers. His creative instrumental work has appeared
on over 150 albums in the contemporary folk field, and he has worked
with countless artists including Perth County Conspiracy and it's many
branches, Garnet and Stan Rogers, Scott Merritt, Don Ross, Oliver
Schroer, Loreena McKennitt, Gil Scott-Heron and Valdy.
He started by playing banjo
at grade school assemblies in Montreal, and his early summers in
Vermont provided much inspiration for the material on his first
CD “Sweets and Conundrums”. His new "Confabulation" CD is a meeting of
many of the worlds he's inhabited - from Cedric Smith's Coffeehouse
Days "wig-bubble" to fanciful jazz-inflected concoctions featuring
saxophonists Colleen Allen and Richard Underhill as well as Jaron
Freeman-Fox's evocative violin sounds.
Always busy on the
studio, concert, and festival scene, David has recently been gigging
with his own Confabulation band as well as Malagasy guitarist Donne
Roberts (African Guitar Summit) and flamenco rhumba specialists The
Sultans Of String, both Juno award nominees, along with many others. He
frequently appears at Toronto’s Hugh’s Room, and other performances
have included the Montreaux Jazz festival, Guadalajara’s Fiesta de
Octobre, two recent tours of the UK with James Keelaghan, and
practically every contemporary folk venue and festival in Canada. He
has produced many recordings for other musicians, including engineering
and arranging credits, and scored television and film projects. He has
done instruction at the Ottawa Folklore Center, the Goderich Celtic
College and the Haliburton Winter Folk Camp. And now David's got a new
obsession - watch out for a new approach to the ukulele!