David Hamburger is a contributing editor to Acoustic Guitar and the author of numerous instructional books and videos for Truefire, Homespun Tapes, String Letter Publishing, Hal Leonard and Alfred. He has taught at the National Guitar Workshop, Mark Hanson’s Accent on Music and the Kerrville Folk Festival Roots and Blues Camp and given in-store clinics across the country.
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."