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David Patrick Wilcox (born March 9, 1958 in Cleveland〔(allmusic )〕) is an American folk musician and singer-songwriter guitarist. He has been active in the music business since the late 1980s. ==Career== Wilcox was born in Mentor, Ohio, attended Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio in 1976 where he began learning guitar. He later transferred to Warren Wilson College〔 in North Carolina in 1981 and graduated in 1985. Wilcox appeared regularly at a Black Mountain, North Carolina night club called McDibbs.〔 His debut album ''The Nightshift Watchman'' was released in 1987 on Jerry Read Smith's label, ''Song of the Woods'', and reissued in 1996.〔 He began touring regularly.〔 After performing at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, he signed with A&M Records in 1989.〔 He made several albums with this label.〔 His albums were described by one Rolling Stone critic as "unjustly neglected".〔 After his contract with A&M expired in 1994, Wilcox continued to write songs, tour and release albums.〔 In 1994, he performed at Carnegie Hall with thirty other singer-songwriters in a showcase event.〔 Wilcox also appeared on the cover of ''Acoustic Guitar'' which described him as James Taylor combined with the "husky breathiness more reminiscent of the late Nick Drake" and said he was the "best known of the brilliant crop of singer-songwriters to emerge in the late '80s." He has been based in Asheville, North Carolina in the 1990s, in Washington, D.C. and Maryland in 1999-2000,〔〔 and again in Asheville in 2009. In the next decade, Wilcox continued to release albums, including ''Into the Mystery'' in 2003. He's been a guest artist at guitar workshops. His lyrics are sometimes of the "probing meaning-of-life" type.〔 as well as "thought-provoking". Wilcox plays acoustic guitars made by Olson Guitars. His fingerstyle style which is similar to Nick Drake and Joni Mitchell uses open tuning extensively, often in combination with customized capos with notches cut out to allow lower strings to ring open. He's been featured in ''Performing Songwriter'' magazine on five occasions.〔 〕 About his approach to music: His 2005 album ''Out Beyond Ideas'' was a joint project with his wife Nance Pettit〔 described as a significant diversion from prior work featuring sacred poetry set to music from different religious traditions〔〔(Out Beyond Ideas - davidwilcox.com )〕 including Saint Francis of Assisi, Jalaludin Rumi, Shams-ud-din Muhammad Hafiz, Rabia al Basri, Yehuda HaLevi, Solomon Ibn Gabirol, Uvavnuk, and Kabir. During 2005 Wilcox traveled the country with his wife and teen-aged son in an Airstream trailer attached to a bio-diesel truck.〔 He named one of his albums ''Airstream''.〔 His album ''Vista'' was released in April 2006.〔 In 2008 Wilcox was honored with a silver award along with Bob Dylan, in Acoustic Guitar's singer/songwriter category. His latest album "Open Hand," produced by Seattle-based guitarist and producer Dan Phelps, was released in March 2009. Wilcox and Phelps were joined by longtime Tori Amos bassist Jon Evans and drummer James McAlister. He's sometimes confused with Canadian rock and blues guitarist David Wilcox. Although his albums have had diverse arrangements, Wilcox generally performs as a soloist.〔 He has released 16 albums. Wilcox performed a benefit concert in Westfield, New Jersey for Coffee With Conscience in late spring, 2008. He recently played a duet with James Landfair, a critically acclaimed folk musician based out of Little Rock, Arkansas, of Buddy Mondlock's song "The Kid." It was published on YouTube on February 21, 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Craig Landfair )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Wilcox (American musician)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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