David Wilson

2023 National Mountain Dulcimer Champion & multi-instrumentalist David Wilson loves music and he loves to help other musicians play their best by teaching good technique while playing from the heart and having fun. He has taught a variety of instruments for thirty five years in private lessons and music camps. 

As a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, record producer, engineer, instructor and touring musician, David has covered a lot of musical ground. He has founded or performed with progressive-fusion group The Undergrass Boys; the award winning bluegrass group Radio Flyer; The Gary Gallier Group; songwriter groups Beyond Reach and The HigLeeWils, (which included founding members of The Ozark Mountain Daredevils); national hammer dulcimer champion Ilace Mears; and renowned songwriter and author Marideth Sisco & Blackberry Winter (Marideth was on most of the soundtrack to the award winning film “Winter’s Bone”). David appeared in and contributed to the soundtrack for the film “Chrystal” starring Billy Bob Thornton and Harry Dean Stanton, and composed music for the soundtrack for the film “Stray Dogs”, a documentary about Viet Nam veterans. 

David has produced, engineered or performed on recordings by national mountain dulcimer champs Gary & Les Gallier, Dave Para & Cathy Barton, Kentucky Standard Band with Nancy Barker Johnson, Alice Burton, Debbie Grizzell and the great Ken Baldwin, national hammer dulcimer champion Ilace Mears, Anne MacFie, Nancy Daily-Green, Princess Harris, Heidi Muller & Bob Webb, and nearly 300 other recordings. 

David and his lovely wife Julie live in Springfield, Missouri. They operate a fiddle repair shop and an acoustic music recording studio. David plays on the worship team at their church, and they enjoy weekend getaways, day trip adventures and spending time with their seven children and 10 grandchildren.

Email David: 8davidwilson@gmail.com