David Frank Malachowski (born January 16, 1955, Schenectady, New York, United States) is an American guitarist, producer, composer, singer, musical director and journalist currently residing in Manhattan, NY.
He has been a member of Reckless (1978–81) The Greg Austin Band (1985–88) Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen (96-99,) Savoy Brown, (2000-2005) Mechanical Bull (2007-2009) and sideman for Janie Fricke (88), Shania Twain (95-07), Garth Hudson, (2003) Phoebe Legere (2006) Genya Ravan (2012), Anthony Rapp (2010) and Daphne Rubin-Vega (2014-current) as well as being involved in musical theatre, writing for newspapers and magazines, producing and writing songs.