David Mallett

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This article is about the singer-songwriter David Mallett. For people using the "Mallet" spelling, see David Mallet.

David Mallett is a singer-songwriter best known for his authorship of the popular tune "Garden Song," made famous by Arlo Guthrie. He has recorded for indepenent record labels for most of his career. A resident of Maine for most of his life, in the early 1990s he relocated to Nashville, and released a few albums with the folk and blues label Vanguard. He has since moved back to Maine.

Cover of 'this town' (1993)
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Cover of 'this town' (1993)

He has released eleven albums:

  • David Mallett (1978)
  • Pennsylvania Sunrise (1979)
  • Hard Light (1981)
  • Open Doors and Windows (1983)
  • For a Lifetime (1988)
  • This Town (1993)
  • In the Falling Dark (1995)
  • Parallel Lives (1997)
  • Ambition (1999)
  • Artist in Me (2003)
  • Midnight on the Water (2006)

His songs have been recorded by John Denver, Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul & Mary and Bok, Trickett, and Muir, among others.


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