David B. Rowe (born April 10, 1973), is an American

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and musician.

Early life and education

Rowe was born in

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on April 10, 1973, the only son, one of two children of Tom Rowe and his wife Joanne Demers. He also has three half sisters from his father's second marriage. He is a third generation musician following his father Tom and mother Joanne, an uncle and both grandfathers. Rowe studied musical composition at the

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of Music at the

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Career

Rowe was the first

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for the Makem Brothers, the sons of famous Irish musician

Tommy Makem Thomas Makem (4 November 1932 – 1 August 2007) was an Irish folk music, folk musician, artist, poet and storyteller. He was best known as a member of the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem. He played the long-necked 5-string banjo, tin whistle, l ...

. While performing as a guitarist and vocalist with his father Tom Rowe as Rowe by Rowe, they added Denny Breau, brother of

Lenny Breau Leonard Harold Breau (August 5, 1941 – August 12, 1984) was an American-Canadian guitarist. He blended many styles of music, including jazz, country, classical, and flamenco. Inspired by country guitarists like Chet Atkins, Breau used finge ...

and became Turkey Hollow. Rowe is also Choir Director of the First Universalist Church,

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Discography

*''Rowe by Rowe'' (1996) *''Turkey Hollow Consort'' (1999) *''Live Turkey!'' (2001) *''By the Way'' (2002) *''Big Shoes'' (2004) *''Rolling Home'' (2005) *''The Good Life'' (2006) *''A Holiday Concert'' (2007) *''Three's a Charm'' (2007) *''The Music Never Dies'' (2009) *''Greatest Hits'' (2010) *''33 1/3'' (2011) *''All of the Dreams'' (2014) *''In Retrospect'' (2015) *''Live at Baldwin's Station (2016)''

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