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Born and raised in the Washington D.C. suburb Bowie Maryland, David Goodrich (a.k.a. Goody) began playing music at the age of two on a drum set given to him by a neighbor. Picking up guitar in junior high, he spent his teenage afternoons jamming with friends and soon found himself in a variety of bands, gigging professionally in Annapolis and D.C. clubs before he was old enough to get into them. Earning a scholarship to Boston's Berklee School of Music in 1985, Goody moved to Boston, found himself studying with jazz greats Joe Henderson and Pat Metheny, and quickly began laying the foundation for his own innovative musical style. Integrating jazz and improvisation with folk and world music, Goody's approach to composing, playing, and performing is based on years of listening and training, along with a carefully honed sense of intuition. Specializing in stringed instruments (acoustic, electric, Hawaiian, steel & slide guitars, mandolin, mandocaster, piano), he has been an integral part of numerous jazz, rock, and acoustic ensembles. As a member of the influential rock band Groovasaurus from 1991-1998, Goody and his bandmates helped define the resurgent Boston music scene of the '90s, receiving consecutive Boston Music Awards and Best of Boston accolades. When Groovasaurus called it quits, Goody began collaborating with an extraordinary array of today’s best independent singer/songwriters as an accompanist and producer. He has produced recordings for artists such as Chris Smither, Peter Mulvey, Jeffrey Foucault, Rose Polenzani, The Amity Front, and Moses Atwood. He appears on over 75 recordings, including the Grammy-nominated Avalon Blues, and has performed internationally on hundreds of stages.