Memorial for David B. Schumacher

David loved his garden, his partner Jane, his family, the animals and nature around him. He loved scrabble, Beatles songs and playing slide guitar by the fireplace. He loved watching Bob Ross paint and cracking jokes about the “happy little trees”. He chopped wood with keyboardist Garth Hudson from THE BAND. He was housemates with fellow musicians Maria Muldaur and Geoff Muldaur. He literally built the floor that Bob Dylan and countless others stood on in manager Albert Grossman’s Bearsville music studio near Woodstock, NY... but missed out on meeting Dylan because of an untimely case of excessive flatulence brought on by his home cooked, home grown, garden picked beans. He was a guitar teacher. He studied buddhism in Nepal. Lived on the Navajo Reservation. Worked on a farm still run with Clydesdale horses. Had four kids. Was an epic gardener who grew his own food. Raised turkeys. Hitchhiked by himself to Alaska. He was an artist and a carpenter and a mechanic. He was a conscientious objector during the Vietnam war. He practiced Aikido and Tai Chi. He had a great laugh and twinkle in his eye. He never hurried. He was a wizard.

There will be a concert in his honor and celebration of his life January 25th at the Emporium Wines & The Underdog Cafe in Yellow Springs, Ohio where he played music every Sunday for the last 8 years. Music an performances by Amelia Schumacher, Eben Schumacher, Olin Schumacher, Carl Schumacher, Bruce Schumacher, Teresa Schumacher, Tucki Bailey, Forest Sun and Devil's Backbone.

We are raising funds to help with funeral and travel costs so that those who loved David can be here on this day to celebrate his life, art, and music. We are gracious for your contribution, your kindness, and your loving thoughts.

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