• Listen to Bob Dylan’s “Like a Rolling Stone,” and take away Al Kooper’s Hammond B2 organ riff.

• Listen to Joni Mitchell’s “Night in the City” without Stephen Still’s tumbling, insistent bass line.

• Listen to Judy Collin’s breakthrough smash hit “Both Sides Now” and strip away the Josh Rifkin’s sparkling harpsichord riff.

• And just for fun listen to the Police’s gorgeous “Every Breath You Take” minus Andy Summers’ mesmerizing guitar riff.

While each of these songs is beautiful and powerful in its own right, the added instrumentation takes each song to new place, giving the song an unmistakable, captivating sound. The same could be said about each song on David’s new album Dope — he was blessed to have some of Milwaukee’s best musicians work on these songs. Their work transformed the songs into something new, something better. He learned from these musicians and benefitted from their expertise and generosity.