David Stuart Howard

David Stuart Howard is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist who has been active in the San Diego music scene since 1990. In the early 90s, with no money and no representation, Howard leveraged his communications skills and recorded his own cassettes and duplicated them himself, selling them or giving them away at open mikes and showcases. He released two studio albums on CD, Unbelievable Unknown in 2000 and Into The Wind in 2004. Both records were nominated for San Diego Music Awards in the Best Folk or Acoustic category. His unique blend of pop, rock, and folk influences has earned him a cult following in San Diego since the mid-1990s, with collaborations and covers of his songs by more popular artists like Berkley Hart, A.J. Croce, and Gregory Page. Despite avoiding the grind of touring, Howard has garnered accolades from artists and songwriters across the U.S. His acoustic catalog is augmented by his forays into garage rock (The Shamey Jays) and ambient electronic (Upaya).