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Donald David Guard was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on October 19, 1934. He attended Honolulu's Punahou School, where he met Bob Shane; they both graduated in 1952. Dave's father, a civil engineer and U.S. Army Reserve colonel, encouraged Dave to pursue a career in business. Subsequently, he enrolled in Stanford University where he graduated with a B.A. in Economics in 1956. While attending Stanford's Graduate School of Business, he formed the Kingston Trio with Bob Shane and Nick Reynolds, and performed with the group until 1961. Guard then formed the Whiskeyhill Singers with former Trio bassist David "Buck" Wheat, Cyrus Faryar and Judy Henske. In 1962, he moved his family to Australia where he taught guitar and hosted his own "Dave's Place" television program. He would continue to write and teach music, authoring several books including, "Color Guitar" (a method of teaching utilizing color in place of musical notation,) and "Deirdre" and "Hale-Mano" (books on Celtic and Hawaiian mythology.) He was also active in recording Gabby Pahinui, the legendary Hawaiian slack guitarist, producing "Pure Gabby" in 1979. He passed away on March 22, 1991 in Rollinsford, New Hampshire of lymphatic cancer. He was 57.

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