Dave has stayed in the music field, playing all over Chicago and the Midwest with various entities. He is owner of Shu-Man Studios and is on staff at the Old Town School of Folk Music teaching Banjo and Studio Recording.
Dave also a radio show personality on WLUW Radio in Chicago. He hosts "Old Folkies At Home" and "Live-N-Kickin' Bluegrass Chicago". He is also a Banjo instructor at Old Town School of Folk Music (where I was a student for a time).