  evan david taubenfeld (born june 27, 1983) is an american singer-songwriter, best known for being avril lavigne's lead guitarist, music director and frequent collaborator. taubenfeld's debut album, welcome to the blacklist club, was released on may 18, 2010 on warner bros records. ==early life== taubenfeld was born in baltimore, maryland, to mark and ami taubenfeld, who ran a catering business. he has two siblings, a younger brother drew (b. 1984), who is the guitarist in selena gomez & the scene, and a younger sister, annie (b. 1990). taubenfeld went to the mcdonogh school. he taught himself guitar by learning to play "come as you are" by nirvana . he has also been in a band named spinfire. ==career== taubenfeld received a phone call from josh sarubin, inviting him to audition for a new talent he just signed, a young canadian named avril lavigne. taubenfeld remained lavigne's music director, lead guitarist until september 2004; when he was given his own recording contract. taubenfeld is a frequent collaborator of lavigne's including "don't tell me" "hot" "innocence" and many more songs from three different albums of hers. in 2008, taubenfeld produced two tracks for rapper tyga's debut album [
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