[11][12] Wharnsby travelled extensively throughout Ontario, England and Scotland during 1993 and 1994 as a solo busker – singing informally on street corners and in parks to market and share his music.
At the age of 20, he played lead in a short educational film "To Catch A Thief", distributed nationally in Canada to schools as part of the John Howard Society's anti-shoplifting program.
[13] In 1993, Dawud (David) Wharnsby and fellow Crackenthorpe's Teapot vocalist Heather Chappell began touring and performing as a duo, releasing an independent album (Off To Reap The Corn) containing renditions of traditional Canadian and Irish folk music.
[14] Dawud has released several internationally distributed albums since 1995, including Blue Walls and the Big Sky,[15] Vacuous Waxing (with Canadian writer Bill Kocher), A Different Drum (with The Fletcher Valve Drummers) and Out Seeing The Fields.
[17] During his career Dawud has collaborated with Stephen Fearing,[18] Irshad Khan,[18] Danny Thompson,[18] Yusuf Islam (aka Cat Stevens),[19][20] Zain Bhikha,[20] Idris Phillips,[19][20] Hadiqa Kiani and Atif Aslam.
[27] Dawud Wharnsby was named in a November 21, 2008 article by The Sun, as being a primary influence in an alleged conversion to the religion of Islam by pop star Michael Jackson.
In November 2009 Dawud Wharnsby's name was included in the category of "Entertainment and The Arts" on a list of the 500 Most Influential Muslims, compiled by The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre (Jordan),[32] and published with support of Georgetown University's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.