Bill Kurzenberger is a dynamic keyboardist / guitarist / singer / songwriter from Columbus, Ohio. He currently plays keyboards and Hammond organ with The Bug Hounds, The Resonators, Stone Groove, and John Mullins Band, in addition to his solo performances. Bill is also the newest member of the internationally-recognized Marshmallow Overcoat, and he will appear on their upcoming EP entitled "Twenty Years of Fuzz". His recent projects also include Grasshopper Pie and the Ritchey Brothers Band.
Bill's influences range from Americana blues to funk to Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead. Over the past twelve years, Bill has played at many of Ohio's premier venues including the Newport Music Hall, the House of Blues, the Beachland Ballroom, the Winchester Music Hall, and Legend Valley. With various bands, Bill has supported renowned artists such as the Marshall Tucker Band, Melvin Seals and the Jerry Garcia Band, David Nelson Band, Derek Trucks Band, Hot Tuna, Blues Traveler, Yonder Mountain String Band and ekoostik Hookah.
Bill is also an established - yet emerging - solo artist from the Ohio bars to national media recognition. In 2005, Bill self-produced his debut CD entitled "Suspending Disbelief." Recorded at Rome Recording Studio in Columbus, the CD features six songs selected from over a decade of original material. The CD also features Ed Ritchey, Scott Maruskin, Scot Gassen, Julie Rearick and Craig Harpley. "Suspending Disbelief" has received international airplay and is available at several online music outlets including CDBaby, Apple iTunes, Napster and Rhapsody.
Bill has received national media recognition in several music magazines. Bill is featured in the February 2007 issue of No Cover Magazine, available at music stores and bookstores nationwide. Bill's original song Venom Wine is on the nationally-distributed "Groupies Suck Volume #9" compilation CD that accompanies No Cover Magazine. Bill is also featured on Rolling Stone Magazine's official website at www.rollingstone.com/billkurzenberger . You can find more information on Bill Kurzenberger's website at www.BillsMusic.net . |
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