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Buzz Kiefer is featured on Outbound Radio |
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 Buzz Kiefer An American Gypsy "Fantastic songs. Very professional" ~ Merle Kilgore, country music legend "Buzz is having too much fun" ~ Jason Wilburn, President, Sure Fire Publishing Equally comfortable with audiences of one or thousands, Buzz Kiefer has played venues as diverse as high-society fundamentalist churches and clothing-optional pagan festivals, black-tie restaurants and sleazy biker bars , amphitheaters and street corners, house-concerts and museums. The result is always the same - a moment in time that transcends ordinary perception. “It’s a cross between a trance, a dance and a conversation”, Kiefer says of his performance style. “Dark secrets and embarrassing truths are my stock in trade”. Born into a family of musicians, mystics and rednecks, Kiefer grew up living and traveling all over the southern United States. His father was a hypnotist, mortician and singer, his mother, a psychic, astrologer and pianist. Kiefer and his three brothers all played music and sang. Kiefer began composing songs at the age of seven and branched out on his own at age fifteen, hitch-hiking and train-hopping across the United States from coast to coast and border to border charming audiences with his precocious wit and highly original musical style. Kiefer’s songs are alternately hilarious and heartbreaking. His earliest influences were southern gospel, and Tchaikovsky. Primarily self-taught, he also apprenticed with South Carolina blues master, Black Mike and underground folk-rocker, Bill Thorne. Later he continued his studies at the University of Tennessee and was mentored in music composition and creative writing by classical composer John Anthony Lennon and poets Art Smith and Frank Robinson. These broad studies of word, melody and life have forged a style that is unmistakable and undeniably original. Kiefer shares his perspective on songwriting and performing with others, teaching at colleges, universities, academies, community programs and various other educational organizations. “Growing a garden taught me as much about songwriting as any of my formal studies”, says Kiefer. “The patience, attention and timing of caring for a growing thing that you’re gonna eat is much the same as creating music. That ‘Eureka!’ moment when the seed first bursts through the soil, to the waiting, weeding and watering as the plants grow to lean under the weight of their ripening fruit.” This passion for life and the euphoria of inspiration and craft transfer to his audience and lingers, permanently broadening the hearts of listeners. Kiefer can quiet a noisy crowd with a whisper of melody and never fails to win over an audience. His audience rapport is showy but natural, both goofy and suave, confident yet vulnerable. “I thrive on intimacy whether it be a one on one conversation with a friend or lover, or getting it on with ten thousand people at a show”. This intimacy permeates every song Buzz Kiefer sings as he continues to carve out his unique place in the history of music. “I have walked through the heart of this country and I dwell in the hearts of her people. The vastness of our deserts and mountain ranges are equaled by the generosity of love and laughter that people share when I do my thang. I return that love and laughter by facilitating the dreams and good hopes of everyone I meet on my journey. This is me. I am an American gypsy.” |
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