Bill Kurzenberger is a dynamic keyboardist/guitarist/singer/songwriter from Columbus, Ohio.  Bill currently plays keyboards and Hammond organ with The Resonators, Stone Groove, the Bug Hounds and Fuzz Logik, in addition to his solo performances.  Bill is also the newest member of the legendary Marshmallow Overcoat and is featured on their new album.  Over the past twelve years, Bill has performed at many of Ohio's premier venues including the Newport Music Hall, the House of Blues, the Winchester Music Hall and Legend Valley.   With various bands, he has supported and shared the stage with renowned artists such as the Marshall Tucker Band, Melvin Seals and the Jerry Garcia Band, Derek Trucks Band, Blues Traveler, Hot Tuna, Yonder Mountain String Band and ekoostik Hookah.
  
          Bill was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio where he learned to play piano at an early age.  His influences range from Americana blues to funk to Bob Dylan and the Grateful Dead.  While attending Ohio Wesleyan University, he joined his first bands: Lava in 1991, and Abra Cadaver in 1993.  As his songwriting developed, he formed the Columbus-based band Melting Pot with Justin Mason.  Over the years, Bill also became a regular player at many of Columbus's open stages.

          After playing acoustic and electric guitar for nearly a decade, Bill found his true calling to be back on the keyboards.  He proceeded to play keyboards in a number of established Columbus-based bands including STATION, Sugar Pill, Current, Wazzin', the Ritchey Brothers Band, John Mullins Band, Stone Groove, Grasshopper Pie, The Bug Hounds and The Resonators.

          In 2004, John Mullins reincarnated the Mullins Band with Bill on keyboards and Hammond organ.  Bill toured with the Mullins Band around Ohio until John rejoined ekoostik Hookah in 2006.  

          Bill has crossed paths with ekoostik Hookah as a fan and friend of the band for over a decade.  He graced the stage with Hookah in October 2004, adding keyboards to their song Loner at Frontier Ranch Music Center.  And in April 2005, Bill filled in on keyboards for Dave Katz for a memorable show at Nelson Ledges Quarry Park.  Bill has also played with Hookah's present and past members in various formations.

          In the summer of 2005, Bill joined Stone Groove onstage at Legend Valley, with Cliff Starbuck on bass.  Bill joined Stone Groove as a full-time member shortly thereafter, and performs with them to this day.

          Grasshopper Pie invited Bill to join their touring lineup in 2006 in what would be the swan song of their eleven-year history.  Bill played with G-Pie for a number of headlining performances including the annual Tabfest, and supporting national acts such as the Marshall Tucker Band and  Blues Traveler.

          As a session musician, Bill has recorded several studio sessions with world-renowned garage-psych masters The Marshmallow Overcoat and their alter-ego Thee Hands of Tyme.  They released a '45 vinyl record in 2005 on Sound Effect Records which has gained critical acclaim in Greece.  The Marshmallow Overcoat's newest release The Light Show, which features Bill on farfisa organ, will be distributed worldwide on Garage Nation Records.

          Bill has received national media recognition in several music magazines.  Bill was featured in the February 2007 issue of No Cover Magazine, available at music stores and bookstores nationwide.  Bill's original song "Venom Wine"  was released 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.

          In addition to playing with numerous bands, Bill is an established yet emerging solo artist.  In 2005, Bill self-produced his debut CD entitled Suspending Disbelief, which showcases 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 radio airplay and is available at Apple iTunes, CDBaby, Napster, Rhapsody, and music outlets around the world.

          In 2007, Bill formed The Resonators, which evolved from the Suspending Disbelief  sessions.  The Resonators feature Bill's past-and-present bandmates, and special guests including Julie Rearick, and Richard Shack from The James Gang.

          Bill joined up with The Bug Hounds in 2007, contributing his original material to their eclectic repertoire.  Bill also recently began playing with bandmate Scot Gassen in the improvisational project Fuzz Logik.           

          Currently, Bill performs live with The Resonators, the Bug Hounds, Fuzz Logik, and Stone Groove at venues and festivals across Ohio.  Several studio projects are also underway, with upcoming releases by The Marshmallow Overcoat, Fuzz Logik, and a follow-up solo CD.