Bill Kurzenberger is a dynamic keyboardist/guitarist/singer/songwriter from Columbus, Ohio.  An established solo artist, Bill plays keyboards and sings with The Resonators, the Bug Hounds, Skeleton Crew and Terrapin Moon.  Bill is also the newest member of the legendary Marshmallow Overcoat and is featured on their recent album.  Solitary Road, Kurzenberger's second solo album, is set for release in June of 2010.

          Over the past fifteen years, Bill has performed at many of Ohio's premier venues including Promowest's LC Pavilion, the House of Blues, the Newport Music Hall, the Beachland Ballroom, 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, Derek Trucks Band, Hot Tuna, Blues Traveler, Yonder Mountain String Band, Melvin Seals and the Jerry Garcia Band.
  
          Bill was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, where he learned to play piano at an early age.  While attending Ohio Wesleyan University in the early 1990's, he joined his first bands: Lava and Abra Cadaver.  As his songwriting developed, he formed the Columbus-based band Melting Pot in 1994 with Justin Mason.

          After playing acoustic and electric guitar for several years at open stages around Columbus, 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, Grasshopper Pie, Fuzz Logik, and the Bug Hounds, as well as London-based Stone Groove, and Dayton-based Skeleton Crew and Terrapin Moon.  As a guest keyboardist, Bill has appeared onstage with various acts, including Local Color, Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folk, and ekoostik Hookah.

          In addition to playing with numerous bands, Bill is an established yet emerging solo artist.  In 2005, Bill self-produced and released his debut album entitled Suspending Disbelief .  The CD showcases six songs selected from over a decade of original material, backed capably by 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, Amazon.com, and music outlets around the world.

          After the success of the Suspending Disbelief  CD, Bill formed The Resonators.   The Resonators feature Julie Kurzenberger, as well as Bill's past and present bandmates, and special guests including Richard Shack from The James Gang.

          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 on Sound Effect Records in 2005 which has gained critical acclaim in Greece.  The Marshmallow Overcoat's 2008 CD The Light Show, which features Bill on Farfisa organ, was recorded at Waterworks Studio in Tucson, Arizona and released on Garage Nation Records.

          Bill has received national media recognition in several music magazines.  In 2007, Bill was featured in the February 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 has also been featured on Rolling Stone Magazine's official website.

          Bill joined up with The Bug Hounds in 2007, contributing his original material to their eclectic repertoire.  The Bug Hounds have recently performed at events for crowds of several thousand, including the 2009 Slice of Columbus at the Lifestyle Communities Pavilion.

          In 2008, Bill teamed up with two Dayton, Ohio-based bands, Skeleton Crew and Terrapin Moon, performing with both bands around Ohio and the Midwest.  

          In the spring of 2010, Kurzenberger completed work on his second studio CD, entitled Solitary Road.  A studio representation of his live solo performances, Solitary Road features new original material, including the ambient instrumental "Tabula Rasa".  Solitary Road will be released in June of 2010, and will be available on Apple iTunes, Napster, Rhapsody, and CDBaby.com .

"All props to James Brown, but Bill Kurzenberger may be the hardest working living man in show business.  The Columbus keyboardist/guitarist/singer/songwriter plays with five bands (Stone Groove, the Bug Hounds, John Mullins Band, the Resonators, Marshmallow Overcoat), records with a couple others and maintains a burgeoning solo career.  No cape, no entourage, but Kurzenberger will work you into a cold sweat nonetheless."

Cincinnati CityBeat Magazine, Sept. 2008   MidPoint Music Festival Showcase