Biff Blumfumgagnge
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Biff U. Blumfumgagnge is an American
musician, guitar technician, sound engineer, producer and instructor of music and recording technology at the Madison Media Institute
.
(Feb. 1990–present), King Crimson
(Aug 2008), Sigtryggur Baldursson
(drummer of the Sugarcubes, 1993–1997), Eugene Chadbourne
, Reptile Palace Orchestra
, The Gomers
, Natty Nation, Bradley Fish
, The Kissers, Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra, Zombeatles
, & Steve Miller
(Nov. 2005), Adrian Belew
(March 1992–present), Eugene Chadbourne
(February 2004–present), Lee "Scratch" Perry (August 25, 2008), Reptile Palace Orchestra
(April 1994–present), The Gomers
(Dec. 1986–present), Natty Nation (February 1993–present), Jambeau (May 2001–present), Bradley Fish
(Jan. 1996-Sep. 1997), John Kruth
(April 2003-Nov.2005), Joan Wildman (February 1991), Clyde Stubblefield
(James Brown
's "funky drummer
", March 1991-April 2007), Killbilly (April 1994), The Appliances-SFB (Dec. 1997), Jimmy Carl Black
(Oct. 2007), Stuart Stotts (September 2002-August 2007) and Project/Object with Napoleon Murphy Brock
(October 23, 2007), Lee "Scratch" Perry (August 25, 2008), Yid Vicious (2005–Present)
– Side Four live
Pat MacDonald PM does DM – Strange Love
Willy Porter
: Dog Eared Dream (1992), High Wire Live (2002), Falling Forward
Eugene Chadbourne
"Doc Chad Banjo Book"
Sigtryggur Baldursson
: Bogomil Font Sings Kurt Weill (1994)
Bradley Fish
: The Aquarium Conspiracy (1996)
Headpump: Org@sm.com (1997),
David Stocker, Moondog (1997)
Marquess Bovre & The Evil Twins – Lonesome County (1999)
Genevieve Gereb "Cool Bananas" "Alligator" and "Jumpin' Jelly Beans", The Gomers (1986–present) Jim James & The Damn Shames (2002), My Nightclub Act "Highway Gothic" (2008, violin),John Kruth: Live at Witz End (2003)
The Gomers
: Comin' Atchya, Sofa King Good, Salt and Sugar, Mike Zirkel (1989 – present),
Reptile Palace Orchestra
: Early Reptile, On the Wings of a Skink, XOPO!, Iguana iguana, HWY X, We Know You Know, Official Bootleg
Sara Pace "Sara Pace"
Dorothy Heralds "Inverno Rosa"
Ivan Klipstein "Scorpio Enviro"
Michael Gruber "Yesterday Is Make Believe"
Dangerous Odds (1996–2003)
Arthur Durkee "The Western Lands," My Nightclub Act (2008), Ritt Dietz "Collected" and "After the Mountains,"
Cattle Prod: Boost (1993, guitar, vocals), Poopshovel: We Came, We Saw, We Had A Hot Dog (1994, vocals), Dafino (2006, violin),
Cathy Braaten "Ride the Fader" (1991), Jim James & The Damn Shames (2003), Fuzzy Logic (1997–present),
Tom Hanson (2004, 2007, violin, mandolin, Melobar, synth), Doctor Demento Shows #89-35, #90-12, #02-16, #02-10 Zombeatles
, "Hard Day's Night Of The Living Dead, ", and Art Paul Schlosser
, Die Warzau
"Convenience" (2004), Deep
"Mobile" (1997), Everplastic "Aquagirl" (1998)
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
musician, guitar technician, sound engineer, producer and instructor of music and recording technology at the Madison Media Institute
Madison Media Institute
Madison Media Institute, a Media Arts College is a private for profit college with it's main campus located in Madison, Wisconsin and branch location in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Degree programs are designed for the entertainment and media industry and accept enrollments year round...
.
Toured and recorded with
Pat MacDonald, Willy PorterWilly Porter
Willy Porter is a contemporary American folk musician and singer-songwriter from Mequon, Wisconsin. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and was a member of the Epsilon Chi Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, a men's fraternity.-Career:...
(Feb. 1990–present), King Crimson
King Crimson
King Crimson are a rock band founded in London, England in 1969. Often categorised as a foundational progressive rock group, the band have incorporated diverse influences and instrumentation during their history...
(Aug 2008), Sigtryggur Baldursson
Sigtryggur Baldursson
Sigtryggur Baldursson is an Icelandic drummer and singer.Sigtryggur was born in Norway to Icelandic parents. He was a founding member of the Sugarcubes and has been a longtime fixture on the Icelandic punk and alternative music scene. Other bands he has played in have included Þeyr, KUKL,...
(drummer of the Sugarcubes, 1993–1997), Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne is an American improvisor, guitarist and banjoist. Highly eclectic and unconventional, Chadbourne's most formative influence is free jazz. He has also been a reviewer for Allmusic and a contributor to Maximum RocknRoll.Chadbourne started out playing rock and roll guitar, but...
, Reptile Palace Orchestra
Reptile Palace Orchestra
The Reptile Palace Orchestra is an eclectic worldbeat band based in Madison, Wisconsin which specializes in lounge, klezmer and other Eastern European music. It began in 1994 with a gig at the Club de Wash, and since that time has become a notable fixture in the Madison music scene...
, The Gomers
The Gomers
The Gomers are a Madison, Wisconsin based comedy rock/experimental music/progressive rock band. Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, and former Mayor Sue Baumann both proclaimed February 1 as "Gomer Day" in Madison...
, Natty Nation, Bradley Fish
Bradley Fish
Bradley Fish is an American born musician based in Israel. He relocated to Israel in 2004, first living in Tel Aviv, and finally settling in Jerusalem.He holds a B.A...
, The Kissers, Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra, Zombeatles
Zombeatles
The Zombeatles are a zombie parody version of the rock group The Beatles. Stemming from Madison, Wisconsin band The Gomers, the group's 2006 video Hard Day's Night Of The Living Dead gained international status when horror film director and musician Rob Zombie chose it as one of his top YouTube...
Performed with
Les PaulLes Paul
Lester William Polsfuss —known as Les Paul—was an American jazz and country guitarist, songwriter and inventor. He was a pioneer in the development of the solid-body electric guitar which made the sound of rock and roll possible. He is credited with many recording innovations...
, & Steve Miller
Steve Miller
Steve or Steven Miller may refer to:*Steve Miller , President and CEO of the Professional Bowlers Association*Steve Miller , CEO of Delphi Corporation*Steven L...
(Nov. 2005), Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew
Adrian Belew is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer...
(March 1992–present), Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne is an American improvisor, guitarist and banjoist. Highly eclectic and unconventional, Chadbourne's most formative influence is free jazz. He has also been a reviewer for Allmusic and a contributor to Maximum RocknRoll.Chadbourne started out playing rock and roll guitar, but...
(February 2004–present), Lee "Scratch" Perry (August 25, 2008), Reptile Palace Orchestra
Reptile Palace Orchestra
The Reptile Palace Orchestra is an eclectic worldbeat band based in Madison, Wisconsin which specializes in lounge, klezmer and other Eastern European music. It began in 1994 with a gig at the Club de Wash, and since that time has become a notable fixture in the Madison music scene...
(April 1994–present), The Gomers
The Gomers
The Gomers are a Madison, Wisconsin based comedy rock/experimental music/progressive rock band. Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, and former Mayor Sue Baumann both proclaimed February 1 as "Gomer Day" in Madison...
(Dec. 1986–present), Natty Nation (February 1993–present), Jambeau (May 2001–present), Bradley Fish
Bradley Fish
Bradley Fish is an American born musician based in Israel. He relocated to Israel in 2004, first living in Tel Aviv, and finally settling in Jerusalem.He holds a B.A...
(Jan. 1996-Sep. 1997), John Kruth
John Kruth
John Kruth is a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist best known for his highly energetic “Banshee Mandolin” style of playing. He is also proficient on guitar, banjo, harmonica and various flutes. Kruth is also a music journalist and author....
(April 2003-Nov.2005), Joan Wildman (February 1991), Clyde Stubblefield
Clyde Stubblefield
Clyde Stubblefield is a drummer best known for his work with James Brown.Stubblefield's recordings with James Brown are considered to be some of the standard-bearers for funk drumming, including the singles "Cold Sweat", "There Was A Time", "I Got The Feelin'", "Say It Loud - I'm Black and I'm...
(James Brown
James Brown
James Joseph Brown was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and recording artist. He is the originator of Funk and is recognized as a major figure in the 20th century popular music for both his vocals and dancing. He has been referred to as "The Godfather of Soul," "Mr...
's "funky drummer
Funky drummer
"Funky Drummer" is a funk song recorded by James Brown and his band. The recording's drum break, performed by drummer Clyde Stubblefield, is one of the most frequently sampled rhythmic breaks in hip hop and popular music; indeed, it lays a strong claim to being the most sampled recording ever,...
", March 1991-April 2007), Killbilly (April 1994), The Appliances-SFB (Dec. 1997), Jimmy Carl Black
Jimmy Carl Black
Jimmy Carl Black , born James Inkanish, Jr., was a drummer and vocalist for The Mothers of Invention.-Career: 1960s-1990s:Born in El Paso, Texas, Black was of Cheyenne heritage...
(Oct. 2007), Stuart Stotts (September 2002-August 2007) and Project/Object with Napoleon Murphy Brock
Napoleon Murphy Brock
Napoleon Murphy Brock is an American singer, saxophonist and flute player who is best known for his work with Frank Zappa in the 1970s, including the albums One Size Fits All, Roxy and Elsewhere, and Bongo Fury...
(October 23, 2007), Lee "Scratch" Perry (August 25, 2008), Yid Vicious (2005–Present)
Discography
Adrian BelewAdrian Belew
Adrian Belew is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer...
– Side Four live
Pat MacDonald PM does DM – Strange Love
Willy Porter
Willy Porter
Willy Porter is a contemporary American folk musician and singer-songwriter from Mequon, Wisconsin. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and was a member of the Epsilon Chi Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, a men's fraternity.-Career:...
: Dog Eared Dream (1992), High Wire Live (2002), Falling Forward
Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne
Eugene Chadbourne is an American improvisor, guitarist and banjoist. Highly eclectic and unconventional, Chadbourne's most formative influence is free jazz. He has also been a reviewer for Allmusic and a contributor to Maximum RocknRoll.Chadbourne started out playing rock and roll guitar, but...
"Doc Chad Banjo Book"
Sigtryggur Baldursson
Sigtryggur Baldursson
Sigtryggur Baldursson is an Icelandic drummer and singer.Sigtryggur was born in Norway to Icelandic parents. He was a founding member of the Sugarcubes and has been a longtime fixture on the Icelandic punk and alternative music scene. Other bands he has played in have included Þeyr, KUKL,...
: Bogomil Font Sings Kurt Weill (1994)
Bradley Fish
Bradley Fish
Bradley Fish is an American born musician based in Israel. He relocated to Israel in 2004, first living in Tel Aviv, and finally settling in Jerusalem.He holds a B.A...
: The Aquarium Conspiracy (1996)
Headpump: Org@sm.com (1997),
David Stocker, Moondog (1997)
Marquess Bovre & The Evil Twins – Lonesome County (1999)
Genevieve Gereb "Cool Bananas" "Alligator" and "Jumpin' Jelly Beans", The Gomers (1986–present) Jim James & The Damn Shames (2002), My Nightclub Act "Highway Gothic" (2008, violin),John Kruth: Live at Witz End (2003)
The Gomers
The Gomers
The Gomers are a Madison, Wisconsin based comedy rock/experimental music/progressive rock band. Madison Mayor Dave Cieslewicz, and former Mayor Sue Baumann both proclaimed February 1 as "Gomer Day" in Madison...
: Comin' Atchya, Sofa King Good, Salt and Sugar, Mike Zirkel (1989 – present),
Reptile Palace Orchestra
Reptile Palace Orchestra
The Reptile Palace Orchestra is an eclectic worldbeat band based in Madison, Wisconsin which specializes in lounge, klezmer and other Eastern European music. It began in 1994 with a gig at the Club de Wash, and since that time has become a notable fixture in the Madison music scene...
: Early Reptile, On the Wings of a Skink, XOPO!, Iguana iguana, HWY X, We Know You Know, Official Bootleg
Sara Pace "Sara Pace"
Dorothy Heralds "Inverno Rosa"
Ivan Klipstein "Scorpio Enviro"
Michael Gruber "Yesterday Is Make Believe"
Dangerous Odds (1996–2003)
Arthur Durkee "The Western Lands," My Nightclub Act (2008), Ritt Dietz "Collected" and "After the Mountains,"
Cattle Prod: Boost (1993, guitar, vocals), Poopshovel: We Came, We Saw, We Had A Hot Dog (1994, vocals), Dafino (2006, violin),
Cathy Braaten "Ride the Fader" (1991), Jim James & The Damn Shames (2003), Fuzzy Logic (1997–present),
Tom Hanson (2004, 2007, violin, mandolin, Melobar, synth), Doctor Demento Shows #89-35, #90-12, #02-16, #02-10 Zombeatles
Zombeatles
The Zombeatles are a zombie parody version of the rock group The Beatles. Stemming from Madison, Wisconsin band The Gomers, the group's 2006 video Hard Day's Night Of The Living Dead gained international status when horror film director and musician Rob Zombie chose it as one of his top YouTube...
, "Hard Day's Night Of The Living Dead, ", and Art Paul Schlosser
Art Paul Schlosser
Art Paul Schlosser is a street musician in Madison, Wisconsin, who plays humorous novelty songs.- Childhood :Art Paul Schlosser was born born in Chicago, January 4, 1960. He grew up listening to novelty music like Allen Sherman and Tiny Tim as well as funny songs by The Beatles and The Monkees...
, Die Warzau
Die Warzau
Die Warzau was an industrial music band formed in 1987 by performance artists Jim Marcus and Van Christie.-History:...
"Convenience" (2004), Deep
Deep
-In film and television:* The Deep , a 1970 unfinished film directed by Orson Welles* The Deep , a 1977 film directed by Peter Yates, based on the novel by Peter Benchley...
"Mobile" (1997), Everplastic "Aquagirl" (1998)
MAMA (Madison Area Music) Awards
Awarded Best Instrumentalist in 2005| MAMA Award | ||||
| Year | Category | Title | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Instrumentalist – strings | Best Instrumentalist | Winner | |
WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) Awards
Awarded Best Instrumentalist in 1998| WAMI Award | ||||
| Year | Category | Title | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Instrumentalist – strings | Best Instrumentalist | Winner | |