Kyle Hollingsworth is an american rock keyboard player best known for playing in The String Cheese Incident. Kyle sings and plays electric piano, Hammond organ

Hammond organ

The Hammond organ is an electric organ invented by Laurens Hammond in 1934 and manufactured by the Hammond Organ Company. While the Hammond organ was originally sold to churches as a lower-cost alternative to the wind-driven pipe organ, in the 1960s and 1970s it became a standard keyboard...

, clavinet

Clavinet

A Clavinet is an electrically amplified keyboard instrument manufactured by the Hohner company. It is essentially an electronically amplified clavichord, analogous to an electric guitar. Its distinctive bright staccato sound has appeared particularly in funk, disco, rock, and reggae songs.Various...

, synthesizer

Synthesizer

A synthesizer is an electronic instrument capable of producing sounds by generating electrical signals of different frequencies. These electrical signals are played through a loudspeaker or set of headphones...

 and accordion

Accordion

The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....

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Kyle is also an avid home brewer of beer

Beer

Beer is the world's most widely consumed andprobably oldest alcoholic beverage; it is the third most popular drink overall, after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of sugars, mainly derived from malted cereal grains, most commonly malted barley and malted wheat...

, and released a specially brewed "Hoppingsworth IPA" on September 14, 2009. He has also hosted a number of beer-themed events.

Early life and career

Hollingsworth was born in Maryland on March 2, 1968. He attended Towson State University where he majored in music, with a focus on jazz piano. While attending college, Kyle played in the Baltimore-based psychedelic rock band, Black Friday.

After moving to Boulder, Colorado

Boulder, Colorado

Boulder is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County and the 11th most populous city in the U.S. state of Colorado. Boulder is located at the base of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains at an elevation of...

, he eventually joined the The String Cheese Incident, an American jamband from Boulder. He remained with the String Cheese Incident from 1996 until the band's 2008 hiatus. He has written a number of songs for the band, by himself and with collaborators such as Robert Hunter

Robert Hunter (lyricist)

Robert C. Hunter is an American lyricist, singer-songwriter, translator, and poet, best known for his association with Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead.-Biography:He was born Robert Burns in San Luis Obispo, California...

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Hollingsworth toured in support of his first album under the name Remarkable Elba Kramer. He also tours under the names Kyle Hollingsworth & Friends, Kyle Hollingsworth Band, and 3 Foot Icon (the latter featuring Kyle, Speech (of Arrested Development), and Chief Xcel (Blackalicious).

In the spring of 2008, Hollingsworth toured briefly with the Fiery Furnaces

The Fiery Furnaces

The Fiery Furnaces are a U.S. indie rock band formed in 2000 in Brooklyn, New York. The band's primary members are Matthew and Eleanor Friedberger. The siblings are originally from Oak Park, Illinois, a near-western suburb of Chicago.- Band biography :...

 as the band's second keyboard player.

Side projects

Kyle released a solo album, Never Odd or Even

Never Odd or Even

Never Odd or Even is the debut solo album by The String Cheese Incident keyboard player Kyle Hollingsworth, released in 2004. The album features Dave Watts on drums, Ross Martin on guitar, and Matt Spencer on bass...

, in 2004.

In 2007, Kyle toured with The Mickey Hart Band, featuring Steve Kimock

Steve Kimock

-External links:** at the Internet Archive's live music archive* at the Internet Archive's live music archive* at Internet Archive's live music archive*, San Francisco, April 3, 1999*, Unofficial Fan Forum...

', George Porter Jr. and Mickey Hart

Mickey Hart

Mickey Hart is an American percussionist and musicologist. He is best known as one of the two drummers of the rock band the Grateful Dead. He was a member of the Grateful Dead from September 1967 to February 1971, and from October 1974 to August 1995...

 of the Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...

His second album, Then There's Now

Then There's Now

Then There's Now is the second album by The String Cheese Incident keyboard player Kyle Hollingsworth, released on September 15, 2009. The album features Dave Watts on drums, Ryan Jalbert on Guitar, Garrett Sayers on bass, and Damien Hines and DJ Logic on turntables...

, was released on September 15, 2009. The album features Dave Watts (of the Motet) on drums, Ryan Jalbert on Guitar, Garrett Sayers on bass, and Damien Hines and DJ Logic

DJ Logic

DJ Logic is an American turntablist active primarily in jazz and with jam bands.Kibler was born and raised in The Bronx. An early interest in hip hop led to his using the turntables, practicing often. Kibler was also interested in funk and jazz music, and began collaborating with various musicians...

 on turntables. It also features Liza Oxnard (of Zuba) and Alex Botwin (of Pnuma Trio

Pnuma Trio

The Pnuma Trio is an electronic musical group, bringing classical, jazz, funk, hip hop, and drum and bass influences. A recent article in Art Voice magazine dubbed the Pnuma Trio the "Music of the future."...

).

External links

• Official Site