Biff Blumfumgagnge

Biff U. Blumfumgagnge (born 17 January, 1964 in Milwaukee, WI) is an active Wisconsin musician [FolkLib Index [http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q=Biff+Blumfumgagnge&sp-a=00010a0a-sp00000002&sp-p=phrase&sp-x=any&sp-w=exact&az=Search+selected+FolkLib+Index+pages+with+Atomz] ] , guitar technician, sound engineeer, producer and instructor of music and recording technology at the Madison Media Institute. [ Frequency [http://209.85.165.104/search?q=cache:isyeZKMygsYJ:www.madisonmedia.com/PDF/Summer_Web.pdf+%22Madison+Media+Institute%22+biff&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us&client=firefox-a] ]

Toured and Recorded With

Pat MacDonald, Robert Fripp (Sep. 2004-present) [Robert Fripp [http://www.dgmlive.com/search_archive.htm?Word_Keyword=beefy&Day=Day&Month=Month&Year=Year&search=SEARCH+WORD] ] , Willy Porter (Feb. 1990-present), King Crimson (Aug 2008), Sigtryggur Baldursson (drummer of the Sugarcubes, 1993-1997), , Eugene Chadbourne, Willy Porter, Reptile Palace Orchestra, Sigtryggur Baldursson, The Gomers, [John Noyd, Maximum Ink [http://www.maximumink.com/articles.php?%20articleId=917] ] , Natty Nation, Bradley Fish, Adrian Belew, [Tom Laskin, The Isthmus [http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=19282] ] , Robert Fripp, Robert Fripp and The League of Crafty Guitarists, [ Ibid. [http://www.dgmlive.com/search_archive.htm?Word_Keyword=beefy&Day=Day&Month=Month&Year=Year&search=SEARCH+WORD] ] , The Kissers, Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestra

Performed With

Les Paul [ Biff pictured behind Les [http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphics/news/img/oct04/lesbig1028.jpg] ] , [DAVE TIANEN, "Wizard of Waukesha Gets His Due" Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel [http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=270279] ] & Steve Miller (Nov. 2005) [The Wisconsin Foundation for School Music is proud to announce its first-ever recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award in Music Education: Les Paul! [http://www.wsmamusic.org/foundation/news/achievement_award.html] ] , 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) [Maximum Ink Music Magazine [http://www.maximumink.com/news.php?srchArticles=1&srchNews=1&query=gomers] ] ), 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)

Discography

Adrian Belew – Side Four live [Vocalist, Out Of The Belew [http://outofthebelew.blogspot.com/2007/12/side-four-live-cd-now-available.html] ]
Pat MacDonald PM does DM – Strange Love [ Pat MacDonald's album of Depeche Mode covers, EUTK [http://www.eutk.net/album.aspx/1712/] ]
Willy Porter: Dog Eared Dream (1992), High Wire Live (2002), Falling Forward [ [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,874890,00.html] ]
Eugene Chadbourne "Doc Chad Banjo Book" [Squidco [http://www.squidco.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=4403&Category_Code=STRINGS&Product_Count=23] ]
Sigtryggur Baldursson: Bogomil Font Sings Kurt Weill (1994)
Bradley Fish: The Aquarium Conspiracy (1996) [ FolkLib [http://www.folklib.net/index/f/fish_bradley.shtml] ] Headpump: [e-mail] (1997), David Stocker, Moondog (1997) [Ibid. [http://www.folklib.net/index/discog/wi_discog.shtml#Stocker,Dv] ] Marquess Bovre & The Evil Twins – Lonesome County (1999) [ [http://www.marquesbovre.com/lonesome.html] ] Genevieve Gereb "Cool Bananas" "Alligator" and "Jumpin' Jelly Beans" [ [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/appears/0,,693411,00.html#more] ] , The Gomers (1986-present) Jim James & The Damn Shames (2002), My Nightclub Act "Highway Gothic" (2008, violin),John Kruth: Live at Witz End (2003) [ Maximum Ink Magazine [http://www.maximum-ink.com/2000/war-room/jan2001/jan2001.html] ] 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 [Ibid. [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/appears/0,,693411,00.html#more] ] Sara Pace "Sara Pace" [Ibid. [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/appears/0,,693411,00.html#more] ] Dorothy Heralds "Inverno Rosa" [Guerilla Beatz Review [http://guerillabeatz.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_archive.html] ] Ivan Klipstein "Scorpio Enviro" [Mastered "Scorpio Enviro" [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/appears/0,,693411,00.html#more] ] Michael Gruber "Yesterday Is Make Believe" [Recording Engineer, Ibid. [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/appears/0,,693411,00.html#more] ] Dangerous Odds (1996-2003) [Music Street Journal [http://www.musicstreetjournal.com/dangodds.htm] ] Arthur Durkee "The Western Lands," [Arthur Durkee [http://www.arthurdurkee.net/music.html] ] My Nightclub Act (2008), Ritt Dietz "Collected" and "After the Mountains," [Ritt Dietz [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/music/artist/links/0,,693411,00.html#artist_name] ] 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), [Fuzzy Logic [http://www.poetrvellis.com/fuzzy_logic.htm] ] Tom Hanson (2004, 2007, violin, mandolin, Melobar, synth), Doctor Demento Shows #89-35, #90-12, #02-16, #02-10 [ Mad Music Archive [http://www.answers.com/topic/the-gomers?cat=entertainment] ] Zombeatles, "Hard Day's Night Of The Living Dead, " [Kristian Knutsen, Isthmus article on the Zombeatles, October 2007 [http://www.thedailypage.com/daily/article.php?article=12403] ] , [The Zombeatles [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP6nYs9Il7c] ] and Art Paul Schlosser [The Mad Music Archive [http://www.themadmusicarchive.com/song_details.aspx?SongID=20565] ]

WAMI (Wisconsin Area Music Industry) Awards

Biff was awarded Best Instrumentalist, Strings, in 1998 [ WAMI awards noted, FolkLib [http://www.folklib.net/wami/wami_1998.shtml] ] and was nominated in 1999 [WAMI nominations noted, FolkLib [http://www.folklib.net/wami/wami_1999.shtml] ] and 2000 [Ibid. [http://www.folklib.net/wami/wami_2000.shtml] ]

MAMA (Madison Area Music) Awards

Awarded Best Instrumentalist in 2005 [Mama awards noted, Ibid. [http://www.folklib.net/wami/wami_1998.shtml] ]

External links

* [http://www.beeftone.com Home Page]
* [http://www.cdbaby.com/all/bifftar Albums]
* [http://www.beeftone.com/clients.html Client list]

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