Jeffrey Lawrence "Jeff"
Klein is an American
singer/songwriter from Newburgh, New York
, who plays keyboards and guitar. He has
released three critically acclaimed albums.
Biography
At the age
of 18, Klein moved to Boston
to attend
the Berklee College
of Music
. In 1999, he moved to Austin, Texas
and released his first album,You'll
Never Get to Heaven If You Break My Heart. Signing to
influential records label
One Little
Indian, Klein released two more albums,
Everybody Loves a
Winner, featuring
Patty Griffin,
Matthew Ryan,
Jon Dee Graham and
Johnny Goudie, in 2002, and
The
Hustler in 2005.
He has also worked with
Ani DiFranco
and
The Twilight Singers, and
as of 2008 is touring with
The Gutter
Twins as keyboardist. He has been described as "Tom Waits
snagged on a barbedwire fence." and as having a "smoky voice (with
a) bruised world-weariness".
Klein is also a member of the band
My
jerusalem, along with fellow Gutter Twins musicians Cully
Symington and Dave Rosser.
Discography
Albums
- You'll Never Get to Heaven If You Break My Heart
(India, 2000)
- Everybody Loves A Winner (One Little Indian,
2003)
- The Hustler (One Little Indian, 2005)
Singles
- "Another Breakdown" (One Little Indian, 2003)
Appears On
- Ani Difranco - Red Letter Year (Righteous Babe,
2008)
- Greg Dulli And Friends - Live At Triple Door
(Infernal, 2008)
- Gutter Twins - Adorata (Sub Pop, 2008)
- Gutter Twins - Saturnalia (Sub Pop, 2008)
- Zookeeper - Becoming All Things (Belle City Pop,
2007)
- Twilight Singers - Stitch In Time (One Little Indian,
2006)
- Mundy - Raining Down Arrows (Camcor, 2004)
- The Honorary Title - Honorary Title (Doghouse,
2003)
- Eliza Gilkyson - Lost And Found (Red House, 2002)
References
- Jeff Klein biography Allmusic.com
- Jeff Klein discography CDUniverse
- Gutter Twins interview Pitchfork Media, 8 April
2008
- Uncut magazine, March 2003
- Review of Klein's "The Hustler" The
Independent, 7 March 2006
- News item Summerskiss.com, 30 September
2008
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