Jim Bizer EPK

“Knocked me out. Very impressive!”

– Rod Kennedy, founder, Kerrville Folk Festival (TX)

“What a great songwriter and performer! Having Jim on the show just ups the ante!”

– Vance Gilbert, singer/songwriter

“… winner of [the] Great American Song Contest,
and understandably so…”

– Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

Festival appearances:

  • Kerrville Folk Festival (TX)
    featured performer on mainstage and Threadgill stage,
    as well as a 4-time New Folk Finalist
  • Wheatland Music Festival (MI)
    Centennial Stage and Shafer Stage
  • Blissfest (MI)
    Mainstage and multiple other stages
  • Thumbfest (MI)
    Mainstage and multiple other stages
  • Nor’Eastr Music Festival (MI)
    Mainstage and Parlor stage
  • Ann Arbor Summer Festival (MI)
  • Arts, Beats & Eats (MI)

Some notable venues:

  • The Ark (Ann Arbor, MI)
  • MAMA’s Coffeehouse (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
  • Trinity House Theatre (Livonia, MI)
  • Ten Pound Fiddle (Lansing, MI)
  • FolkStage, WFMT (Chicago, IL)
  • Two Way Street Coffeehouse (Downers Grove, IL)
  • Songbird Sanctuary (Houston, TX)
  • Anderson Fair (Houston, TX)
  • Uncle Calvin’s (Dallas, TX)
  • Urban Campfires (San Antonio, TX)
  • FOCUS Concerts (Silver Spring, MD)
    and many others…

“Last night I had the pure joy of being in the front row to hear Jim Bizer perform all the songs from his NEW solo album. Jim is among the best of the best on multiple levels… Somehow shows like this one always come along exactly when I need them.– Kristen Lee, board member, Folk Alliance Region Midwest

I enjoyed the hell out of that!” – Jim Bertin, Off-The-Wall Coffeehouse (MI)

WHAT’S HE SOUND LIKE?

“…sorta David Wilcox meets Cole Porter” – Dave Boutette, singer-songwriter

“If he keeps practicing, James Taylor will catch up to you…”  – Shawn Hedderman, singer-songwriter

“You’re like a combination of Kenny Rankin, Barry Manilow and Weird Al Yankovic – but only the best parts of each!”
I wish I could remember who said this to me – it’s one of my favorite quotes

30-word blurb:
Poignant and quirky, hilarious and heartfelt, Jim’s songs are both beautiful and startling. And award-winning. He’s a virtuoso guitarist with a commanding stage presence and decades of performing experience.

65-word blurb:
Jim Bizer hails from Detroit, but his music is from all over the map. Poignant and quirky, hilarious and heartfelt, Jim’s songs are both beautiful and startling. And award-winning: he’s been a winner or finalist in numerous national songwriting competitions. With his commanding stage presence, virtuoso guitar skills and a clear love for making music, Jim shares a contagious joy and enthusiasm with his audience.

Brief bio:
Jim Bizer hails from Detroit, but his music is from all over the map. Against a musical kaleidoscope of jazz, blues, reggae and god-knows-what-else; he sings about faith, rivers, subatomic particles and a few things you’ve probably never heard before in a song. Poignant and quirky, hilarious and heartfelt, Jim’s songs are both beautiful and startling. Not to mention award-winning: he’s been a winner or finalist in numerous national songwriting competitions. With his commanding stage presence, virtuoso guitar skills and a clear love for making music, Jim shares a contagious joy and enthusiasm with his audience. It’s no wonder that one of the constant comments Jim gets is “You sure look like you’re having fun up there!”

Jim performs solo and frequently in a duo with his longtime friend and musical partner Jan Krist. He is part of a number of bands, including Diamonds In The Rust and Floyd King & the Bushwackers, as well as the Ann Arbor-centered songwriters’ collective The Yellow Room Gang.

Jim finds himself in demand as a sideman/session musician on acoustic/electric/bass guitars and piano and other keyboards. A music theory major at UM School of Music, he has produced music for television and radio and dabbled in film scoring.

For over 20 years, Jim has coordinated (and booked) MAMA’s Coffeehouse, a monthly acoustic music concert series at Birmingham Unitarian Church in suburban Detroit.

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