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BRUCE HUSS
Guitarist-Singer/Songwriter
FOR BOOKINGS: bhuss1@cox.net
The first thing people say when they hear Bruce's music is: "Boy, can that guy play guitar." His two CDs are filled to the brim with meaty instrumentals and clever, feel-good and heart tugging songs, wrapped in his fresh, Kansas perspective.
His song, Acoustical Romance, won a songwriting award at the Walnut Valley Music Festival in Winfield, and My Father's Son, was a winner at PrairieFest Music Festival. Hes also been a featured artist on the FolkAlley Alleycast, a podcast showcasing performers around the world. Plus, he was artist of the month (Mar. 08) on K&K Sounds web site.
His live shows are hard to categorize. He comfortably slides from folk to pop-rock, from blues to new-age, and from a classical sounding piece, to almost country and back again.
His first CD, View From the Top, and now his new CD, Patience, are all original and all impressive, especially for anyone who appreciates a good guitarist. Here are a few reviews:
PATIENCE:
Acoustic guitar master Bruce Huss returns stunning, imaginative and unique Got New Shoes hoots and hollers with speed and flare Joscelyns Wedding glides across the air with graceful accuracy and emotional intelligence.
- Wichita City Paper
When you listen to this CD, be ready to smile, tap your foot, and start thinking about how much music means to you.Absolutely stunning. I knew he was good, but man, I wasnt prepared for what my ears heard.
-KS Acoustic Arts Assoc.
Patience has cool and soft delicate moments, and a musical depth that sinks to the regions of your heart. It is brilliant -Reactor Media
VIEW FROM THE TOP:
Talents such as Bruce Huss don't just fall from walnut trees
...the instrumental compositions here couldn't shine brighter or seep deeper into your soul in fact Mahogany and Scruffbucket will leave you as breathless on the fifteenth listen as on the first. - F5 Magazine
With cover art taken from a Colorado Mt. Top, he must have picked up some lightning in his fingers on the way up. KS Acoustic Arts Assoc.
His name will sound familiar to the locals. Thats because he worked 13 years as an award winning news reporter/photographer at Wichitas KSNW TV, where he crafted over a thousand feature stories in a special segment called Huss & Company. I think writing a good news story is much like writing a good song, except the news had to be factual, and I can lie as much as I want to in a song, joked Bruce.
Youll hear a good number of guitar instrumentals in his shows, and while many are original, hell also throw in pieces by Tommy Emmanuel, Pat Kirtley, Stephen Bennett, Chet Atkins and Martin Taylorsacred names in the acoustic guitar world.
Go see Bruce Huss perform, or buy a CD on CDBaby or iTunes..and just enjoy. **Bruce uses John Pearse strings, K&K pickups/preamps, and G7th capos** www.myspace.com/brucehuss bhuss1@cox.net
Hometown
Wichita, KS
Occupation
Video Production and Singer/Songwriter
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Fichtmueller: Good ear. Yeah, that one's definitely got a little "Leo" in it. Didn't realize it until it was finished. We're all thieves......taking a bit from everything we soak up, and then trying blend it all into something new.