Tim Bluhm

Tim Bluhm

Photography by Andrew Quist
Background information
Born (1970-07-22) July 22, 1970
Origin Torrance, California
Instruments Guitar, Piano, Drums
Associated acts The Mother Hips, The Mother Hips, Skinny Singers, The Rhythm Devils, Ball-Point Birds, Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers
Website TimBluhm.com

Tim Bluhm (born July 22, 1970) is an American songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, and musician currently residing in California. He has performed solo, in addition to being singer/guitarist and primary songwriter of rock band The Mother Hips (MotherHips.com) . He is part of the duo the Skinny Singers with Jackie Greene, and is a member of The Rhythm Devils (featuring The Grateful Dead's Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann), Ball-Point Birds (with Hips co-founder Greg Loiacono), and Nicki Bluhm & The Gramblers. Bluhm has also performed with or opened for Johnny Cash, Wilco, The Black Crowes, Widespread Panic, Lucinda Williams, M. Ward, Cracker, John Hiatt, and Phil Lesh.

In 2006, Bluhm, Bay Area musician Jackie Greene, and engineer Dave Simon-Baker opened Mission Bells Studio where Bluhm has produced albums for the Hips, Jackie Greene, Hot Buttered Rum, Dave Brogan, Little Wings; the studio has hosted Phil Lesh, Los Lobos, Rogue Wave, Jonathan Richman, Josh Ritter, and ALO.

In 2005, with San Diego-based singer/songwriter/guitarist Steve Poltz, Bluhm founded The High Sierra Singer/Songwriter Workshop. The four day backcountry experience offers attendees the opportunity to write songs and learn from two of California's most renowned songwriters in one of the country's most esteemed locations. In 2009, Bluhm and the Mother Hips started the annual Mother Hips Family Hipnic, a two-day music festival in Big Sur, CA.

Discography

Studio albums

The Mother Hips

Solo

Ball-Point Birds

Other

References

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