Buzzy linhart biography
Buzzy Linhart, Eccentric and Eclectic Singer-Songwriter, Dies ......
Buzzy Linhart
American singer and actor (1943–2020)
Musical artist
William Charles "Buzzy" Linhart (March 3, 1943 – February 13, 2020) was an American rock performer, composer, multi-instrumentalist musician and actor.
Buzzy linhart biography
Early life
Linhart was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He began playing percussion for symphony at the age of seven, switching to vibraphone at ten. At fourteen he entered the Cleveland Music School Settlement.
Because of this training he led bands all through school and at the age of 18 entered the U.S. Navy School of Music as a percussionist.
Buzzy had a sister, Abby Linhart, and a brother, Gair Linhart.
Buzzy linhart
Career
In 1963, he moved to New York City and became friends and roommates with John Sebastian. He also became a protégé of the senior guitarist and folk singer Fred Neil. One of his first bands, with fellow musicians Steve De Naut, Serge Katzen, and Max Ochs, was Seventh Sons, who released a raga-rock LP