About Us

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“Blues music can be sad, but can also be about love, happiness, and healing the  spirit. When I’m playing Blues, it’s as if the music completely consumes me.” ~ Stefan Geisinger

After hearing B.B. King live at the Regal, a then-17 Geisinger picked up a guitar  and dug deep into the roots of Blues music. “Something touched me. King’s  impassioned voice and guitar playing made me tear up. I still get the same feeling  when listening to - or performing - Blues today.”

Geisinger, a native of Rice Lake, WI, honed his guitar skills for eight years; at age  23, ready to bring his distinctive style to live audiences, he formed The Stefan  Geisinger Band with Buck Barrickman (The Pumps, “Cover To Cover”) and Travis  Nocolai (Big Back Yard; Greg Gilbertson, “Surviving The Echoes”). 

“When performing, I try to entice people to experience the same emotions I am.  Playing Blues is the only means I have to share emotions with an audience.  Music, to me, can express a happiness so intense that it makes you cry. For me,  music is a feeling.” 

The Stefan Geisinger Band plays recognizable covers from Blues guitar greats  such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Albert King, Jimi Hendrix, and Howling Wolf, as  well as original tunes. 

“I write songs about current situations going on around me - the good and the  bad. Whenever I’m experiencing a heightened mood, I pick up my guitar, put  pencil to paper, and just let the words flow through me. Writing songs and  expressing myself through both my lyrics and my guitar is like a double whammy; I get to share my feelings with the world by combining words with  music.”

 Geisinger’s expressive and skillful - not to mention spirited - performances have  drawn rave reviews from audiences. Listeners often remark that there seems to  be an old soul inhabiting such a relatively young Blues artist. 

“When performing, I feel free. All worries slip away as they come out through my  guitar. I close my eyes, and I’m transported to a different world. I hope to do that  for listeners.”