Bing Futch
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Bing Futch at Hard Rock Live Orlando
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Edward Michael Futch |
| Born | December 16, 1966 |
| Origin | Born Hollywood, California, U.S. Raised Los Angeles, California U.S. |
| Genres | Americana, blues, rock and roll, world music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, Producer |
| Years active | 1986—present |
| Labels | Plan 7 Distribution/J.O.B. Entertainment Inc. (1986-present) |
| Website | BingFutch.com |
Bing Futch (b. Hollywood, California, 1966) is a musician whose primary instrument is the mountain dulcimer. In 1986 he co-founded Christian techno-punk trio Crazed Bunnyz along with Marc "Gadget" Plainguet and Sean "Shaka" Harrison. He relocated to Orlando, Florida in 1993.
Futch has composed and produced soundtracks for film, theater, television and themed attractions. In 1994, he wrote and recorded music for The Castle of Miracles at Give Kids The World Village in Kissimmee, Florida. In 1999, Futch formed Americana band Mohave, featuring the mountain dulcimer as the main instrument. The group has performed at the House of Blues in Walt Disney World, Hard Rock Live at Universal Studios Florida and has opened for Molly Hatchet, among other acts. Futch is one of only two mountain dulcimer players to compete in the history of the International Blues Challenge and advanced to the semifinals in the 2015 edition of the competition. [1] He is the grandson of the late boxing hall-of-famer Eddie Futch.
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Northwest Airlines incident
On June 14, 2009, Futch was en route to a show in Ft. Wayne, Indiana on Northwest Airlines flight 2363 from Detroit, Michigan. During that time, baggage handlers damaged his double-necked mountain dulcimer.[2] Encouraged by fans to write a song about the incident, and after seeing Dave Carroll's "United Breaks Guitars" on YouTube, Futch penned "Only A Northwest Song"[3] on July 10, 2009 and posted it to the service, hoping it would help to avoid a "lengthy reimbursement battle."[4] Within a day of the video's posting, Northwest Airlines contacted Futch to offer their apologies along with compensation.[5]
Question on Jeopardy!
On February 16, 2011, during the finale of a three-day Jeopardy! pitting returning champs Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter against IBM's Supercomputer Watson, Futch's name appeared as one of three possible questions for the answer "Nearly 10 million YouTubers saw Dave Carroll's clip called 'this friendly skies' airline 'breaks guitars.'" Watson offered up "United Airlines" with an 81% probability of being correct, "United Breaks Guitars" was the second choice with a probability of 13% and "Futch" was the third choice with a probability of 7%.[6]
Discography
- Castaway: Original Soundtrack, 1986
- Kansas, 1987
- Buy Dis Album Ore God Will Disconnect My Fone, 1987
- 21, 1987
- Fantasy Amidst The Storm, 1989
- 70 mm, 1994
- Dulcimerica: Volume 1, 2006
- Dulcimer Rock, 2007
- Kokopelli Rising, 2008
- Christmas Each Day, 2008
- Dulcimerica: Volume 2, 2010
- Storm's Sigh, 2011
- Live At Old Songs!, 2012
- Dive!, 2013
- All Songs Lead To The Gift Shop, 2014
- Unresolved Blues, 2015
- Dulcimerica: Volume 3, 2015
- Sweet River, 2015
- Return Of Live At Old Songs, 2016
- Live From Ditty TV, 2016
With Nutty Faith:
- It's Our Job, 1985
With Crazed Bunnyz:
- Achtung: Musik Klirrfaktor, 1986
- Live!, 1987
- Transition, 1987
- Blutgasse, 1988
With Mohave:
- Homegrown, 1999
- Spider Rock, 2000
- Live At Leu Gardens, 2003
- Clear Blue Trickling, 2005
With Naked Head:
- Beautiful Disruption, 2002
With Manitou:
- In The Garden Of The Gods, 2009
As Producer:
- Wendy Songe Test Drive, 2015
References
- ↑ [1], The Blues Foundation. Blues.org
- ↑ A Musician's Nightmare - Nowhere Blog, June 15, 2009. Accessed July 14, 2009.
- ↑ Only A Northwest Song video - YouTube
- ↑ United guitar video shows online gripes can get results - Chicago Tribune, July 14, 2009. Accessed July 14, 2009.
- ↑ YouTube heroes Dave Carroll and Bing Futch win airline compensation - Times Online, July 14, 2009. Accessed July 14, 2009.
- ↑ Does Watson Think a Poor Workman Blames Yogi Berra - HyperVocal, February 17, 2010. Accessed February 18, 2010.
