songs from an Eastside attic : biographies

Peter Buffett and Tom Nelson forged a musical partnership in San Francisco where they both lived throughout the '80s. After they relocated to different cities, the partnership lived on through the band Comet9. With Susan Zielke providing the perfect voice for the duo's songs, the band created a buzz on national radio stations and had a local hit with the song "Matter of Time".

A model, singer and actress, Connie can be seen and heard in a variety of places. Her distinctive voice has been included in soundtracks and commercials while she enjoys modeling for clients around the world.

When songwriter John McWilliam was looking for a voice for a collection of his songs, he turned to Denise Hogan. With a perfect blend of Celtic and pop sensibilities, Great Outdoors - rounded out by John's brother Michael on drums and Steve Thate on bass - became one of Milwaukee's favorite local bands.

After hearing the creations of Beck, Peter Buffett knew he had to express his own post-modern sense of humor. With a 1927 recording of miner Dock Boggs, "Sugar Baby" was born. And with Malcolm Michiles scratching an LP's worth of Bird York's vocals into "Cocktails For Two", another post-modern pastiche was created.

Lead singer/songwriter for the popular band The Gufs. Goran spent many years with The Gufs as they toured locally and nationally. Their hit song "Smile" still keeps them on the airwaves. In late 2000, Goran joined Peter Buffett in his east side attic studio to work on songs that tapped a different side of his songwriting and production skills.

In 1990 Malcolm went from break dancing to record scratching when he joined the group Wild Kingdom. Since then this DJ has scratched with Citizen King, Smash Mouth, Vitamin C, and Garbage. He is currently working with the group Def Harmonic. Malcolm also works as an engineer and producer at Bionic studios, which he co-owns with Christian Reilly from Citizen King.

Robin started singing when she was 5 years old. In the '80's, Robin formed the popular "R & B Cadets" and later joined Paul Cebar as lead singer in his band, "Paul Cebar and the Milwaukeeans". "C'mon Boy" is the first song composed by Robin with her friends John Seiger, one of Milwaukee's most recorded songwriters whose songs have been performed by some of the best artists in the country, and Paul Cebar an accomplished musician, performer and songwriter. Paul has toured all over the country with his group Paul Cebar and The Milwaukeeans. Both John and Paul's music can be heard any given day on National Public Radio's "World Cafe" with David Dye.

A highly regarded and award winning Celtic harp player with 20 recordings to her name. Known for her engaging performances and innovative techniques, she regularly tours the US, Canada and Europe. She is widely recognized as one of the most popular lever harpists performing today. In 1996 Kim recorded a Christmas CD with Peter Buffett (Star of Wonder) and has since shared studio credit with Peter on a variety of projects.

While searching for more vocal talent to collaborate with, Peter Buffett found Kathleen "Bird" York - a talented songwriter/actress in her own right who periodically appears on "The West Wing". Peter and Bird worked on a number of songs together. A cover of " A Taste of Honey" was close to both of their hearts. It was on the first record Peter purchased "Introducing The Beatles" - and Bird remembers it as a song her mother sang to her as a child.

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