Jeff Klein

Jeff Klein
Birth name	Jeffrey Lawrence Klein
Origin	Newburgh, New York, USA
Genres	Indie rock
Occupation(s)	Singer, songwriter, musician
Instruments	Vocals, guitar, piano
Years active	2000 – present
Labels	One Little Indian Records, Island Def Jam
Associated acts	My Jerusalem, The Gutter Twins, The Twilight Singers
Website	www.thejeffklein.com

Jeffrey Lawrence "Jeff" Klein is an American singer/songwriter from Newburgh, New York, who plays keyboards and guitar. He has released three albums.

At the age of 18, Klein moved to Boston to attend the Berklee College of Music. In 1999, he moved to Austin, Texas and released his first album, You'll Never Get to Heaven If You Break My Heart. Signing to influential records label One Little Indian, Klein released two more albums, Everybody Loves a Winner, featuring Patty Griffin, Matthew Ryan, Jon Dee Graham and Johnny Goudie, in 2002, and The Hustler, which features Ani Difranco and Dave Pirner of Soul Asylum as guests in 2005.,

He has also worked with Ani DiFranco and The Twilight Singers, and as of 2008 is touring with The Gutter Twins as keyboardist. He has been described as "Tom Waits snagged on a barbedwire fence." and as having a "smoky voice (with a) bruised world-weariness".

Klein is also a main member of the collective My Jerusalem, along with fellow Gutter Twins musicians Cully Symington and Dave Rosser.

Along with a history of collaborating with Greg Dulli and Mark Lanegan, Klein has toured or guested as a member of bands such as The Honorary Title, Stars of Track and Field, Ed Harcourt,and Statistics (band)

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