Andy Kulberg

Andy Kulberg
Andy Kulberg (first from left) as part of The Blues Project in 1966
Background information
Born	(1944-04-30)April 30, 1944 Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Origin	Greenwich Village, New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	January 28, 2002(2002-01-28) (aged 57) Fairfax, California, U.S.
Genres	Blues, rock, psychedelic rock, roots rock
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Bass, flute
Years active	1965-2002
Formerly of	Blues Project Seatrain Chris Michie

Andy Kulberg (April 30, 1944 – January 28, 2002) was an American musician notable for his bass playing with the groups Blues Project and Seatrain.

Biography

Kulberg was born in Buffalo, New York, and grew up in Amherst, New York. In 1965, he became a founding member of the "Blues Project", a popular New York City folk rock band, along with Al Kooper, Danny Kalb, Steve Katz and Roy Blumenfeld. Kulberg was the band's bass guitarist, also known for his electric flute virtuosity. He claimed to have invented the electric flute by drilling a hole and inserting an electric pickup.

He later formed and was a member of "Seatrain," the first production by Sir George Martin after the breakup of the Beatles, which Kulberg formed with Blumenfeld after the breakup of Blues Project in early 1969. Peter Rowan and Richard Greene were among the members of Seatrain.

During the 1970's to 1980's he worked scoring and performing music for TV such as Starksky and Hutch, and B.A.D. CATS which starred Michelle Pfeiffer. He delved into a musical score for the B movie Cardiac Arrest about a medical black market for human hearts.

For twenty-five years, Kulberg worked in Fairfax, California as a musician and composer, collaborating with Chris Michie, while at the same time owning and operating, along with Michie, the music production company Kulberg/Michie Music. Their most notable contributions under this name were to Brøderbund's Kid Pix Studio and Kid Pix Studio Deluxe, creating all of the music clips that the user could choose from to go along with their Moopie, Stampimation, Digital Puppet show, or, in the Macintosh version of Kid Pix Studio Deluxe, their SlideShow presentation as background music. Most of those same music clips were also made available in Kid Pix Deluxe 3 (including the OS X remaster, Kid Pix Deluxe 3X, and the completely three-dimensional upgrade, Kid Pix 3D) and Kid Pix Deluxe 4.

Kulberg died of lymphoma in January 2002. On October 18, 2007, he was inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. Kulberg is survived by his wife Lorie, three sons, three grandsons, and one granddaughter.

External links

• Chris Michie
• Blues Project - Flute Thing
• Andy Kulberg -- played flute, bass with Blues Project, Seatrain