Dave Bruzza
Dave Bruzza is a Michigan-born guitarist and singer who co-founded Greensky Bluegrass in Kalamazoo in 2000 with Paul Hoffman and Michael Bont — one of the most prolific songwriters in the band's twenty-five-year catalog and a producer with credits including The Surfrajettes.
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- Founding member of Greensky Bluegrass, formed in fall 2000 in Kalamazoo, Michigan with Paul Hoffman and Michael Bont after meeting at an open mic night.
- Serves as the band's guitarist, primary vocalist, and a key songwriter known for introspective compositions.
- Multi-instrumentalist who began on drums as a child; picked up guitar around age 19 when a friend gave him one.
- Has performed on every Greensky Bluegrass studio release and tour across the band's 25-year career.
- Co-founded the psychedelic folk-rock band Airborne or Aquatic? in the early 2000s with Jake Robinson, Seth Bernard, and Susan Fawcett (Earthwork Music collective).
- Released the duo album "Harmony on the Fade" with Ian Gorman in 2012.
- Leads his own side project Dave Bruzza Unsafe at Any Speed (founded 2018) and co-founded the trio The Neutralizers in 2025.
- Has produced records including The Surfrajettes' "Hockey Night In Canada" and contributed to Seth Bernard's "My Heart is My Home."