Gentry Bronson is a San Francisco singer-songwriter, pianist, storyteller, producer and showman known for his moving ballads, cinematic epics and soaring indie rock songs. Known by many as the "barefoot surfer pianist", he has enchanted audiences throughout the U.S. & Europe. His discography boasts over 80 original songs and 10 albums, including an English adaptation of the Dutch classic 'Avond' by Boudewijn de Groot and Lennaert Nijgh. Born in a small Minnesota town and named by his parents after a hitchhiker, Gentry won early praise as a classical pianist, winning 5 MMTA awards and performing in front of thousands of people early in his life. He was a punk poet in Seattle and a club DJ in Prague before settling in San Francisco, where he received his BA in Humanities, became a multimedia producer and won 3 NCSA songwriting awards. Gentry is now often compared to David Gray, Ben Folds, Tom Waits, Jacques Brel and Ludovico Einaudi with music in the indie, rock, americana, blues, ambient, cabaret and new class