Cher Klosner Lane (songwriter, vocals, guitar, mandolin)
Gene Klosner (songwriter, vocals, guitar, piano)
Influences
Elton John, Joni Mitchell, The Carpenters, Three Dog Night, Jimmy Webb, John Denver, Dan Fogelberg, Carole King, James Taylor, The Monkees, The Beatles, Nilsson, Todd Rundgren, Burt Bacharach, Eagles, Judie Tzuke, David Wilcox, Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Guess Who, Chicago, Earth, Wind & Fire, Blood, Sweat & Tears, Kansas, Neil Diamond, Simon & Garfunkel, Etta James, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Steely Dan, Jackson Browne, Stephen Bishop, Gordon Lightfoot, Sting, Bread, Linda Ronstadt, Fleetwood Mac, Cat Stevens, Stevie Wonder, Kenny Loggins, Badfinger, The Mamas & the Papas, Sly & the Family Stone, Peter, Paul & Mary, Carly Simon
Sounds Like
Elton John, The Carpenters, Diana Krall, Dan Fogelberg, Crosby, Stills & Nash, Three Dog Night, John Denver, James Taylor, Amy Grant, Eagles, Shawn Colvin, Bread
Buy Cher & Gene's latest cd, Stardust, online at the following locations!
Download the MP3:
Stardust is also available at these fine locations:
Borders
Homer's
Parables
Belly Bump
Cosgrave's
Omaha Children's Museum
Colorado Symphony Gift Shop
Here are Cher & Gene on "The Simpsons" - Cher is an "extra" in many episodes - usually wearing a headband :)
Cher & Gene at Ware House Productions recording their lullaby cd "Stardust'
Play "Stardust Swap" created by hubby Ben Lane and fellow Simpsons animator and Emmy award winning Director Chris Clements. For more games, visit www.stardustlullaby.com
About Cher & Gene Klosner
Omaha and Los Angeles residents, Cher & Gene Klosner (KLOZE-ner),
a sister-brother, singer-songwriter duo, originally from Omaha, Nebraska,
have been performing their signature harmony-driven acoustic sound across
the United States for many years. Their rich, intricate vocal sound has
been described as "audible chocolate." Performance highlights
include World Youth Day, with Pope John Paul
II, former President Clinton and a half a million
teens from around the world (which led to the release of their CD, Denver),
The Grand Ole Opry, American Magazine, the 2007 and '08
College World Series, the 2008 US Olympic Swim Trials, the 6-city Autumn Festival
and Spring Festival tours, and many 9/11 tribute events
in New York and L.A.
In addition to their performances at music festivals and colleges, Cher
& Gene Klosner have been heard on radio stations, jingles,
and on various television and animation projects produced by Cher's
husband, Emmy-award-winning "The
Simpsons" animator/Assistant Director, Ben Lane*. Their
song "Please Don't Send Me Fruitcake," from their Christmas
album, Ribbons and Pine, was featured on
the nationally syndicated Dr. Demento radio show, and
was recently recorded by The
von Trapp Children, along with Cher's "All I'll Ask This Christmas."
"Please Don't Send Me Fruitcake" has been performed
by several symphonies, including the Omaha Symphony,
the Atlanta Symphony, the Minnesota Symphony,
and the Cincinnati Symphony, conducted by the legendary
Erich Kunzel.
Cher & Gene Klosner were commissioned by The
United in Memory Foundation to compose a song for the unveiling
of the United in Memory 9/11 Memorial Quilt, which took
place aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California.
The resulting song, "Tower of Love,"
was also performed in New York on the second and third anniversaries of
9/11 at the opening ceremonies of the United
in Memory 9/11 Memorial Quilt display. The song evoked such a tremendous
response that Cher and Gene decided to make "Tower of Love"
available as a free download on their website, www.cherandgeneklosner.com.
"Tower of Love" has since been used in many 9/11 memorial tributes.
While touring around the country during the week, Cher &
Gene spent many Sundays visiting churches in whichever city they happened
to be performing, introducing one of their side projects called Light
the Fire! - a collection of contemporary liturgy/worship music. These
visits inspired their third album, a sacred album entitled, Sunday.
Their series of liturgical music was launched nationally this summer and is now available at Light
the Fire Music website.
Cher and Gene have just released their fourth CD, Stardust
- a two-disc collection of lullabies for all ages, many
of which were sung to them as children by their own mom, and that Cher
now sings to her own little boy, Benjamin. Stardust features a veritable Who's Who list of musicians from the Midwest and LA, including members of the Omaha Symphony, the Omaha Conservatory of Music and top shelf jazz players. Stardust has won the coveted iParenting Media "Best Products - Audio - 2008" Award, a Parents' Choice Spring 2008 Music Award, a Creative Child "Preferred Choice" Award, and a "Parents With Style" Award.
Cher & Gene are presently working on Here in the Distance, a
singer/songwriter collection,
and are also recording their second Christmas collection.
"Tracks for Guitarists", a new CD, is now available on CDBaby and Snocap. It will be coming soon to iTunes, and other online distributors.
This CD features three new songs: Carnival, Fire at Mann Gulch and This Year. In addition, it has a version of This Year without the guitar part and a version of Fire at Mann Gulch without the lead guitars. This allows guitarists to "play along at home" and create their own guitar parts.
Hey. I've been soooooo busy the last few months trying to get the album released that I have not been online here much. Just wondering what you have been up to??? and if you are ok??? drop me a comment if or when you get time and we will catch up...
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Thanks for taking the time to listen to my music! I recently posted the music video to "The Ballerina" (the title track off the cd that will be released next month) if you get a chance you should check it out.
thanks for the love. I really appreciate you coming by my site and checking everything out! This is my first album so a lot of the promotion is being done by myself, family, friends, fans that sort of thing ya know, til I get discovered. So all the support is much much appreciated. If you like what you heard you can pick up some songs or the album at There’s also a “Demand” button on my page which brings me to your area to play if you click it! Ok I’ve written too much, take it easy! -Adam
thank you for the kind words. :) It's a pleasure to meet you too. May you live at peace and with the awareness of God's love in every sunset, every flower's unfolding petals, every baby's smile, loving partner's kiss, and every wonderful, astonishing, miraculous beat of your heart.
