Alan E Butzbach Artist & Musician

Alan E Butzbach has had an exciting life, as he would say, “Many different lives”. For the most part, all his artistic endeavors have been self-taught. Although through the years different people, cultures, and adventures have been his education in the arts. His journey into the arts started with music at an early age. Picking up the drums and bass guitar, several bands were formed with some like-minded friends, and the next 20 years were spent playing in clubs and recording music with highlights of recording a 45 record at Radio City Music Hall studios and playing in New York City & Long Island clubs like the Mudd Club, Interferon, Peppermint Lounge among many others and taking on a stage name of Aldo Buzzi. Being in the music and art scene in New York City, with the partnership of a close friend, he started a production company, Centour Sound, that worked with bands, musicians, and artists in the New York metro area. Working at the Mudd Club, and many other clubs and venues – he worked with bands and artists such as the Ramones, Sam & Dave, Question Mark and the Mysterians, Blondie, Robert Gordan, Burning Spear, even at the Mudd Club Frank Zappa, way too many musicians and artists to mention. At the Mudd club, you could have caught him hanging out at the art gallery on the 3rd/4th floor with Keith Haring among many other artists of the late 70s early to late ’80s.

Then came another life in the food industry marrying the youngest daughter of the Balducci family, owners and operators of the world-famous culinary gourmet store mecca’ “Balducci’s” at 424 6th Ave. in Greenwich Village.  Being exposed to the world of specialty foods and food culture, he traveled to France, England, Spain, Germany, Italy, China, the Philippines, and Morocco in search of products not yet to be discovered in the USA. He was the first to bring into the United States Jamon Serrano from Spain and San Danielle Prosciutto from the region of Friuli, Italy.

As life continued music was still the mainstay, although he started to dabble in painting. Again, no formal lessons but a few tutorials and a master class by Devon Rodriguez. Upon his full retirement from the food industry, he went full bore into the art of painting using many different mediums – Oils, acrylics, oil & acrylic pens, colored pencils, and graphite – on canvas, slate, and wood. His art mostly consisted of landscapes and buildings from around the Schoharie County area where he and his current wife have had a home for over 20 years. However, he does do abstracts and other types of paintings that reflect his life, style and travels.

So many other details and stories cannot be put into a short biography, but we think you will have a glimpse into Alan’s life.

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